Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Frame 10 Clue 2 - Now With Added Foliage 181

The second clue for Frame 9 is posted, it appears to be the same clue with what appears to be some ivy or a hedge behind it.


The image used for the background appears to be a free stock photograph that has come from a Swedish website.


Thanks to James for letting us know first about the clue, and Waffle for showing us where the Ivy photo came from.

Update - The Hub page has been updated so that only the merged image is displayed, move the mouse over the clue picture above to see how the clue originally appeared.

181 comments:

Zort70 said...

Have you noticed that on the free photo site, it says you can use them for any purpose, but please leave a comment or something in the guestbook.

I can't see anything from Tyson.

(Oh and First ! by the way, I haven't done that for a while)

kiwilostie said...

Nice one Zort!

Zort70 said...

Hi Kiwi-Lostie, not keeping you up are we :-)

BuckarooBanzai said...

Hollywood and Vine?

Zort70 said...

Hoolywood and Vine..... and Tokyo ?

knightsintodreams said...

tokyo rose?
melrose?
vines?
perhaps it's a garden shop...

BuckarooBanzai said...

haha, yeah, I was just thinking because of 'Hollywood and Vines' on Giacchinos season one soundtrack. His track names are always funny and revealing…

Zort70 said...

I know it has been mentioned before but Tokyo Rose is seeming more likely.

Perhaps the words are split into three not two as we first thought.

M
E
L


R
TOKYO
S
E

Zort70 said...

M
E
L


.R
TOKYO
.S
.E

(Blogger removed my spaces)

BuckarooBanzai said...

I thought of Rose because of the obvious… but when I checked Tokyo Rose the outcome looked interesting, but going in the wrong direction for me. Maybe the whole thing is an anagram?

Zort70 said...

Yokes Tremolo, doesn't sound right to me !

Zort70 said...

The hub page has been updated, the original clue has gone and now we just have the merged clue.

BuckarooBanzai said...

haha, okay, I'll ckeck the ivy in Photoshop for a hidden grid…

Anonymous said...

Hey i know probably very unlikely but the marc jacobs store on melrose av is covered in ivy

BuckarooBanzai said...

Well, at least it's got Jacob in it, why not?

Zort70 said...

I've updated the main post with a rollover for the two versions of the clue.

BuckarooBanzai said...

It appears that FRAME 10 and MelroseTokyo are set in the same typeface, so the font will propably be no hint regarding the location…

justanothersky said...

When I've looked up "Tokyo Rose" yesterday, found it was one of the nicknames Sawyer gave to Sun; not sure in which episode though.

Also not sure whether it would mean anything with the new merged image...

BuckarooBanzai said...

Sawyer:
"The whole camp's pretty shook up about what happened to Tokyo Rose."

2:13 | The Long Con

justanothersky said...

@Thorsten: Thanks! That's quick.

And sorry, forgot to put the link about the nicknames in previous post. Here it is: http://listoftheday.blogspot.com/2009/01/sawyers-lost-nicknames-of-day.html

BuckarooBanzai said...

no problem, just!
But the term Tokyo Rose opens a totally different can of worms… leading away from the happy bathing apes in lukewarm water ;)

Zort70 said...

The name of the photographer happens to be "Magnus Rosendhal"

BuckarooBanzai said...

Maybe Hanso is behind FreePhotos.se…
After what we learned about them in MOTU, they mingle everywhere. And the Danes are not fond of the Swedes, and vice versa…

Ellen said...

*hi ya'll!*
great investigation!
xxoo

Zort70 said...

Hi Ellen, I'm not sure we are much further forward in terms of when or where yet.

Nachosaur said...

Stores covered with plants?

Zort70 said...

Nacosaur, there seem to be lots of those on Melrose in LA

BuckarooBanzai said...

There must be a reason why he replaced the first image… did this happen before, that a hint was edited and the original removed?

Zort70 said...

I think that change was just a mistake, the original should have been removed and the merged left in it's place.

It is kind of like the star then star and pink cross for poster 6

BuckarooBanzai said...

Or maybe he adjusted the image because we walked down Melrose Avenue in the wrong direction?

MJCarp said...

morning. coffee. Are you not sold on Fred Segal? Clandestine Industries/Wentz connection/collection? Tokyo style invasion (clothes hanging means style not location?)

AndySchex said...

I have to back my poster buddy - Fred Segal looks promising.

Amy Lynn said...

I wondered if the image was adjusted because someone thought we were investigating in the wrong direction.

BuckarooBanzai said...

@Amy Lynn…
;))

Zort70 said...

Not sold yet, I haven't seen the smoking gun.

Zort70 said...

Us - go off on tangents ;-)

BuckarooBanzai said...

I have to admit, the vine threw me off my scent. Hope the next hint will get me back to heading 305…

Anonymous said...

To me, the ivy pic on the clue doesn't look exactly the same as the free ivy pic on the Swedish website.

What the ivy pic on the clue does remind me of is the wall in Wrigley Field in Chicago.

mrtibbs said...

Hello, new to all this, but thought I would join in. Gutted that I only found out about this arg today and missed all the really great designs. Only just got back on the computer after a bad year.

Anyway, I was thinking could this be an anagram? I know it's a bit lame, but I thought the word smokey fits melrose tokyo.

Also, I was looking at the BAPE website and they have a store in Japan that is called the pirate store.
When you look at the pics there are some similar sweaters.
if you go onto the site and click on stores, then the last one in the list is the pirate store. There are three pics and one has the sweaters on.

I'm in the uk, and my geography sucks, but a friend lives in the states and he's helping me, says there is a Mac Jacobs store covered in Ivy…

How does this work anyway? I see there are events, but where do the posters get sold? On the damoncarltonandapolarbear site or the place that the clues lead to?

Sorry for being such a newb!

Amy Lynn said...

The Swedish website is definitely the same picture. You can tell it's cropped and Photoshopped.

Anonymous said...

Re: Wrigley Field Ivy Walls:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley_Field

Amy Lynn said...

Yeah, definitely not Wrigley.

Zort70 said...

Hi John, yes the posters get sold on the DCaaPB site, the reveal "event" gives us a URL which shows the latest poster. Then a short while after it is announced the poster goes on sale.

The last one sold out in 7 mins so you may have to be quick with your credit card.

Anonymous said...

It occurs to me (and probably others) that the clothes are associated with Tokyo - so perhaps as suggested above, its an ivy covered place on melrose that has tokyo clothing. From the comments Fred Segal fits the bill.

Scoutpost said...

Sounds like we have some good leads, although usually by this time we know "where" and are only waiting for the "when". Guess this one's a stumper and we'll just have to wait for the next clue. Sounds like we've considered about every possibility though, so it's probably going to be something/somewhere we've (you guys) mentioned.

Anonymous said...

Looking at the pics of Freds place on Melrose pretty much says it all..We'll see if the trend continues in next clue.
Thanks Lotto!!...
..MEL

jeremy said...

By adding the Ivy to the background, could Tyson be telling us that the location is somewhere that didn't have Ivy before, but now it does have Ivy, similar to the star clue in poster 6?

just a thought.

Amy Lynn said...

I think you're misinterpreting the clues for Frame Six. The first clue, the star, was to indicate the location (TX), and then the X to indicate the FOB concert.

Anonymous said...

I find a movie "tokyo rose" and in this film we can see a character who's named tokyo rose and another who's named mel...



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038177/

maven said...

I see we're still confused this morning! Too many directions to go in. The two I like the most: Fred Segal (ivy covered on Melrose and they carry a Japanese designer who has a flagship store in Tokyo) and Chicago (ivy covered wall from Wrigley Field is pin-pointing the city...there are a lot of Melrose named restaurants/diners, but I can't find a Tokyo connection or hanging sweaters connection).

jeremy said...

Here's a connection between Tokyo and Chicago, although it probably has nothing to do with the ARG.

Both were recently rejected in favor of Rio as sites for the 2016 Olympics.

Amy Lynn said...

Again, guys, really, what's the purpose of throwing red herrings like Chicago into the discussion? It's not Chicago.

maven said...

I don't think it's a red herring, Amy Lynn...just another possibility. We don't know anything solid yet!!

MJCarp said...

your welcome MEL. I think many caught onto the obvious way way way way way way back in the hundreds of comments.

Again, LA ARG followers, lurking or not, be prepared! But don't take it from me, listen to the mountain goat!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqW8HVDsbdg

jeremy said...

What's the purpose?
It's fun!

Think of it as a free-association exercise.

We're not really getting anywhere on the L.A. connection. What I mean is, based on the clues, we've determined that the reveal is most likely happening in L.A. at one of the previously mentioned clothing stores (most likely, at this point, Fred Segal's). At this point there's not much else that can be done on that front unless one of two things happens.
1) Tyson gives us a new clue.
2) Someone calls Fred Segal and gets one of the employees to slip up and tell us when the reveal is taking place.

Therefore, to fill the time, we can figure out if there is anyway the clues could be pointing us to somewhere else.
In a way, it's sort of like watching the show.
Until TPTB tell us otherwise, almost anything is possible.

=0D

ReverendMilo said...

Lottery, I thought for sure it was this goat

goat

Zort70 said...

Amy, I don't think we have anything confirmed yet, just a lot of very strong suspicions.

If we could find the sweater pic that would confirm it for me.

I've looked through loads today from the shops mentioned above and not found it yet, I haven't given up yet.

MJCarp said...

Zort70, clothes image most likely stock photo like background to tell us that Tokyo is related to clothing, not city.

ReverendMilo, if you persist in linking images of me, my family or any of my very distant relatives in this fashion I will be forced to take necessary action resulting in long, bleating tirades which do not intentional but only seem to sound vaguely similar to your libelous link.

MJCarp said...

andyschex is reporting the delivery of package via FedEx. Can he leave work to retrieve? Will he drive safely, or will he Grand Theft Auto through tiny town in southern Louisiana?

More on this story after a brief message from Mr. Cluck's where we put the chic back in chicken.

Frank said...

I'm not gonna go through all these comments, but has anyone suggesated Tokyo Rose. I'm not sure it would be familiar to the younger generations [i'm 32]. Google Toyko Rose. Not sure if it's relevant or not, but there ya go.

Frank said...

Also, I think Sawyer called Sun Tokyo Rose once, so maybe it's not as irrelevant as i'm thinking. Just throwing that out there.

comixguru said...

Random question: What does WFTB stand for? I keep seeing in in regards to LOST on twitter.

Zort70 said...

Frank, yes it / she has been mentioned, although we don't know where the Mel part of the clue fitsd in there.

MJCarp said...

comixguru, can you use this in a sentence, and I will give your the Disney or the mature audience def., or google for your own enjoyment.

Zort70 said...

Comixguru, I think it means Watch From The Beginning.

MJCarp said...

Zort70, andyschex is reporting gifts and new land speed record from office to home. Oceanic Airlines t-shirt and signed DC. Pictures coming to you soon.

no mention of letter clue.

Avondale Blog said...

It took me a while to figure out TPTB meant "the powers that be"

mrtibbs said...

Sorry for the silly question, but what's the photo of Darlton and the other two guys on this page
http://damoncarltonandapolarbear.com/dcpb/x/
all about?

I'm new to this, so forgive my ignorance, but does it just illustrate that this is the "live game" frame?

Scoutpost said...

mrtibbs- yes, whenever that pic pops up in frame, we know they have started dropping clues for the next poster.

If you want the meaning of the photo, go back to the home page and click on the archives- you have to go all the way back to the Aug. 15 post or so, but the explanation is there.

Unknown said...

Hello from Tokyo,

Lost ARGs folks,

MELROSE is a famous fashion bland from Tokyo, Japan.

If this is going to happen in Tokyo, I will follow up.


Cheers,
Hiroki

Roxanna said...
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Roxanna said...

Hi everyone!
I found this video:

link

I just had it on mute and wanted to see if it would show anything we might recognize, and I saw the ivy on the wall along Melrose Avenue.

just something new I thought I'd share.

AndySchex said...

Letter clue
high fashion

Prizes:
Signed CD
Oceanic Airlines t-shirt

Amy Lynn said...

Good job, Andy!!!

jeremy said...

I think I may have found a connection between BAPE and Ivy, thanks to Google StreetView.

Here is a screen cap I took of the area behind BAPE in L.A.
Notice the ivy.

Perhaps Tyson is planning another party-type event, like the first reveal, and it is going to be held in that parking area behind BAPE?

Thoughts?

Mrs Z said...

That's awesome Andy!! Congrats!

comixguru said...

Hiroki - Cool! Thanks!

Just found out that WFTB stands for "Watch from the beginning". A bunch of people are re-watching LOST in preparation for Season 6 and tweeting about it with #WFTB as a trending topic. follow @LOST_WFTB for more info :)

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Amy Lynn said...

comixguru - the Lostaholics re-watch podcast is REALLY good, too.

AndySchex said...

Thanks Amy and Mrs Z!

jeremy said...

@jeremy138 - Unfortunately, Google StreetView can be very old.
We have no indication that the dumpster, or the ivy for that matter, are even there any more.

Cristina Roswell said...

Aren´t this week´s clues taking like forever? Or so it seems...

Come on show us the next one or even better, the url of the next poster, lol

BuckarooBanzai said...

Awesome, congrats Andy!

AndySchex said...

Thanks thorsten!

AndySchex said...

It's amazing that the drive back to the office took twice as long as the drive home even though there was less traffic :-)

MJCarp said...

You are now and forever Andy"StayUp"Schex. :o

High fashion? Will it be Joop-jeans or Fred-fedora?

jeremy138 said...

@jeremy that is true! I wish i lived closer to LA. I'd drive by and see if the ivy was there.

Unknown said...

Tazz the Furnace here, and I'm convinced that BAPE will be doing something re: frame 10. High fashion? C'mon that's a dead giveaway.

AndySchex said...

@LotteryTicket - lol I like. I'll have to sign off my posts with that.

Just a thought - high fashion could be a play on words - high as in top floor of a multi-floor building.

-Andy"StayUp"Schex

MJCarp said...

Hiroki, welcome to The Lost ARGs. I have visited your blog page and enjoyed your comments. Can you give us a link to MELROSE fashion brand? Thanks.

Tess315 said...

Anon metioned Marc Jacobs earlier. I kind of like that.

Pooh at Dark's forum posted this picture.

Plus marc jacobs has a Tokyo store.

marc jacobs

Tokyo store

MJCarp said...

Stay Up, Fred Segal's has 'upstairs' or loft showroom. Somewhere out there is a picture of Pete Wentz climbing the stairs.

Zort70 said...
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Zort70 said...

Andy - fantastic pics, congratulations.

Hiroki, welcome along, glad to have you on board.

Tess315 said...

Welcome Hiroki
It would be great to have a friend in Tokyo to follow up on these clues if they lead us to Tokyo.

mrtibbs said...

Sorry, kind of off topic, but everything seems to be running on U.S. time. I was wondering what time (west coast as I know it's an eight hour time difference!) do the clues and prints come out?
Just want to know if i'm going to have to do an all nighter to get my hands on a print!!!

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Amy Lynn said...

The prints have come out at all different times, but many of them were at 1pm EST, 10am PST.

Anonymous said...

Holy COW!!..I swear the one ivy leaf has changed colors!. It was green , now its Yellow.! I figure its a new clue,,so I turned up the gain for high contrast on the screen,,and sure enough,,a secret message in the Ivy is now complete!

It says J Ryan is realeasing a new print on his site,,sometime Thursday!! Be sure to be there for the suprise.!!

How they fit all that in the ivy I'll never know.

..MEL

MiddayShadows said...

@ Roswell...
I actually do think it's extremely peculiar that it's mid tuesday this week and we've only gotten one(morphed)clue...

as in significantly peculiar...

Amy Lynn said...

For all intents and purposes, we've gotten two clues. Which is faster than last week's debacle ;)

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Amy Lynn said...

I meant the 5 day wait for the first clue, or whatever it was.

Anonymous said...

..Is there a medical marijuana outlet there on Melrose?

..MEL

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comixguru said...

MEL - you're funny. :)

jeremy138 said...

Where is everyone seeing the "high fashion" clue?

Amy Lynn said...

It was on Andy's letter that he posted.

jeremy138 said...

Oh, i see it. Thats what i get for not reading everything ;)

Nachosaur said...

Looks like their's something in the foilage.

maven said...

Nothing yet definitive?

Welcome to Hiroki! Great to have LOST fans in various places worldwide to cover all the bases!

Congrats to Andy! I STILL haven't gotten my "Hatch" poster!

Martyn said...

Out of interest, does anyone know if any of the first order prizes have gone to anyone outside the US, because i'm wondering if there's any point trying. Couldn't exactly see them shipping that Bass guitar internationally, would cost a bomb.

Still waiting on my Hatch too but live in UK.

As for the clue, i'm stumped as per usual, but more so than normal.

dylansdad said...

I don't have the fastest internet connection in the universe, and the Hub page is starting to take a REALLY long time to load all the previous frames' clue images and info.

Maybe they can clean it up a little--by the time we get to frame 16, it's going to take an hour just to load the page.

MiddayShadows said...

The "High Fashion" clue is interesting. Here's a theory:

Taking "high" literally, if there are any tall fashion-skewing buildings in that area, with some kind of display at rooftop level ("high")-be it lcd screeen, billboard, news scroller etc.- they could, hypothetically, display the url there at a given time.

That would be a similar reveal to the Buenos Aires one a couple of weeks ago...

Just a thought :)

Tess315 said...

Hey maven
Do all the storefronts on Melrose have ivy on them?

Fred Segal does, and so does Marc Jacobs.

AndySchex said...

I just checked my poster status from Transmission and its now showing "Shipped". So maybe by the end of the week?

Cristina Roswell said...

Yay!! My poster status for Rousseau´s Transmission also says "Shipped" :) It will take longer for me to receive it because I live in Spain but anyway... can´t wait!

maven said...

Sayid'sGirl: I wish I was an expert on Melrose stores! But, alas, I'm a J.C. Penny's girl! LOL All I know is ivy is pretty common out here!

MiddayShadows said...

@ Roswell....how are you checking the status of your shipment?

AndySchex said...

To check your poster status
http://huckfinnwastaken.com/dcpb/xr/body.php?module=login&id=1

Cristina Roswell said...

@MiddayShadows
What Andy said :) Just login and you can check it ^^

maven said...

It's so frustrating that there's no tracking number on our orders! My "Hatch" has said "shipped" for a week!

MiddayShadows said...

@Andy and @ Roswell...thanks you two!
(I guess I shoulda figured that out :) )

MiddayShadows said...

@Maven...
I actually have a little info there...although I'm not sure if this applies to US orders(I'm in Canada):
In a previous email exchange I had with Tyson, regarding my Dharma Van print, he told me that, and i quote: "we will have to ignore any emails about mailing status before the 3-4 weeks is up since the date of your purchase."
Again, I have no idea if that applies to customers in all regions.

Martyn said...

@Maven...

I agree, every time I drive past a post van, I think, I wonder if it's in there. The wait is agonising, I don't even know if it's in the country yet.

ARGH!!!

Tess315 said...

lol maven
Me too. Thanks. I guess I shouldn't assume just because you live near the area the you live the "lifestyle".

Sorry you haven't got your Hatch print yet. But you could wait up to 3 more weeks, but probably not.

Sandman90 said...

Following along for past 2 days - work interfering with my personal interests again. Good detective work everyone. I got desperate enough to go out and plug in a mosquito zapping light that's in my yard that has a blacklight bulb. After getting home from work, I walked out there in my PJs last night with my Hatch poster to see if there was anything else to see. The answer is NO. And if any of my neighbors were up, I'm sure I've now convinced them I'm crazy.

RobPerrin said...

@maven, @Martyn - I'm with you in the agony booth. Still waiting for Smokey to arrive. (I'm in Canada too.) Should be any day now, so I find myself checking incessantly for mail trucks. I know I should try to forget about it and be pleasantly surprised when it arrives, but can't quite convince myself to do that.

AndySchex said...

@sandman90 - LOL I know exactly what you are talking about. I was telling some friends about the posters, the clues, and the prizes. They shook their heads and said "we used to consider you the sane one of the group".

-Andy"StayUp"Schex

Anonymous said...

..May be its IVYZILLA..the green monster that ate Tokyo....

..MEL

Avondale Blog said...

When I told friends I'd enrolled in Lost University and even joined a fraternity, they said, "you've finally gone over the deep end."

kiwilostie said...

dylansdad - here here! Im on dial-up (live just out of town but broadband barren) and that Hub page takes ages to load - would be ok if the latest pics came up fist...

kiwilostie said...

first! Try neing fist buyer on 56kb!...

kiwilostie said...

me thinks the r button is on the fritz.

Anonymous said...

..Did you know that if you stare at this clue long enough, the ivy starts doing the Hula?

..MEL

ObFuSc8 said...

Melrose Ave, LA is known for many shops with ivy on the walls. So that alone doesn't give us a definite store location.

I like the LotteryTicket's Fred Segal suggestion. But with Marc Jacobs having stores both on Melrose and in Tokyo, that seems possible as well.


Have all of the previous 1st order congrats letters carried clues to the next frame reveal?

ObFuSc8 said...

@MEL -- I see the ivy doing the Watusi to Geronimo Jackson

Scott said...

Just got my smokey print down here in South Australia and it is beautiful! Number 255 if anyones counting.

MJCarp said...

Evening all.

obfusc8, Fred Segal was discovery of many, I'm just the loudest promoter.

scottbphilip, halllooo down under. Yes, we are counting. If you are not on the forums at DarkUFO, then just leave information here. The Official Poster List is on the DarkUFO/ARG thread board.

MEL, I see that you are having an interesting evening partaking.

MJCarp said...

obfusc8, yes all letters have clues to next poster reveal and in some instances we are also finding extra or missing letters (of the alphabet). Zort70 is preparing special post regarding these subject.

MJCarp said...

NEW CLUE

MJCarp said...

Geez I saw this one go up, literally.

R to the right
H to the left

ObFuSc8 said...

@LotteryTicket -- that's wierd -- I was refresshing when you were and I didnt see the update until a few minutes AFTER you...am I time-phased a few minutes behind, or are you shifted a bit into the future ;)

Dylan Hamilton said...

i know that there is an "RH Restaurant" in LA

MJCarp said...
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MJCarp said...

Ron Herman who owns the other Fred Segal's

The Unsomnambulist said...

RH Restaurant is inside the Andaz Hotel on the Sunset Strip (its the former "Riot House" as recreated in "Almost Famous" - they'd be into this sort of publicity).
RH also stands for Restoration Hardware... but none on Melrose, closest inside the Beverly Center.

MJCarp said...

Fred Segal, 500 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA www.fredsegalfun.com

Ron Herman bought this store from Fred Segal

ronherman.com
8066 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA

MJCarp said...

http://www.ronherman.com/stores.aspx

Unknown said...

And if you googlemap the Fred Segal store, the url that pops up is ronherman.com.

But really, RH are my initials. Obviously, the reveal is taking place in my apartment, which does have some ivy outside. I own sweaters, I guess we could watch melrose place and a movie set in tokyo. It all fits together so perfectly, how didn't I see that!

maven said...

Ron Herman used to be a buyer for Fred Segal.

MJCarp said...

sorry wrong address

8100 Melrose for Ron Herman

The Unsomnambulist said...

Yep, and Ron Herman has a location in Tokyo as well.

ObFuSc8 said...

Ron Herman -- Japan

2-11-1 Sendagaya
Shibuya-Ku Tokyo 151-8575
Japan

MJCarp said...

Yep, we need to contact Hiroki Tojo. I'll put a note on his blog to hop over and follow our conversation.

ObFuSc8 said...

It'd be hard to schedule a reveal involving both branches...I think a 15 hour time difference. Would they have the next reveal at the Toky store only -- or another LA reveal?

Anonymous said...

Hi All,

Been lurking for a while but thought this might be of some interest (found at link, http://chictvblog.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html):

Posted on -Saturday, October 17, 2009
CITIZENS OF HUMANITY POPS UP AT RON HERMAN ON MELROSE



CITIZENS OF HUMANITY fetes the launch of their pop-up shop at Ron Herman on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles with a shopping event on Saturday, October 24th. The premium denim brand and celebrated boutique have teamed up to create a one-stop shopping destination where customers will be able to find the best of everything CITIZENS OF HUMANITY has to offer this season. Ron Herman will also be launching their brand new Jean Bar expansion to coincide with the launch of the CITIZENS OF HUMANITY pop-up shop, which will be up for approximately one month. For the first 100 customers who make a CITIZENS OF HUMANITY purchase the day of the event, CITIZENS OF HUMANITY will offer an exclusive and limited edition tote bag stuffed with the latest fall beauty products and must-haves from brands like Jonathan Product, Beauty.com and Bristols6. Also during the event, customers can also enter for a chance to win a $250 Ron Herman gift certificate.

Could be a crowded place if this is when/where the reveal will be.

LOSTnSC

Dylan Hamilton said...

good find

MJCarp said...

There would be NO problem for both US and Japan Ron Herman locations to reveal. Just a time zone issue from my point of view. We have a friend, Hiroki in Tokyo. I sent him Twitter message.

I don't think they are holding for Saturday, it will go Thursday a.m. most likely. Or, heaven forbid, another quick strike like Buenos Aires.

Almost 2 in the afternoon in Tokyo.
Almost 6 a.m. in London

Morning Zort70

ObFuSc8 said...

The Ron Herman store in Tokyo just opened in September.

Los Angeles and Tokyo are definitely having a bit of a fling. Kitson opened a branch in a Shinjuku department store in March, Opening Ceremony has plans for a Tokyo shop this fall, and now Ron Herman is joining the party with its first non-California store, set to open in August in a residential neighborhood called Sendagaya. (The location's not totally remote—it's near world-famous shopping district Harajuku.) Herman explained to WWD that he wants to export his brand's LA vibe to Japan, rather than let the local style influence the way the boutique is set up. That means even the small details, like the shrubbery out front, will resemble their counterparts in the LA stores. Ideally, this will be the first of many international Ron Hermans—the company now has its eye on Europe and the rest of Asia.

MJCarp said...

Ron Herman website has LIVE CHAT

Dare I? Store opens 10 a.m. (PST)

Anonymous said...

@ Lottery Ticket, Glad to hear you don't think it will be Saturday, couldn't stand to wait that long. ;)

LOSTnSC

maven said...

These are all fabulous finds! Good work!

MJCarp said...

Maven, are you up for shopping on Melrose Ave?

maven said...

Thurs. & Fri. are really bad for me...I have commitments I can't get out of. Most likely the time is 10AM when the store opens. Plus rush hour traffic is horrendous at that time! I hope we have some other LostArger who lives closer. Sat. would be easier.

The Kharma Initiative said...

An as-public-as-I-can-make-it Thank You to Salvoh for being so generous as to mail one of his IThinkThatManWasYou.com bookmarks to me.

It has arrived and it is now owned by my wonderful, amazing wife, because

"You've got to give it away"

Cosmically Yours

ObFuSc8 said...

@LotteryTicket -- Live chat fols probably aren't even at RH...off site somewhere.

Hmmm....maybe if I call the Tokyo branch?

ObFuSc8 said...

My bad...that's Live Chat with a STYLIST...stylin' LotteryTicket?

MJCarp said...

Yeah, but that would be a Hi-larious conversation.

Ditto The Kharma Initiative as Salvoh was kind and generous to me as well.

Not feeling the cosmic thing just yet. Can't I just enjoy it for myself? :(

We'll get Hiroki to make the call. Bet his Japanese is spot on.

ObFuSc8 said...
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ObFuSc8 said...

Ron Herman Japan -- Blog:

Ron Herman Japan

MJCarp said...

Welcome to Ron Herman Chat

Victoria: Hi. How can I help you today?

Lotto: Hello, Victoria. I was stranded on an island for 108 days wearing crash survivor's clothes and shoes. And while there was plenty to choose from I never want to wear tank tops, cargo pants and hiking boots EVER again. Can you help?

Victoria: Sure. Ron Herman carries high fashion name brands that appeal to women of today.

Lotto: Great. Let's e-shop.

(thousands of dollars later)

Lotto: I have one other question. I need to make contact with Melrose Avenue location. I believe they are in-league with Ronie Midfew Arts and have the top-secret web address which will bring happiness to many around the world.

Silence.

Disconnect.

maven said...

LT: Hilarious! LOL

Dylan Hamilton said...

funny

Zort70 said...

Morning all

NEW POST

comixguru said...

Lotto: I hope you can get a refund. :)

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ObFuSc8 said...

What did you expect LT, you were warned not to utilize the computer for communication with the outside world.

Anonymous said...

Look closely Lost fans the clue has been updated, it now shows (Friday) next to Melrose, and (Saturday) next to Tokyo.