Platypus

Australian retail store Platypus’s grand opening was held today and as the stores first foray into New Zealand waters the place was fair buzzing man. The atmosphere was pretty pumped up, I thought I was going to get trampled, over some pairs of freaking shoes! This was helped partly due to the fact that they were holding a draw outside the shop to win a free pair of shoes and people really do like free stuff funnily enough.
There was also a DJ grinding out some tunes to spur the shoe shopping into an even greater frenzy. Because it was the opening day, and there were so many people about I didn’t really get a good feel of the store or the staff. I will have to return at a later date.
The general gist I got though was a whole lot of sneakers; Vans, Converse, Nike etc. While it looked like a good selection of different styles and colors, it just fell a little flat for me. There’s not really much you can’t get at any other shoe store in Auckland if you were so inclined.