G.H.BASS’ first store in Japan opens for a limited time on the 3rd floor of the new building of the Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C.!

G.H.BASS” is a brand whose highly finished shoes, such as coin loafers and tassel loafers, are loved all over the world. G.H.BASS will be opening its first exclusive store in Japan for a limited time on the third floor of the new building of the “Nihombashi Takashimaya S.C.,” which will open on September 25, 2018.

G.H.BASS, the brand that introduced loafers to the world

G.H.BASS is an American shoe brand established in Wilton, Maine in 1876. In the 1950s, students of the Ivy League, a group of prestigious universities on the East Coast of the U.S., loved Weejuns. The fashion, named “Ivy look,” was a big hit in Japan in the 1960s.

G.H.BASS’s Only Shop Opens in “Nihonbashi Takashimaya S.C.

Not only the Ivy look, but G.H.BASS’s Weejans were also chosen by Michael Jackson as the footwear for his CD Thriller, the best-selling album of all time. As the basis of American casual wear, G.H.BASS has become an indispensable part of the current fashion scene, gracing the feet of fashionable people. The G.H.BASS store will open in the urban shopping center “Nihonbashi Takashimaya S.C.,” centered on the Takashimaya Nihonbashi store, on the third floor of the new building of this large-scale commercial facility, which will open on September 25, 2018.