Anonymous wrote:What about a purse from Kate spade or Michael kors? They are designer brands!

They’re lower range bridge brands and not designer so someone who really likes designer isn’t going to like them. They’re also not necessarily the style they want to carry over there.

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Anonymous wrote:We brought all over relatives in Korea Trader Joe’s snacks and canvas bags, alo brand yoga wear, jars of almond butter, Kentucky bourbon and American whiskey, and honey. Lots of honey.

Koreans think that eating honey is medicinal/healthy. Honey is a traditional gift and can be pretty expensive. Agree that local honey or honey collections would be a good gift.

Bringing in honey to another is often banned by customs regulations. You'd need to check the rules.

The allowance is 5kg per traveller. We brought about 3 lbs per person- a variety of local clover, local wildflower honey, manuka honey, Tupelo honey, creamed honey, etc. It was pretty heavy but we used the empty luggage space to bring back lots of snacks!

Are you sure people want honey? I think most people would prefer a new Michael kors or Kate Spade bag. They are so pretty!

People who already have enough nice bags or their own style would often rather have nice consumables they can’t get over there easily. Especially if they live in a big city where apartments tend to be small. People don’t like owning lots of stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:We brought all over relatives in Korea Trader Joe’s snacks and canvas bags, alo brand yoga wear, jars of almond butter, Kentucky bourbon and American whiskey, and honey. Lots of honey.

Koreans think that eating honey is medicinal/healthy. Honey is a traditional gift and can be pretty expensive. Agree that local honey or honey collections would be a good gift.

Bringing in honey to another is often banned by customs regulations. You'd need to check the rules.

The allowance is 5kg per traveller. We brought about 3 lbs per person- a variety of local clover, local wildflower honey, manuka honey, Tupelo honey, creamed honey, etc. It was pretty heavy but we used the empty luggage space to bring back lots of snacks!

Are you sure people want honey? I think most people would prefer a new Michael kors or Kate Spade bag. They are so pretty!

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Anonymous wrote:We brought all over relatives in Korea Trader Joe’s snacks and canvas bags, alo brand yoga wear, jars of almond butter, Kentucky bourbon and American whiskey, and honey. Lots of honey.

Koreans think that eating honey is medicinal/healthy. Honey is a traditional gift and can be pretty expensive. Agree that local honey or honey collections would be a good gift.

Bringing in honey to another is often banned by customs regulations. You'd need to check the rules.

The allowance is 5kg per traveller. We brought about 3 lbs per person- a variety of local clover, local wildflower honey, manuka honey, Tupelo honey, creamed honey, etc. It was pretty heavy but we used the empty luggage space to bring back lots of snacks!

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Anonymous wrote:We brought all over relatives in Korea Trader Joe’s snacks and canvas bags, alo brand yoga wear, jars of almond butter, Kentucky bourbon and American whiskey, and honey. Lots of honey.

Koreans think that eating honey is medicinal/healthy. Honey is a traditional gift and can be pretty expensive. Agree that local honey or honey collections would be a good gift.

Bringing in honey to another is often banned by customs regulations. You'd need to check the rules.

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Anonymous wrote:Lululemon is not at all popular there. They don’t really wear yoga clothing in public so the brand didn’t take off and nobody recognizes the bags. Stanley cups also are not popular there—they’re not as into the water bottle culture and Stanley’s are considered too big and clunky to be feminine or fit into their aesthetic.

I was thinking 30oz Stanley would be a good size. The 40oz is ridiculous. I feeel like I’ve seen Korean young women on social media with large Starbucks type bottles and cups though.

Starbucks is a popular brand over there. Stanley it not at all. If anything, I’d think it would be perceived as too masculine for their feminine style. They’ll just see manly clunky cups made by a tool maker.

They are into Starbucks merch over there. People line up for things like the kpop collaboration merch or holiday items; they’re different than what we have here. I would think the local merch (like the dc cherry blossom Starbucks merch) would be more appreciated there than a Stanley.

Tiffany’s necklaces

Anonymous wrote:We brought all over relatives in Korea Trader Joe’s snacks and canvas bags, alo brand yoga wear, jars of almond butter, Kentucky bourbon and American whiskey, and honey. Lots of honey.

Koreans think that eating honey is medicinal/healthy. Honey is a traditional gift and can be pretty expensive. Agree that local honey or honey collections would be a good gift.

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Anonymous wrote:Lululemon is not at all popular there. They don’t really wear yoga clothing in public so the brand didn’t take off and nobody recognizes the bags. Stanley cups also are not popular there—they’re not as into the water bottle culture and Stanley’s are considered too big and clunky to be feminine or fit into their aesthetic.

I was thinking 30oz Stanley would be a good size. The 40oz is ridiculous. I feeel like I’ve seen Korean young women on social media with large Starbucks type bottles and cups though.

Starbucks is a popular brand over there. Stanley it not at all. If anything, I’d think it would be perceived as too masculine for their feminine style. They’ll just see manly clunky cups made by a tool maker.

We brought all over relatives in Korea Trader Joe’s snacks and canvas bags, alo brand yoga wear, jars of almond butter, Kentucky bourbon and American whiskey, and honey. Lots of honey.

I buy nice trinkets and stuff from Home Goods and give them to my relatives. They don’t have cute stuff like they do here

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Anonymous wrote:What's your budget?
Yes old people like vitamins and cash. Also some nice whisky like Johnnie Walker blue.

Women would like high end cosmetics or cream like retinols, strivectin, etc. If you have a larger budget you can get a designer bag or more affordable wallet on chain from LV or YSL. I wouldn't get them a stanley or lululemon bag.

Korean and Japanese skincare is better, so I don’t really think I could buy those.

While I agree a lot of the skincare products over there are better Korean women really like luxury brand skincare and makeup products. Even before I brought them American and European products they had a lot of them at home. In response to question below: all the women across 20-70 in my family liked the Dior lip glosses although the colors offered in Asia are different. I even ended up buying a bunch of Dior makeup at the Korean malls after getting color matched because they don’t have the same shades in the west. Anyway, they liked the Chanel nail polish, Chanel hand cream and the Aesop products. They like the L’occitane lotions. My relatives have the Aesop and Fresh bath and hand washes in their homes. The Jo Malone perfume sprays are popular. A lot of young people wear Nike and Adidas sneakers. Like I said with the internet / social media everyone seem to like similar products. I bought the La Mer lip balm at Sams club bc huge price difference from regular store and gave them to my aunts. Both loved them and know the brand. My cousin loved the diptyque perfume samples I gave her as I had tons from buying so many candles during Covid. She also loved the coach phone carrier that I got at the outlet but gave her when I visited.

What about a purse from Kate spade or Michael kors? They are designer brands!

What about some lotion sets from bath and body works? They are. Cute and. Really luxurious.

Anonymous wrote:Stanley cups are only for white women sorry

Asian American girls also tote them but only the super sporty ones or adopted ones

ABGs , FOBs, bookish ones and almost all other flavor of Asian American girls don’t