Destination
Type of Shop
Editors Pick
Read MoreAmansara Boutique
The resort’s small shop elegantly squeezes in an array of stylish and philanthropic products, from wild Samlot honey from the Jolie-Pitt Foundation to hand woven ikat from Golden Silk, a Franco-Khmer NGO preserving an ancient local silk known for its...
Photo by Kathryn Nathanson, courtesy IndagareRead MoreArtisans d’Angkor
Founded in 1992, Artisans d’Angkor is a Cambodian social business and arts and crafts center based in Siem Reap (there is also a boutique in Phnom Penh). The focus is on reviving traditional Khmer craftsmanship—including stone carving, wood carving, lacquering,...
Read MoreBloom
Pack new purchases in a quirky carry-on satchel fashioned from recycled Khmer rice sacks sold at Bloom Cambodia, a corner store committed to “making trade fair – one bag at a time.” It was founded in 2006 as a social...
Read MoreEric Raisina
Madagascar-born Eric Raisina trained in the Paris ateliers of Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Lacroix before coming as a tourist to Angkor Wat in the late 1990s. He fell in love with the silk weaving and with the people and...
Read MoreEric Raisina – FCC
If you don’t have time to visit Eric Raisina’s show-stopper of a main boutique and atelier in the Chamming City on the way to Angkor, he has a small but sleek boutique in the Foreign Correspondent’s Club, which is alongside...
Read MoreLouise Loubatieres
Louise Loubatieres, a graduate from London’s Royal College of Art, grew up watching her Franco-Vietnamese designer mother working with Indochinese hill tribes. Her eponymous boutique, opened in 2013, is filled with must-have homewares, like white-on-grey bird ikat cushions made by...
Read MoreMade in Cambodia Market
On the first Saturday afternoon of the month, the street running perpendicular to the Siem Reap River in front of Shinta Mani hotel transforms into a festive fair. The vendors sell everything from boho-chic woven handbags, from marginalized communities in...
Read MoreNeary Khmer Beauty
This simple silk tailor shop down the street from Louise Loubatieres sells silks and cottons by the meter. The owner will fashion tops and pants from what you choose or you can buy the gorgeous ikat silks for pillows or clothing...
Photo by Kathryn Nathanson, courtesy IndagareRead MoreStocker Studio
Brothers Eric and Thierry Stocker’s studio creates fine decorative items made with Cambodian natural lacquer and textures. The workshop helps support the local community, as most artists come from the Krousar Thmey Foundation, which provides jobs and training to deaf...
