Travel Reference
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Dongtai Lu Market
东台路古玩市场
dōng tái lù g
wán shì ch
ng
Dongtai Lu. Huangpi Nan Lu subway. See map,
p.64.
Scores of small stores sell all manner
of portable knick-knacks along this street,
though nothing is genuine. It's at its biggest
at weekends. Bargain hard, as starting
prices are commonly twenty times what
something is worth.
Guo Chun Xiang's Curiosity Shop
郭纯享家庭集报馆
guō chún xi
Henry Antique Warehouse
亨利古典家具店
hēng lì g
di
i n jīa jù diàn
3/F, Building 2, 359 Hongzhong Lu
W
www
.h-antique.com. Daily 9am-6pm.
The English-
speaking staff at this huge space show off
antique Chinese furniture and furnishings; a
carved Chinese bed costs around ¥13,000.
Overseas shipping provided. It's in the
southern outskirts of the city, so you'll have
to take a taxi.
Zhang's Textiles
花张
huā zhāng
Shanghai Centre, 202A Nanjing Xi Lu
W
www
.zhangstextiles.com.
Genuine framed Qing
Dynasty embroidery, jade bracelets, silk
pillows and silk pillow boxes. It's not cheap,
though, at hundreds of thousands of yuan
for a piece.
i ng jiā tíng jí bào gu
n
179-181 Duolun Lu, near Sichuan Bei Lu. See
map, p.94.
Guo has an excellent showroom
full of early twentieth-century knick-knacks
and antiques.
Clothes and shoes
Sartorial elegance is something of a local obsession, and there's an old Chinese
joke that Shanghai men would rather have oil for their hair than their wok. So
you're spoilt for choice if you're looking for some gladrags. Name brands and
chain stores will cost the same as at home or more but there's a surfeit of great
local shops and
designers
, and getting something
tailor-made
is a bargain.
Always try prospective purchases on as a Chinese extra-large size is equivalent
to a Western medium. Shops don't usually stock anything much bigger than
that, and no shoes bigger than a (male) British size ten (US size 10.5), so if
you're looking for larger sizes you'll have to get something custom-made or
head for one of the fake markets.
If you're after
high street fashions
, try Raffles Mall, Nanjing Dong Lu or
Huaihai Lu; if you just want something cheap and smart looking head for a
Giordano or a Uniqlo (there are branches of both at the eastern end of Nanjing
Dong Lu).
For
kids' clothes
, as well as the recommendations below check out the
underground Nihong Children's Clothing Market, on Pu'an Lu at the junction
with Jinling Lu (
霓虹儿童广场
;
ní hóng ér tóng gu
ng ch
; Huangpi Nan Lu
subway stop; daily 9.30-8pm; see map, p.64). There are hundreds of stalls, a
playground where you can leave the little darlings (¥15) and you can get a fancy
dress costume and a sweater for your dog while you're at it.
ng
deserve support. For stylish one-off
fashions, browse the boutiques on
Taikang Lu Art Street, Maoming Nan
Lu and Shaanxi Nan Lu.
Cha Gang
茶缸
chá gāng
House 1, Lane 299, Fuxing Lu
W
www.zuczug
.com. See map, pp.70-71.
Wang Yigang's
unique but restrained unisex fashions and
Designer clothes
If you want to see international
designer clothes in showpiece stores
head to Plaza 66 (see p.136) or the
Bund. Alternatively, if you're after real
designer gear for a steal, m a ke for the
discount and factory outlet stores (see
p.141). But Shanghai has produced
some great local designers, who
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