Tokidoki Collection

It seems like I have a couple of readers who are also Tokidoki fans! So I thought I would do a post about my Tokidoki bag collection. Here's most of my collection, excluding the Pegaso Matricola and a Trasporto Zucca. I like only the non-human characters so most of my bags are in prints that exclude the Tokidoki girls.

This was my first purchase from the debut collection for LeSportsac in Spring 2006. I stood in the LSS flagship store in Omotesando, Tokyo, for close to an hour deliberating over this. It was horribly expensive as the price in Japan is always marked up way above the US retail price. This cost US$198 in the US but in Japan, it was probably close to US$300. This is the only purchase I regretted because the sides of the bag do not maintain their shape well.

I also picked up the Stellina version for daily use.

I wanted the Citta Rosa in the Zucca style but was unable to find it at first, so I got the Campeggio instead. I used this frequently for shopping. This has been in storage for the past 2 years and to my horror, it was covered in brownish stains when I took it out this morning to photograph. Thankfully, I was able to scrub most of the stains off with good ol' Dynamo. (The pic below is taken pre-washing.)

And then of course after I bought the Campeggio, I found the Zucca and had to get that too ;-p My favourite is the character in the middle yakking away on the phone while his friend stands next to him with a gun.

This is L'Amore in the Buon Vaggio style with all the Tokidoki characters paired up.

This is Paradiso in the Ciao Ciao style. It's not the most useful as the lack of a broad base means that you can't put much in it without it bulging unattractively. But I chose it as it shows off the print beautifully and I wanted a bag style that I did not already possess. I always end up buying the larger LSS bags as I like to see the prints in larger sizes.

Vacanze was the last print that LeSportSac did with Tokidoki so I splurged and got the largest bag style, Avventura. I use this most frequently for overseas trips as my carry-on bag as I can squeeze lots of stuff inside it, including my laptop. I also tend to shop a lot in airport duty-free so this is great for those impulse purchases. Sometimes I also just fold it up and throw it in my suitcase as an extra bag for shopping. The side net pockets are very convenient as a temporary hold for all the paraphernalia you need when travelling.