| I have taken my daughter who is visiting from Perth to Qipu Lu on a couple of occasions. We found the building behind the main building with the streaming flags worth exploring, there are 3 floors crammed with stalls selling mainly branded clothes. Unfortunately, there isn't much in fake Xiangyang style labels such as Gucci, Nike, etc. However we have found the real genuine stuff such as G Star clothes, Vivienne Westwood (a beautiful dress for 700rmb), branded denims jeans and lovely cotton blouses for the Japanese market. Problems are their sizes are very small and will not suit caucasian sizes and there isn't much room for bargaining. We still rate their prices as very cheap. Another place worth going to is the Fabric Market which has moved to 399 Lujiabang Lu (stop at the KFC/Trust Mart building and walk up a bit then turn left at the traffic light) - we got several shirts, suits and dresses tailored. Very reasonable prices and good range of materials. Long sleeved shirts were 60rmb incl materials and worksmanship. Men's suits cost 350rmb. |