Japanese chain Uniqlo takes on fashion giants

Trendy, thrify and Japanese, Uniqlo is taking its brand appeal abroad, opening flagship mega-stores which aim to compete with Gap, H & M and Zara for fashionistas' favour. This week it added Paris to its list of capitals, with an enormous space in the heart of the fashion hub.Duration: 01:48

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[12treab]

gap is made in china and costs more!!!

wake up!

[joydivisionfanboy]

Uniqlo is so hip and high quality - understated cool.

H&M, Gap and Primark Topshop/Topman are all just cheap, tacky and way behind the times, no one goes to those stores anymore.

[MultiSinoda]

The store in Soho is awesome I remember when they were finishing up construction. They hooked me up with A Catalog that had fine stitching the works. The experience in the store is phenominal. Very formal. and clean presentation. If ever you hit up New York check it out.

[MultiSinoda]

@JapanAlex01 Thanks for the info!!! : )

[brightsidexchoke]

I love Uniqlo! I buy tons of them in Japan. I live in California and we don't have one here! T____T Uniqlo > H&M > Zara > GAP

[JapanAlex01]

@JapanAlex01 japan has the best fashion in the world - walking round england makes me want to cry - people are so boring and dont understand good fashion. if anyone has been to japan (in the past few years) i really think the small style boutique shops could really be a hit in england. all we have are vintage shops - which suck dick and only muppets buy clothes from there.

[JapanAlex01]

h&m make like one good item per season - if that! uniqlo make really REALLY good jeans - i never buy jeans from anywhere else (unless they're designer - who the fuck can afford that?! :p). gap make good wool things - that's all - their jeans suck. zara have a great style but, again, not many items are that great and the shoes are so gay and too italian looking. i'm exasperated by how bad english fashion is...

[ferLOLs]

But, but I love UNIQLO...but, but, I also love H&M!

[RENEDU2]

dont buy ANY clothes!

[LittleCutieEvilThing]

Of course but Japan is near to China, that's obvious that they were going to take the opportunity of making their clothes with a low labor cost. And even countries which are far away from China make their clothes there.

UNIQLO's clothes still awesome though!