Taking a Fashion Tour of Hong Kong

The Asian fashion industry has always focused on luxury and premium brands and in Hong Kong this is no different.

The appetite for designer goods and high end labels is huge in China and Hong Kong and shoppers should expect to find credit card temptations at every turn. Shopping is big business and almost a national pastime in the city and every shopper’s whim can be catered for.

Fashion Walk

A beautiful blend of high street names such as Zara and top fashion houses selling designer dresses. Unusually for Hong Kong, Fashion Walk is an outdoor shopping mall encompassing four streets in the Causeway Bay Area of the city. It is opulent, energetic and a beautiful place to shop. Bars and restaurants intermingle with the shops so tourists and locals alike can while away a pleasant afternoon and evening window shopping the fabulous store fronts.

Ladies Market

This place is pure, traditional, local Hong Kong! Cheap and cheerful and offering everything from make-up, underwear, shoes and accessories as well as wedding dresses. The market is open every day and the street closes to traffic from four till midnight. The atmosphere here is wonderful and vibrant and interacting with the friendly stall holders is all part of the joy of shopping here.

Kowloon East and Kowloon West

When you visit a new city it’s good to feel like you’re experiencing life as a local. The malls in these parts of Kowloon are where the people of Hong Kong actually shop. Being a little way away from the frantic, central areas of the city make this area feel more relaxed. You will find international labels, a family atmosphere and authentic food.

Cheung Sha Wan Road

Locals know this area of the city as ‘Fashion Street’. It isn’t a traditional shopping area, more a place to come to breathe the same air as local designers, wholesalers and buyers. Boutique showrooms are on every street. The wholesalers are the people they are interested in but for the canny, thrifty shopper it is possible to convince the shops to sell their good at much cheaper prices than retail. It’s fun and exciting and you really feel like that for one day you are part of the real business of fashion.

The Peak Tower

This huge tower dominates the Hong Kong skyline. It rises a massive 428m over Victoria Harbour and has an incredible roof shaped like a giant wok. The shopping centre inside offers a new take on traditional street shopping while impressing shoppers with jaw dropping views of the city below. Peak Tower is perfect for gift shopping with best buys including handmade jewellery and gorgeous silks.

Times Square

Times Square is a ten-storey shopping centre that soars above Causeway Bay station. All price points are represented from Chanel designer dresses to local labels and western-style wedding dresses. Each floor has a different theme and the atrium has pop culture displays on a regular basis. This is shopping, art and theatre in one.

Island Beverly Centre

This small, demure shopping centre has a very ordinary exterior. It would be easy to walk by and not realise what a little gem you are missing. Hidden inside is a colourful, bold, exuberant mix of kitsch, cute and unusual. Rummage around the four floors to find designer dresses imported from China and the rest of Asia alongside bespoke, limited edition designs from Hong Kong designers.

Lantau

Lantau Island is a beautiful nature reserve as well as a shopper’s paradise. But that’s the quirkiness of Hong Kong! On Landau, you can get high end designer dresses for bargain prices. There are around eighty stores and include sportswear brands such as Adidas and Nike and streetwear labels such as Quicksilver. It’s a hugely convenient last minute shopping venue as it has direct links to Hong Kong International Airport.