For those staying in the tourist areas of Silom or Sukhumvit the place to start is just a short walk from your hotel. At night the lower end of Sukhumvit is lined with stalls selling clothing, DVDs, handicrafts, bags, furnishings, watches and jewelry. Bargain hard because the vendors will often test your knowledge by asking an absurdly high price at first. The night market around Silom and Patpong is even more hard headed. The traders here only get about four [...]
This travel guide is for the ladies who lunch, the charge-happy wives, the power bitches, the style icons, the teens and preteens, the yummy mummies and the fashionistas with or without a budget. This guide is a celebration of the little shopaholic in all of us.
Who to Bring
It is cheaper to shop with two to three shopaholics and team up for bulk purchase discounts. If traveling with kids or family, visit the Jim Thompson House and Museum where they sell [...]
The Platinum Fashion Mall is another behemoth on the Bangkok shopping landscape. It is located on Thanon Petchaburi, not far from Pantip Plaza and around the corner from Central World Plaza. If you are in Bangkok but not able to make the Weekend Market at Chatuchak, or fancy a bit of air conditioned comfort, then this is your place! It offers a lot of the same goods as Chatuchak at similar prices. Bargains can be had if buying in bulk. [...]
Bangkok is well known for its pirated DVD movies and software as well as all the fake brand name clothing which is for sale in many of the street side vendors however there are also a large number of modern shopping malls in the Thai capital city. In these malls you can find many stores and boutiques from well known fashion designers and international brand names.
There are too many shopping venues in Bangkok to list in a single article however [...]
