holiday shopping in Hua Hin

Post by **buksida** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:59 pm

Good quality copies (nike, polo, diesel, quiksliver, etc) can be found at the Grand Hotel market, and on the streets (as said above) - just need to walk about in the evening.

There are a load of designer label shops in Market Village but they are no cheaper than designer kit in the west.

HHAD polo shirts are a snip at 300 baht:
http://www.huahinafterdark.com/forum/vi ... php?t=5467

Post by **Wanderlust** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:07 pm

From my own purchases and examinations of some of the gear on the market stalls, I would say a lot of them are not copies or fakes but the real thing, that have either found their way out of the back door of the factories, or are slight rejects for some reason or other like bad stitching or wrong labelling. Unless you are a really picky shopper as regards designer clothes then it's the market every time! Even if they are counterfeits most of them are damn good anyway.

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:14 pm

Wanderlust wrote:From my own purchases and examinations of some of the gear on the market stalls, I would say a lot of them are not copies or fakes but the real thing, that have either found their way out of the back door of the factories, or are slight rejects for some reason or other like bad stitching or wrong labelling. Unless you are a really picky shopper as regards designer clothes then it's the market every time! Even if they are counterfeits most of them are damn good anyway.

Would agree with that.

Richlfc, look at Buksidas post above, cant go wrong.

HuaHin isnt that big and you can't fail to find what you're looking for.

Post by **richlfc** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:20 pm

that is a fantasic source of information. thank you all very much. I'm sure i'll find something to suit me, my girls and more importantly my pocket.

Post by **DawnHRD** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:28 pm

Wanderlust wrote:From my own purchases and examinations of some of the gear on the market stalls, I would say a lot of them are not copies or fakes but the real thing, that have either found their way out of the back door of the factories, or are slight rejects for some reason or other like bad stitching or wrong labelling. Unless you are a really picky shopper as regards designer clothes then it's the market every time! Even if they are counterfeits most of them are damn good anyway.

You may be right for menswear, but that is definitely not the case for women's. Dolce & Gabbana don't do cr@ppy, nasty vest t-shirts with their logos screen printed on, neither do Chanel, Prada etc etc And try getting a women's top on a market stall without some huge label plastered over it. Uuurggh! Horrible! I guess the Polo or LaCoste ones are OK if you like that sort of thing, & maybe the Billabong type stuff, but the Vuitton/Prada/Chanel/D&G type stuff is awful.

Post by **Wanderlust** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:34 pm

Fair enough Dawn, as I obviously wasn't looking at the women's stuff. No, honest, I wasn't!

There is a fair amount of crappy, obviously not the real thing there for men as well, but one thing i have noticed is that the real designer polo shirts are too thick to wear here! Especially in the weather we are having at the moment.