“I know people are crazy for China, but I’m not at all. And Japan, for fashion — it’s a dead, dead country.”

–While most designers are clamoring to court Asia’s seemingly insatiable market for luxury goods, Jean Touitou, the founder and owner of A.P.C. told WWD that he doesn’t give a shit. And so he’s opening two new stores in NYC’s West Village. Yay for us.