More Merch: At Bazar, Mister Freedom Reigns

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Vintage furniture spot Bazar on Abbot Kinney has been on the street for 10 years, carrying finds from across the globe. Owner Tina Wakino, who started as an importer of French furniture, has been focusing on Asia of late, though still travels regularly to Europe. At first, we couldn't figure out what had changed in the shop; it wasn't the attention to Asia, it was the recent incorporation of textiles. Wakino has been collaborating with Mister Freedom designer Christophe Loiron to bring his modified and dead stock vintage from the 1930s-1970s, and original prototypes to the racks of Bazar. The shop has become a nice mix of furniture, jeans, boots, bags, raw denim, and other findings, though Wakino says it's always a work-in-progress. "A shop is really a reflection of a person," she told Racked. [RackedWire]