A comprehensive shopping guide to Hong Kong

Hong Kong's a great place to shop theres no doubt about it. So having been here for a significant amount of time I thought I would offer up some of the best places to empty your wallet.

Starting from the North & working across the Island from west to east with Lantau in there last....


(S) = Shopping centre / Mall


(re) = Re-seller store

MongKok:

Trendy Zone (S) – 580 Nathan Road - (4 floors of many small independent stores. Footwear & clothing re-sellers – particularly the basement level. There are some local independent stores and some good accessories stores for items like rings, leather goods, chains & pendants. There are also some vintage clothing stores on level 3 & 4.


Sneaker Street - Have a walk along 'Fa Yuen Steet' [read this]

Langham Place (S) – 8 Argyle Street - Vans, H&M, Muji, Black Chocoolate, D-Mop

Nike basketball - 58 Fa Yuen Street

Jordan: 


Sub-urb - 1B-19 Basement, Prudential Centre, 216-228 Nathan Road

Tsim Sha Tsui:

Miramar Centre (S) – 143 Nathen Road (Uniqlo, Muji, D-Mop, HARE, Agnes B, i.t)

EXIT – 73 Chatam Road South, basement level – (Entrance on Granville Road)

STUSSY (Store 1) - Chatam Road South

Seleven Gallery - 107-109 Chatham Road South

Take 5 denim – 1 Hing Ming Building, 2/F, 41A-B, Granville Road

Concept shop (re) – Winning Commercial Building, 46-48 Hillwood Road, Shop 246-247, 2/F

Mr.SK / Sample Kicks (re) – Winning Commercial Building, 46-48 Hillwood Road, Shop 232, 2/F


Lane Crawford – 3 Canton Road

Silvercord (S) – 30 Canton Road - I.T sale shop, Levis, EXIT / Double Park, Nike ID, BEAMS, Carharrt, Clarks

Harbour City (S) – 3-27 Canton Road - Uniqlo, Zara, Maison Martin Margiela, Y-3, Joyce, N.Hollywood

Anytime (Shop 1) (re) – 59 Granville Road

Central:

Harvey Nichols - The Landmark,
 15 Queen's Rd
 Central 

A Bathing Ape - 10 Queens Road Central


Visvim - 18 Wyndham Street


A.P.C (Shop 1) - 24 Wyndham Street

Junya Watanabe - 22 Wyndham Street

Nowhere - 28 Wyndham Street

Commes Des Garcons - Shop 2, 10 Ice House Street

Maison Martin Margiela – Shop 7, 10 Ice House Street

HOODS - Shop 5, 10 Ice House Street

Wan Chai:

Ka-Pok – G/F, St.Francis Yard (Near Star Street)





Causeway Bay:

Juice - 2/F, 53 Paterson Street

J-01 - 57 Paterson Street

A.P.C (Shop 2) - 66 Patterson Street

EXIT / Double Park – 10 Cleveland Street

Adidas Originals - 6 Kingston Street

COTWO (re) - 2/F, 523 Lockhart Road

Nike Sportswear - 7 Pak Sha Road

852 - United Success Commercial Centre Building, 506-508, Jaffe Road

STUSSY (Shop 2) - 67-69 Percival St, 2/F, Ko Wah Building

Evergreen skate store - 8/F, commercial building, 8 Leighton Road

Hamlet (re) - 2/F, Causeway Place Shopping Mall, Great George Street 

Anytime (Shop 2) (re) - 522 Jaffe Road 

President Theatre (S) - 517 Jaffe Road (Basement) - Many re-seller stores selling the usual suspects like Supreme, NBHD, Fenom & Undercover

Times Square (S) - New Balance, Nike , Zara, Lane Crawford

Supreme Palace - 8/F, Room A, Gold Swan Commercial Building, 438 - 444 Hennessey Road


Chai Wan:


Silly Thing - Shop 8, Block B, 18 Ka Yip Street 


Undercover - Unit 11, G/F, block B, Ming Pao industrial building





Lantau Island:




Citigate outlet (S) - 20 Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung - Nike, Adidas, New Balance, A Bathing Ape Pirate store


Let me know if I've missed anything worth while off the list.

''Dare to be''

Now i don't know a lot about Jimmy Black footwear. Cant even find a link for them (searched for all of 2 mins ill be honest) via Google. They run with the bold (& well, quiet honest in fact) ''we dare'' slogan & judging by the pics you cant help but agree. If your familiar with CPU sneaker stores around HK you may have noticed them. They recieve quiet a prominent store display so I'm guessing they could be an in house thing.

Like a spam email come true isn't it? There's numerous Vans, a Visvim FBT, Clarks Natalie (not in pics), Danner & a shady couple of Red Wings in there too. Maybe only missing an air bubbled model to complete the mission of ripping off every relevant footwear brand from the past 20 years?

Someone call Shenzhen, they've had their shoes robbed.

Man down, man down!!!

This is just gold. A women refuses to co-operate with police after a car accident, then tries to walk away! Around the 35 second mark is where the real comedy begins.

Now i play football on a Sunday & i'm pretty sure the police 'man' in question used the exact same tactic to con the referee in a game a few weeks back. Dammmmnnn these Chinese cant take a tackle!

Big shoes....

You know Bape don't do things by half's, just take a look at this gigantic (got to be at least 20ft) Nigo....

This collab, 'Chocoolape', is with HK's Black Choocolate (who get the prize for the biggest collaboration whores in 09 - Everything from Superman to Burger King) which is a kind of Japanese inspired brand at affordable prices. Product wise they can be a little hit & miss (although isn't every brand?) but they are certainly popular amongst the younger generation here.

If your around, this display is at Times Square, Causeway Bay.

What is it with these people???

Acid attack ...... AGAIN! Its becoming a real threat to people now.

Read more on the latest incident..... here

Loot even the pirates wouldn't steal

Bape's pirate store - a chance to grab some some cheap / one off gear or a way of getting rid of shit they cant sell? We know which way they market it, obviously, but after taking a look recently i beg to differ. To be honest it reminds me of an English store called TK Maxx. Basically, rather shitty gear that nobody could sell bunched together in the hope of making some space in the warehouse. With its rapid expansion over the last decade Bape obviously have a shit load of stock nowadays. Opening these pirate stores further commercialises the brand too & takes away more of the allure of which drawn you to it in the first place.

Its difficult to see what direction Bape will take in this new decade as they are now, weather the loyalists like to admit it or not, a fully fledged family brand. Shit, i even know a couple of housewives who follow the releases! However you feel about them though theres no denying their influence on street / fashion culture as we move into the tenties (that the correct wordage??). In the early years Bape offered something new, young & undoubtably cool. Take Biggie rocking the green camo jacket in the 90's. Wonderwall too helped shape the brands identity with the highly innovative store interiors Bape has become so known for.

The all over camo print, full zip hoodies, bland milo designs & those hideous AF1's knock offs seemed to catch on like wildfire. Looking back though, kind of laughable isn't it? Don't get me wrong i'm not hating on the brand, i was as interested as the next guy, i'm sure anyone who takes an interest in emerging trends was. For me it's the under the radar pieces that still keep Bape relevant today, amongst the stiffest competition than its ever faced before. Like i said, i do however HATE their footwear with a passion. How on earth a brand can blatantly copy some of the most recognisable styles in modern footwear & get away with it is beyond me. But thinking about it, maybe thats just a measure of how influential they've became over the past decade. Collaborating with Adidas on the superstar model was proof of that.

Of course, the fakes haven't helped the brands credibility over the years but hey, thats a problem being successful brings. For better or worse, its certain that Bape will remain just as relevant in the next decade as it has in the previous two.

This City.....

First off, apologies for the lack of updates to anyone who reads this blog (about 3 of you! haha). To be honest over the last little while i haven't been anywhere of note. And also my camera broke - which was a massive pain in the ass! Anyway, heres a few pics from about over the past 2 weeks or so.....

Kiehls x Kaws action

TST carnage. Everday seems to be a public holiday and the urban areas become chaotic at peak hours. Avoid if you can.

                                  

Please do not squat on the toilet seat - I assume this

applies to mainlanders, no?

View from the Sevva

 

Full.

 I know i know, worst day ever to go to the peak.

& finally... Some tomfoolery from the Lan Kwai Fong area........

Happy 2010

Protest.....

.....Even if you dont know why. Make some noise.

DJ Premier @ Dragon i, 18/11/09

Producer extraordinaire (& not to mention my personal favourite hip-hop producer ever) DJ Premier is back in Hong Kong this Wednesday @ Dragon i club. Happy.

Via HKH

A Bathing Ape Pirate store: Hong Kong

Bape is set to unvail Hong Kong's very own 'Pirate store' at citigate shopping mall (Tung Chung, Lantau Island) on December 12th. The mall also houses other outlets such as Nike, Adidas & New Balance.

Citigate Mall