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今週の大ニュース！松岡さんの商談のお陰で僕達のＴシャツを販売してくれるお店が見つかった！
高松市の北浜アリー・NYギャラリー内の子供服・靴のセレクトショップ『Peek a Boo Yah』。
実は、子供服のマーケットはあんまり考えていなかった。でも『Peek a Boo Yah』店内を見せてもらったときは衝撃的� った。
オーナーの十川さん（Ｔｏｐｐｅ）が自らセレクトしたバラエティー溢れる可愛い子供服の質の良さにビックリ！
Ｔｏｐｐｅさんの商品選びのポリシーは基本的には日本ではなかなか手に入らない海外の商品、そして国内（あるいは地元デザイナーによる）のユニークなもの。
『Peek a Boo Yah』は大企業によるいつでもどこでも手に入る大量生産的なものではなく、小さいながらも良質なものや自然� 材を使ったものを厳選している。
そんなこ� わりを持つＴｏｐｐｅさんが僕達のＴシャツを大変気に入ってくれたと聞き、本当に嬉し～い！

北浜アリーにある『Peek a Boo Yah』は僕達が3月にThe Art of Gravity展を開催した建物のすぐ近くにある。
北浜エリア自体とってもお洒落でカッコよく、『Peek a Boo Yah』も本当に可愛いくて� 敵なお店で、こんなところでＴシャツを置いて� �けるなんて、まさしく僕が夢に描いていた� �所そのもの！

このことがきっかけで、今後も一緒にお仕事ができればいいなぁと思ってる。
既に子供用の小さいサイズに合う次のデザインを考え始めてる。

This week Mrs. Matsuoka found our first T-shirt wholesale customer in the form of� Toppe Sogawa. Toppe runs a children’s boutique clothing store called Peek a Boo Yah in New York gallery in Kitahama (Takamatsu).

Though we had not really thought that much about the kids’ market, after having a look around Toppe’s store we were struck by the variety and quality of the children’s clothing he had selected. His policy is to stock products from abroad that have not yet made it to Japan or unique items made by local designers.

Peek a Boo Yah focuses on high quality, natural materials and small runs, rather than the mass produced products that are readily available these days. Apparently he really took a liking to our shirts as they fitted all the above criteria.

The store itself is housed in a converted warehouse next to the one where we held our Gravity art show back in March. It is a wonderful little area and the store itself is exactly the kind of place we were looking for to display our products.

Hopefully this will lead to a long and fruitful relationship. I have already begun thinking about some designs aimed at children and suitable for clothing that size.

The highlight of the day came when a grandfather bought his grandson one of my Skullboy shirts while we were in the shop. It is good to know that some kid will now be strutting around town wearing one of my horrific shirts.