Karen Tee

If you think convenience stores are just pit stops for instant noodles and weak coffee, it’s time to get acquainted with the Japanese konbini.

I used to chase fashion week calendars with fervour. The obsession began when I was a journalism student in New York City in the noughties, where style lived on the streets as much as in the pages of magazines, driven by the rise of street-style photographers like The Sartorialist’s Scott Schuman.