Leeds Labubu lovers (try saying that three times), your beloved Pop Mart is on its way.
You may remember back in June, rumours were circulating around the city about Pop Mart opening up in Leeds.
It was all due to a job advert spotted online, but we’ve just had some more solid evidence as a planning application has officially been submitted to Leeds City Council by Pop Mart.
The new store will be located on Briggate, formerly home to the shoe shop Dune.
Pop Mart is famed for its huge collection of designer toys and collectible items, often attracting fans from far and wide who are prepared to queue up outside the doors before opening.
The brand is most famously known for stocking Labubus.
A Labubu is the name of the viral plush toy created by Hong Kong-born, Netherlands-raised designer Kasing Lung, who drew inspiration from his love of fairytales to make this worldwide cuddly phenomenon.
They have been flying off the shelves and even creating some controversy, with some shops refusing to stock them due to customers fighting over them in the streets.
The general public aren’t the only ones all over these famous fur-balls either, as celebs and stars alike have been attaching them to their handbags and sporting them like a prized possession.
Pop Mart is already hugely established in Manchester, London, Birmingham, Cambridge, and Reading.
Comments on the plans are to be submitted to the council by Thursday 9 October, and you can find the full application here.
So Pop Mart, we’ll see you very soon (hopefully).
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Featured image – Pop Mart
