It’s
impossible to miss this smart, modern mall, with its conspicuous
consumables from the likes of Chanel, Dior, Zegna, Versace, Prada,
Vuitton, Bulgari and Tiffany.
Pedder St
Harvey Nichols in the Landmark Centre
Seibu
Four floors of designer clothes, cosmetics, gifts, household items and food.
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
Lane Crawford
Upmarket
clothing, with concessions from most big Western designer brands,
houseware, beauty products, glass and porcelain ranging from the exotic
to the naff.
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
Lane Crawford
The Prince’s Building
Not
as many top names as the next-door Landmark, but the bright, airy and
less crowded Prince’s Building is worth a visit if big-name clothes and
accessory designers are your thing.
Statue Square & Des Voeux Rd
The Pedder Building
Not
a top mall, but many shops offer clearance stocks of designer clothes
at sharp mark-downs. Most specialise in women’s fashions.
Pedder St
Gucci
This
beautiful temple to the brand of Gucci is tended by elegant
priestesses. It’s merely a question of whether you can afford to worship
here.
The Landmark Centre, G1
Dragon Culture
Antiques shop with pottery from most dynasties, bamboo carvings and snuff bottles.
231 Hollywood Rd
Lock Cha Tea Shop
All
the tea in China (well, 100 varieties anyway), along with traditional
and modern teaware, all sold by experts in a colonial-era building.
G/F K.S.Lo Gallery, Hong Kong Park, Admiralty
Shanghai Tang
Local
entrepreneur David Tang is the brains behind this smart twist on
traditional Chinese clothes and ornaments. Jackets and kitsch Mao
watches are staples.
The Pedder Bldg
David’s Shirts
Off-the-shelf
and hand-made shirts are the speciality of this Hong Kong institution.
Allow a couple of days for the handmade shirts.