A Unique Shop in Makati: “I love You Store”
My daughter who is turning nineteen on Tuesday already made plans for a birthday gift. A funky new look from this cool and unique underground basement shop, the “I Love You Store”, new wardrobe, a hair dye and new contact lenses. Friday night is horror night in the streets of Makati Avenue. “I Love You Store” is located in 7849 Underground Pilar Place, Makati Avenue and the hairdresser is only available at night. We travelled all the way from UP Diliman for one hour and a half only to be informed by the charming owner that Maribel, the hair stylist would arrive from a styling gig at 9:30 PM. It was 7:30 PM. Knowing that it would take me another hour to drive to our house in Makati because of the horrendous traffic, I opted to wait . Fortunately, the shop had internet wi-fi and while my daughter shopped for clothes, I worked on my online business.
In the one hour and a half wait, I found out so many interesting facts about this shop :
1. The owners are Fine Arts Graduates. No wonder the place reeks of creativity.
2. Each piece of clothing is one of kind. That’s why each item of clothing is a labor of love. Hence the label “I love you Store”
3. The haircut is not really their main source of business. The professional fee of the hair stylist is by donation-basis. Pay what you can afford.
4. The owners are obviously having fun while doing their business. You can see it in the glow of their faces.
5. Every piece of item, the walls and every nook in that store is an art piece. check out the “I Love You Store photos I took of almost every corner of the shop.
My daughter finally chose two tops which were priced reasonably at 730 pesos. It’s perfect for college wear.
The best part of the evening was seeing my daughter’s eyes lit up as she showed off her new look!
Definitely worth the wait. It’s a wash and wear hair cut. Maribel didn’t have to wet her hair while doing the trim. No blow-dry either. What you see is what you get even if you shampoo your hair . I will surely come back and bring my other daughter to have her haircut by Maribel.
More information on how to go to the “I Love you Store“
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Interesting concept and nice hair cut!
The items remind me of combination Betsey Johnson/early Nicole Miller. Unique and whimsical! Very fashion forward.
@eric- very creative store. I didn’t mind paying for the shirts and the hairstyle
hi! wow! really took me by surprise to find out that ppl are blogging about our store
amazing! thank you! oh btw, we have a website now.. pls check it out! it loads kinda slow but we’re working on it.. oh well LOve is patient anyway yea? ;-D
you do know that clothes there are from ukay-ukay/second hand shops that are “redesigned” and that the stylist has no hair cutting educ?