The Best Shopping in Singapore
Jun 27th, 2007 by Yue
If baseball is America’s favorite pastime, then shopping is Singapore’s. Singapore is considered Asia’s shopping paradise, where you can find every one of your favorite designer brands.
By coincidence, the annual “Great Singapore Sale” is happening right now, from May 25 to July 22. You can find great bargains at all the major shops. And on Friday evenings the shops on Orchard Road (the main shopping street) stay open until midnight, turning everyone into a shopaholics.
For the best in designers, such as Dior, Jil sanders, Comme des Garcons, Marni, visit:
- Club 21 at Four Seasons Hotel, 190 Orchard Rd
- The Link at Mandarin Gallery
- Inhabit at Palais Renaissance
- Pedder in Ngee Ann City
The best mall is Ngee Ann City, with flagships including Kinokuniya and Takashimaya. You can also find stores like Hermes, Bally, Fendi, Louis Vuitton and Chanel. Other good malls along Orchard Road are Tangs Plaza, Paragon, Wisma Atria, Forum shops and Raffles city. Last, if you have visited all the mall in town, take a trip to VivoCity, one of largest malls in Singapore, located at the HarbourFront near Sentosa Island.
But my favorite shops are the small boutiques that you can’t find anywhere else. Some favorite are:
- Front Row (5 Ann Siang Rd) at Ann Siang Hill near Chinatown
- Fred Perry (19 Ann Siang Rd) for for cool furniture
- Asylum (22 Ann Siang Rd) for quirky one of kind design pieces
- Venue (44-46 Club st.) for it’s comprehensive selection of Puma
- Puce (390 Orchard rd), which has everything from evening wear to jewelry to lingerie
- Quintessential(333 Orchard rd), hip accessories boutique
- Electicism (333 Orchard rd), hippest brand name fromUK and US, such as Twinkle by Wenlan, Elly Moss, Sobella, etc
For anyone in Singapore - I’ve mapped out all my favorite places on MapBuzz.