We’re all going to get wet
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Rainy-season goodies (and other fluid notions) are arriving in the stores
WITH THE rainy season just beginning, your wardrobe needs a little extra help standing out on grey days. To the rescue, Central Department Stores and other leading retailers have stocked shelves and racks with smart accessories for just this purpose.
And while you’re thinking “wet”, how about an “animal self-watering planter” from Japan? Strictly for the desktop or kitchen counter and not for walks in the rain, this little animals wear backpacks containing soil that’s pre-seeded to grow clover, mint or basil.
You hook the critters on the edge of a cup of water and with their straws they draw just enough out to nourish the seeds. Soon their backpacks are sprouting.
Something else for the workspace is a bottle cloaked against the weather, some bearing messages, some standing on their own two feet. The bottle caps become proper hats.
When you do go outside you’ll need an umbrella, and lifestyle store ZeenZone has some colourful beauties in eye-catching shapes – you might be carrying an eggplant, a carrot or a cob of corn. There are also printed rain covers for mobile phones and school bags.
From Muji in Japan come more choices in umbrellas as well as tartan rain capes, lightweight rubber slippers and rain hats with a vintage look.
Meanwhile over at the CIO store there are great shopping bags with floral and other prints that ought to survive a soaking.
