Shopping in Hong Kong

Majority of people who are on holiday in a big city such as New York, LA, London, Tokyo of course why wouldn't they take the opportunity of checking out the fashion and therefore go shopping!


I did a fair bit of this when I went HK. The city has many trendy quirky styles. From the very kawaii Japanese style to the slightly urban grungy edge. HK fashion is very influenced by Japanese and Korean looks where the shapes are quite exciting and a breath of fresh air to me, compared to the European High Street style - here's a few places and brands I encountered to share with you:-

Mong Kok:-


There are the typical places like off Fa Yeun Street (花园街) there is the market there and on the side plenty of clothes shops, cheap, not bad for fast fashion, however the quality is not really to point call it Primarni quality, but hey, my job is quality control related!


Tung Choi Street, a very long street that has the well know to Tourists Ladies Market (女人街) knock offs designer bags, belts, souvenirs, shoes clothing, and off one of the streets is section known for Sportwear AKA (Trainer Street)


旺角中心/ Argyle Centre, Nathan Road


One of my last shopping discoveries when I ventured to Hong Kong over 2 years ago was just on the corner and next to one of the MTR exits. This was one of my favourite shopping places, consisting of 3 floors of fashion shops selling bags, shoes, make up and of course clothing, every girl's shopping paradise; best thing the place doesn't close until 11.30pm!

Chic @ 堡 Shopping mall HK, Soy Street


This Shopping Mall is also 3 floors, known to sell al sorted toys and clothing, mainly menswear and men's sportswear, there's also a few salon shops to do nails hair for the girls


CTMA Centre 兆萬中心, Sai Yeung Choi Street South


This shopping centre is also a place for selling majority of toys, games and a few gadgets, however this place sells clothing as well, majority of the styles that I saw in the units were cute girly floaty styles Japanese and Korean influence  


Tsim Sha Tsui:-



This is actually a new dicovery for me thanks to my friend Vincent, he took me to a little area called Granville Road which is quite a hidden treasure


Rise Shopping Arcade, Granville Circuit, Tsim Sha Tsui, Opens late lunchtime 1pm till around 11pm


3/4 floors of little boutique shops selling a varied range of clothes, from designer, vintage and wholesale seconds. Vincent told me it used to have a floor devoted to bridalwear but not anymore, unless it they moved to the higher floors, we didn't venture any higher as we couldn't find the lift! hahaa!


Rise is very eclectic fashion wise and suit a lot of the fashion lovers, there are also shops for menswear as well compared to the Argyle Centre which has just womenswear. Prices do vary in Rise, pending on what you buy, you can try haggling and they do give you a discount if you by more that one item 10-20%

DNA Galleria, 61-65 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui


This place is around the corner from Rise Shopping Arcade, it's actually a brand spanking new shopping arcade 3 floors of a range of different styles of clothing from sports wear to tailoring to street wear. Sweets and gadgets are also sold; in a nutshell it's a mini mall selling alsorts
The Layout of the place is very open, and I really love the Pop artish interior of large figurines around the store, what's strange is the way they do the check outs. There are individual check out desks around each floor, but as you purchase items from the shop, they give you a receipt  to make payment at the check out before obtaining your brought items. 


The Place is still quite new and of course has a few empty units that need to get filled in.