Laku

2008 | Best Homemade Gifts

Upon entering this delicate store, the question of "homemade by who" is quickly put to rest. For the owner, Yaeko Yamashita, is often seen with the tools of her trade in hand (ball of yarn, needles), fashioning new products between helping shoppers. Yamashita, a designer from Tokyo who opened the store in 1993, has a few specialties. Baby booties, for one, with little folded roses or puffy blue balls on top, along with cashmere hats. Presented in one of Laku's minimalist cardboard boxes,... More »