Stay Real was the one and only place I planned to visit after the weekend 十萬人出頭天 concerts.
Getting to the Stay Real shop in Taipei is easy. Take the metro train to Zhongxiao Dunhua station. It's on the blue Bannan line. Find your way to Exit 2 once alight from the train.
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| Zhongxiao Dunhua station Exit 2 |
When you step out of Exit 2, you will see California Fitness on your left, occupying the few corner lots at the end of the block. In between California Fitness and Watson (on the corner of the next block) is Lane 205. Walk down that lane and after a 3-minute walk, you will see the Stay Real shop on your right.
Though Stay Real has been around for over a year, the shop only officially opened on 6 December 2008 (on Ashin's birthday). Prior to the official Stay Real opening, that shop was used by Mayday as the 'BEe Happy' store for a month, before Ashin took over the lease for his Stay Real at a monthly rental of USD5,000.
The Stay Real shop is fairly spacious inside and the tees are displayed on the rack aligned on both sides of the wall. There is also a fitting room (yes only one) by the cashier's counter. Make sure you ask the cashier or the friendly sales assistant before you try out any of the tees. Only one piece is allowed each time and they don't allow you to try the white coloured tees. Hmm..
The clothing on display are not for sale, so you have to ask the sales assistant when you want to make a purchase. The poor sale assistant was bombarded with 1001 requests when we went in a large group LOL. He was pretty impressive cos he could remember which design had what colour and sizes in stock!
Not all items are on display so make sure you ask if you don't see the item that you want. The Let's Rock lanyard was stored behind the counter, below the cashier machine! Stay Real caps were also not on display but since I didn't buy any, I guess you'd have to ask if you wanna buy them.
The shopping experience is akin to going to a fancy boutique. When you go, make sure you bring enough $$ (or your creditcard) The cheapest tee costs NT$680 and the most expensive is around NT$1480.
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| exterior of the shop |
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| the stockroom is in the basement |
Stay Real is located at:
No. 39 Lane 205 Zhongxiao East Road Section 4
台北市忠孝東路四段205巷39號1樓
and is open from 2PM to 9PM daily
2 comments:
stay real is located at the right side of the road if u are heading down from the MRT exit 2. =)
Nice discovery. I didnt notice the basement staircase. but the last i went there, the sales person were quite patient with me and friend.
Anyone can also buy stayreal or the outerspace in other places too. saw some stores at the alley of Shilin night market selling them too.
lost my sense of direction LOL. Thanks!
I saw the cashier going down the basement once to get some stocks
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