Chidlom - Ploenchit: Shopping
If you're looking for shopping - from upmarket brand names to high quality handicrafts - get off at Chitlom BTS (Skytrain) station. This area is the battleground of the city's finest malls and, with its abundance of upmarket, trendy and expensive things to buy, easily comparable to London's Knightsbridge or Singapore's Orchid Street.
Elevated walkways from the station directly links you to where you want to be. The seven floors of Central Chidlom Department Store offer all you'd expect from any store of its ilk, and its especially good for fashion labels, shoes, cosmetics and homeware.
You can also reach Gaysorn Plaza, an upmarket cool white marble and chrome interior complex housing high-end luxury goods and designer labels like Hugo Boss, Emporio Armani and Prada. You'll find much the same sorts of ultra chic shopping boutiques in Erawan Bangkok, located at the Ratchaprasong junction.
Close by, CentralWorld offers 500 shops and a wide range of products to suit most tastes and budgets. Formerly known as World Trade Centre, it has eight state-of-the-art floors of shops, several cinemas, restaurants and bistros. Highlights include new trendy lifestyle store Manga, and popular department store Zen. With 550,000 square metres of retail space, its 30% larger than any other shopping mall in Bangkok. Narayana Phand opposite offers a large selection of ethnic clothes and handicrafts from all over the country.
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The battle of Bangkok's mega shopping malls to be the biggest and the best has a new outright and undisputed winner: the supermodern, newly launched, revamped and rebranded CentralWorld. With 550,000 square metres of retail space and a total area size of 830,000 square metres that is 30% larger than any other shopping centre in central Bangkok, CentralWorld is now officially the largest lifestyle shopping complex in Southeast Asia. (READ MORE)
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The stylish Amarin Plaza is linked to Erawan Bangkok via a skybridge. The five-storey shopping plaza has an almost festive aura to it, drawing in a mixed crowd - from affluent Thais to expats and business travellers - with highly desirable brand names such as Guy Laroche, Valentino and Crocodile, to name but a few. (READ MORE)
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Gaysorn is a luxurious, upmarket white marble and gleaming chrome complex housing exclusively high-end luxury goods and designer labels. Its contemporary design and an innovative retail concept create a very exclusive shopping experience. Expect to find a wide range of highly desirable international brands like Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada and Hugo Boss, to name but a few, as well as a selection of Thailand's most innovative designers such as Fly Now, 'Senada Theory and Kloset Red Carpet. (READ MORE)
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Erawan Bangkok, the graceful mall with direct access to the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel right in the heart of the Ratchaprasong shopping district, has an air of exclusivity about it. A five-storey space covering about 13, 000 square meters, it's a boutique mall that offers a selection of only the most elegant lifestyle brands. And the shoppers who frequent the polished hallways and eateries here are equally suave... (READ MORE)
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Locations: Silom Centre, Central Chidlom, Central Pink Lao, Central City Bangna, various other locations
Expect to find: Sherlock Holmes look-alikes, moleskin journals and fountain pens.
Value: A good place to find a quality gift for someone. Or reasonably-priced clothing, shoes and apparel.
Verdict: Excellent for flash-shopping. (READ MORE)
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Location: CentralWorld
Expect to find: Trendies, fascinating objects, affordable designer goodies and many other surprises (don't want to spoil it for you).
Value: Pricey, but look out for sales promotions.
Verdict: It's places like this that give Bangkok shopping an edge. (READ MORE)
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Location: CentralWorld
Expect to find: Homesick Japanese expats, shrines to Anna Sui, women's finery, Japanese supermarket.
Value: Japanese quality control is for the most part, worth the expense.
Verdict: Isetan retains its unique character and is worth the visit. (READ MORE)
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Location: Chidlom (opposite CentralWorld), and various other locations.
Expect to find: Bargain almost anything, cheap souvenirs, office workers and budget travellers.
Value: Probably the cheapest option in town.
Verdict: Don't get lost. (READ MORE)
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