Beijing Fashion Shopping Guide

Global fashion trendsters, The JC Report have put together a shopping guide for Beijing, for luxury labels, mall couture and Hutong boutiques.

In case you’re in China right now and on the off chance, aren’t interested in the sports day they’re currently having…

Beijing Shopping Guide: Luxury Labels, Mall Couture and Hutong Boutiques

Though Beijing lacks the uber-chic shopping districts of Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul, its fashion scene is racing ahead at light speed. Over the past decade, luxury labels have poured into China’s cities, but, recently, many local designers—2007 Woolmark Prize winner Qiu Hao, for example—have started to steal their share of the spotlight.

There are upmarket megamalls scattered about Beijing’s center (inside the Second Ring Road) forming the heart of luxury shopping in the city. Meanwhile, many five-star hotels have high end brands inside them. The Peninsula Hotel (8 Goldfish Lane, Wangfujing), for example, has a shopping arcade that includes some of the city’s first Prada, Gucci, Tiffany’s and Bulgari boutiques.

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