Ap Lei Chau Outlets: Space

Brand-savvy treasure hunters forgo the glitzy boutiques of Central and head over the Peak by car to Ap Lei Chau on the Island’s south side. Space is the place for last season’s Prada and Miu Miu. Bring plenty of patience and stamina to rummage through racks and stacks of these three ultra-desirable labels. Long lines are proof of the fabulous finds.

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BYPAC Pearls and Cashmere

For high-quality cashmere at reasonable prices and in a large variety of styles and colors, Pearls & Cashmere has long been a go-to shop for visitors. Founded in 1984 with outlets in the top hotels in Hong Kong, it once offered only very traditional English styles. A few years ago, though, the company started its BYPAC label, with hipper fashion designers introducing trendier styles. You will pay less than you would in Europe or the States, but sadly, not the bargain basement prices of years ago.

Cat Products

Tucked in the basement of a teeny bopper mini-mall, this diminutive space crammed with leather straps and scraps serves as the work space for the talented Eva Lau. Lau specializes in re-crafting once much loved but now rather trashed bags from European designers, some with highly recognizable logos, into more of "the" moment satchels, wallets and other chic accessories. She’s slow and crafty, like her shop’s moniker, but the high quality products will last until you decide to bring them back so Lau can morph them into something else.

Chinese Arts and Crafts Pacific Place

This may feel like a Chinatown emporium but it’s the best place for one-stop shopping for traditional Chinese  objects and fashions like jade trinkets, carved chopsticks, silk pajamas and dragon-motif teapots. Here you can find everything from herbal teas and healing balms and remedies to furniture, ceramics and fashions, including skirts and jackets fashioned out of antique textiles.

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Interior View - Initial, Hong Kong, China

Initial

This concept store with a vintage edge sells international fashion brands as well as items from its own brand. Initial’s Causeway Bay location emphasizes a mix of home and accessories, including interesting wall decorations, designer bikes and luxury cosmetics.

Kei Poon

A sliver of a shop on bustling Wellington Street (with a second address in Causeway Bay), Kei Poon sells handbags in exotic skins from crocodile and ostrich to ring lizard, lamb and pony hair. If you don’t see exactly what you like, they will custom design any style in any skin or color. Prices are not the cheapest you will find in town but the workmanship is worth the premium.

Lace Department Store

For those willing to shop the way many Hong Kong expats do, the Lace Department Store is worth a trip. Customers go into a drab office building, ride the elevator up to the 5th floor and hunt down Suite No. 504. Here there are extremely inexpensive cashmere sweaters and scarves.

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Lane Crawford

For the very latest international fashions from the hottest designers, the once stodgy Lane Crawford has re-invented itself. Across 80,000 square feet in the IFC Mall adjacent to the Central Airport Terminal, this outlet is for locals and visitors looking to pick up the highest heels from Italy and the latest Dior handbag before jetting off or immediately on arrival.

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Liger

Liger offers some of the edgiest and fashion-forward pieces in Hong Kong. Curated by two of Hong Kong’s top trendsetters, this high-end boutique offers an eclectic assortment of international brands.

Liii Liii

Like your Choos but want them in other hues too? It’s worth hauling your entire shoe collection to this women’s cobbler who stocks an extensive range of leather and exotic skins. Custom orders take time but this centrally located address is a daily pick-up stop for the likes of FedEx and some of Hong Kong’s bold-faced names who nip in to augment their designer-filled closets with these perfect copies.

Linva Tailor

Set free your inner Suzie Wong with a cheongsam made to measure. Bring your own fabric or choose from Mr. Leung’s colorful collection of quality silks in traditional shades. Expect to wait four days from initial fitting to follow-up, then another two to three weeks to complete the transformation. Shipping is available worldwide.

Margaret Court Tailoress

This centrally located seamstress is the top pick of fashionistas who want their favorite designer items in multiple renditions, or copied off the catwalk.

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Pedder Building

This historic building houses renowned international art galleries including Gagosian Gallery, a branch of London’s Ben Brown Gallery, Pearl Lam Galley and Simon Lee Gallery. Temporary exhibitions range from photographs and Chinese scroll paintings to Jeff Koons sculptures.

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Sam’s Tailor

The best known of them all, Sam’s Tailor, is something of an exception to that posh location rule; his tiny store is located in a shopping arcade alley with the absurdly grand address of “Burlington Arcade.” The boss, Manu Melwani, is available to go at a moment’s notice to the hotel rooms of clients such as Bill Clinton. “I see myself as similar to a lawyer or a doctor,” says the loquacious and charming Melwani. “When people come for a fitting, it’s like an X-ray; I know lots of things about their body.”

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Shanghai Tang

The flagship shop of David Tang, Shanghai Tang brought new glamour to traditional Chinese style clothes with electric-colored silk Mao jackets and authentic Chinese tailoring for women. The multi-story emporium now includes children’s clothing and a home collection.

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Sin Sin Atelier

Sin Sin’s boutique lives up to the atelier part of its name; clients can pick fabrics from the Hong Kong native’s extensive, handpicked collection and have them made into customized outfits. The less specific can also peruse or pore over pretty filigreed and sterling jewelry, as well as trendy handbags and women’s clothing, which, some say, recalls the abstract style of Japanese designer Issey Miyake. Sin Sin, who prefers to introduce her new collections via elaborate performances rather than runway shows, also showcases the works of both established and up-and-coming (primarily Southeast Asian) artists in her adjacent gallery.

Sonjia

In a city where European luxury brand names are everywhere, Sonjia is a breath of fresh fashion air. Sonjia Norman, who is half Korean, half English, sold her first clothes in 1998 with a belief that “women should be able to express their individuality through unique dressing.” Her one-of-a-kind designs, which incorporate materials like Japanese kimono fabric and antique embroideries trimmed with fur or lined in silk, inspired a cult following. At her multi-level retail shop in Wan Chai, she also carries some under-the-radar labels from abroad like Karry ‘O jewelry and Divine Tribe as well as homewares selected with her own stylish eye. Mostly, however,  this elegant boutique showcases Sonjia's own designs.

Caftans  at Tabla, Hong Kong, China - Courtesy Michael Lucas

Tabla

Tabla sells chic and modern resort wear, including caftans, dresses and scarves inspired by the colors and textile traditions of India.

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