Sometimes we find healing and even philosophy in the smallest of beings, and Labubu was such a being.
Sitting Labubu I encountered at the main store in Harajuku
On a sunny afternoon, I visited POP MART’s main store in Harajuku, Tokyo, and was struck by the Have a Seat, one of the most popular items in the “THE MONSTERS” series.
Blind boxes neatly lined up on the shelves. Hidden among them are Labubu sitting on chairs in various poses.
I purchased nine of them, and the thrill of opening them was a feeling I had long since forgotten as an adult.
Each of the children that came out had their own personality, and each time I looked at them, I felt as if they were a reflection of my “inner unconsciousness.
A chance encounter at a POP MART vending machine in Yokohama
A few days later, I wanted to buy a new series and found a POP MART vending machine in a shopping mall in Yokohama.
I thought, “This might be fate,” and ended up buying five of them. I found one in the color I wanted. Lucky me.
👜 An “intellectual play” on the Hermes Birkin
Recently, there is a secret trend among highly sensitive people to “add Labubu to Hermes bags.
When you actually try it, you will find that the playfulness of Labubu gives a perfect balance to the tranquil atmosphere of the bag.
I believe once again that owning an object is a style, a story, and a way of presenting a world view, and Labubu gives us that “blank space.
📦 Why are we attracted to blind boxes?
In a sense, the act of buying something you can’t see what’s inside is very inefficient. But that is why there is room for “thought” and “interpretation.
The Have a Seat series of lovebugs seem to ask the question, “What is comfort for me?
Summary as 🔚 Private Wisdom
Cute. But that is not enough to describe its quiet impact.
I feel that POP MART’s “THE MONSTERS” Have a Seat series is more than a collection, it is an existence that gives us “questions” in our daily sense of beauty.
I will continue to spend quiet and rich moments with Labubu.
