I was at Ngee Ann City today, the land of Takashimaya and Kinokuniya (largest tenant I believe). At the basement, there was this Men’s Bazaar.
Now, this is really rare, at least in Singapore. Every time I see bazaars, they’re usually for women and today I actually see a men’s bazaar. I can’t believe it, perhaps someone tore down the letters “WO” from the banner that writes “MEN’S BAZAAR”.
It’s quite big by the way, it occupies a portion of the Ngee Ann City basement outside Takashimaya (which is considered one of the bigger spaces in a Singapore shopping mall). I wasn’t having anything in mind to get. Perhaps a pair of shoes? Perhaps bags? I don’t know. Anyway, I just checked out the men’s bazaar to check out their goods.
There are bags, wallets, shoes, clothes, luggage and sunglasses. I don’t think luggage should go with men’s bazaar but it’s found their anyway. The luggage is okay, in fact, I spotted locks (as in those that need keys to open), miniature-size screwdriver that is only good for vandalizing hotel tables and electrical sockets from European regions. I don’t see these strange items as men’s items frankly speaking.
After walking more, I even spot feminine bags, feminine sunglasses, strange pink accessories that look alien to me and feminine wallets. And this is supposed to be a men’s bazaar. Oh man, it’s cheating us men. I don’t believe any men (or to be more precise - straight men) would carry a cute wallet that is in a nice shade of brown with a heart shape in front. Pink sunglasses? No thanks.
I realized that the bazaar is 40% for men, 20% for women and the rest are basically non gender specific. And I hereby conclude that bazaars for men virtually don’t exist here in Singapore.