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( Nuomi; 196 Xinle Rd; 196 Changshu Rd)
This Shanghai-based label
seems to do everything right: gorgeous dresses made from organic cotton, silk
and bamboo, eye-catching jewellery fashioned from recycled materials, and a
sustainable business plan that gives back to the community.
BROCADE COUNTRY
( Jinxiu Fang; 616 Julu Rd; 616 10.30am-7pm; Changshu Rd)
Exquisite
collection of minority handicrafts from China's southwest, personally selected
by the owner Liu Xiaolan, a Guizhou native.
Handicrafts
Jing'an
SPIN
( Xuan; off
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360 Kangding Rd; 360 11am-9.30pm; Changping
Rd)
New-wave and snazzy Jingdezhen ceramics, from cool celadon tones and
oblong teacups to 'kung-fu' vases, presented in a sharp and crisp showroom.
Ceramics
AMY LIN'S PEARLS
( Aimin Linshi Zhenzhu; off
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Room 30, 3rd fl, 580 West Nanjing Rd;
580 3 30 10am-8pm; West Nanjing Rd)
Shanghai's most reliable retailer
of pearls of all colours and sizes, which come for a fraction of the price that
you'd pay back home.
Pearls
Pudong
AP XINYANG FASHION & GIFTS MARKET
( Yada Xinyang Fushi Lipin Shichang; 10am-8pm; Science & Techno-
logy Museum)
Well worth a trip, this mammoth underground market by the
Science & Technology Museum metro station is Shanghai's largest collection
of shopping stalls, with a separate market devoted to pearls. Haggling is the
lingua franca
.
Clothing, Souvenirs
