Boutique / Shopping

The main streets in Shanghai where to have a real shopping fever are located on the Puxi side of town around Nanjing Road, Huaihai Road, Changle Road, Taikang Road and South Shaanxi Road.

Nanjing Road is Shanghai most popular street. The walk from the Bund to People Square is a very challenging yet amazing experience to really feel the beat. On the west side of the street, from People Square to Jing An Si, you will find more expensive shops. Close to Jing An Si, Plaza 66 is a uber-luxury mall where the wealthy Chinese crowd likes to walk around to buy LV bags, Chanel dresses, Dior glasses or Bonpoint coats.

For the ones with low budget, we suggest QiPu Road, where a market famous for its unexpensive garments is located.

On the Pudong side of town, Super Brand Mall is the latest mall in Shanghai with most western and asian brands being represented.

Xujiahui is the place to go if you are looking for the newest computers, phones, MP3 and other electronical devices.

For the souvenirs, the best bet would be the Old City Street on FangBang Lu. There are over a hundred stores and shops in this area where your bargaining skills will be highly challenged.

Here are a few brands with Chinese/Asian touch :

Annabel Lee

Exquisite embroidery stitched in glittery silk is a Chinese folk handcraft which has been passed down for thousands of years as a cultural heritage, remaining a visible source of pride for China. Annabel Lee's two well-located stores sell elegant, hand-embroidered women's fashions, slippers, purses, and household accessories in delicate fabrics and unfussy colors. The Chinese styles and leitmotifs—such as lotus flowers, dragons, and snuff bottles—allude to 19th-century Shanghai backstreets, though the product quality and consumer appeal is unquestionably 21st-century. The store eloquently portrays how traditional Chinese culture was transformed, but not necessarily destroyed, by the introduction of Western culture in the late 19th century.

No.1 Lane8 Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road (The BUND) +86 21 64 45 82 18 ///// Unit 3, House 3, North Block, Xintiandi, Lane 181, Taicang Road - +86 21 63 20 00 45 

Madame Mao’s Dowry
The concept is to bring the beauty of modern Chinese design into lifestyle products. They have a large collection of art and artefacts from the Mao period which they show alongside contemporary homeware and personal accessories from a range of designers living and working in China.
Antique Provincial furniture provides the staging for these pieces to create an environment that relates modern design to its cultural and artistic heritage.

207 Fumin Road / Tel: +86 21 5403351

ShirtFlag

Shirt Flag have practically become household name, with several stores around Shanghai and a cult status among Chinese and foreign fashion lovers. A tongue in cheek design, playing with graphics from the Cultural Revolution and propaganda art

1F, Bldg 17, 50 Moganshan road / Tel: +86 21 6298 6483

Simply Life

Opened in 2000, Simply Life boutique catch our attention with an inventive use of Chinese design elements in modern homeware. With its two stores in Dong Ping Road and Xintiandi, it continues to charm with its unique home accessories and giftware.

9 Dongping Road, French Concession, near Hengshan Lu / Tel: 3406-0509
Unit 101, Xintiandi, 159 Madang Lu, Xintiandi (near Taicang Lu) / Tel: 6387-5100

Shanghai Tang

Shanghai Tang is the first luxury brand emerging from China. Its design mission is to revitalize Chinese innovation and to interweave it with the dynamism of the 21st Century. From a colorful and nostalgic art deco concept store in Hong Kong, Shanghai Tang has evolved into a modern lifestyle vision of Chinese chic.

Jin Jiang Hotel, Shop E, 59 Mao Ming Nan Road, Shanghai 200020 / Tel: 86 21 5466 3006
Xintiandi Plaza, 15 Xintiandi North Block, Lane 181 TaiCang Road / Tel: 86 21 6384 1601
Shangri-La Hotel, 33 Fu Cheng Road, Pudong / Tel: 86 21 5877 6632