I am planning a trip to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong in mid April. I will appreciate any suggestions on shopping destinations for fabric, notions, accessories, fashion bargains. Please tell me about the really good places to go. Thank you!
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I did a serious bit of fabric shopping in Hong Kong in 1990. I am still using up the remainder of yes - 150 yards that I bought then. Fabulous quality. My husband thought I was mad at the time. All of this was purchased in Angus International
http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/angussilkshongkong/.
I believe that there are lots of places to shop for fabrics in Hong Kong but I had had their samples in advance in and felt that as I could trust the quality there was no point in bothering further. I did also buy some silks and cottons in Thailand that time and was very pleased with the quality. I have not recently bought any further silks from "Angus" but many friends of mine have and have been quite satisfied both the quality and price.
Good hunting
My DH went to China(Beijing/Shanghai) a couple of years ago,with a request for silk ,of course,from me. He checked with awork colleague who comes from China, and she strongly suggested buying from a goverment controlled store.Apparently,this ensures you get real silk and quality fabric.HTH
In Beijing there is a store maybe a mile east of the Forbidden City. It is several stories tall and well-known for shopping, for it contains a lot of "knock-off" brands. One of the floors has lots of fabric. Bargain like crazy! Start at perhaps 20% of what they're asking. Better yet, know how much you want to spend, and start at a much lower number than that. For a friend, a $200 jacket ended up costing $27. Happy shopping!
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