Dangly schtuff

30 Jul

One thing that took me awhile to get into was the dangly phone accessory that always hangs from every Japanese person’s keitai (mobile phone). In Singapore, it had an adolescent image that includes our subculture of ah lians (Singapore’s version of the Shibuya gyaru or “gal”). In Japan, even men have at least one attached to their phones — usually designer brand name tags or anime characters or something comical and quirky.

For women, their phone accessory world is an absolute smorgasbord of colours, textures, brands, and designs. Teenagers tend to have small soft toys or furry balls, but older women prefer delicate sparkly flowers or jewellery-like bits and pieces.

Of late, I have found these accessories to be pretty things that perk up a plain looking gadget. Kawaii, ne…?

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The lavender butterfly is for my Olympus digicam that is a deep purplish blue.

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This Coach moon and stars lanyard was bought off eBay for USD31.

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And this is a gift from one of my gal pals, ambien, who got a tiny bento lanyard for herself at Le Treebird, a new accessories outfit her ex-colleague set up recently. She has some adorable items going for very reasonable prices so do check it out if you are interested in getting some unique pieces.

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4 Responses to “Dangly schtuff”

  1. ambien August 4, 2008 at 2:10 pm #

    the wonton so cute aiyoh…..feel like eating it….

  2. yuming August 4, 2008 at 2:21 pm #

    yes, the spring onions are such a cool touch – so much detail went into making this teeny tiny phone lanyard.

  3. Le Treebird August 4, 2008 at 4:08 pm #

    Hey.. thanks. I just discovered you actually blog about Le Treebird. Glad you like the ‘wanton’. :)

  4. yuming August 4, 2008 at 4:17 pm #

    No worries, both ambien and I love your cute food lanyards.

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