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| Travel: Luxury Shopping, Paris, London, New York, Rome, Hong Kong |
| art & culture - pop art - hotels - luxury shopping - London - Paris - Rome - New York |
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Luxury shopping in Paris
London shopping and style
New York luxury trends
Rome art and luxury shopping
Hong Kong shopping arcades and taylors |
| The Luxury world: the market of luxury goods is attracting a growing number of firms, the elite of the international luxury industry in the field of fashion, including watches, yachting, luxury cars, jewelery, executive jets, and sophisticated buyers are prepared to spend more and more money on exclusive products. Art Fashion Style is the market place for the world of luxury, a wide variety of high class products and luxury shopping guide simultaneously in one web site. Below you will find luxury shopping tours designed to have the ultimate shopping
experience with style in the best cities in the world: luxury shopping in Paris,
luxury shopping in London,
luxury shopping in New York,
luxury shopping in Rome,
luxury shopping in Hong Kong |
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Luxury shopping in Paris: Paris is the capital of haute couture, millions of visitors each year fly to Paris for museums, monuments and luxury shopping. Paris offers probably the best shopping experience of any city in the world. The Faubourg Saint Honoré district between the Louvre and Opera, is the heart of Paris for designer fashion, chic home furnishings, and cosmetics. |
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| On Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, Rue Saint Honoré, Place Vendome, you can find Versace, Hermes, and Yves Saint Laurent, to name just a few. The hottest fashion designers, trendy chain stores, luxury boutiques are located on Avenue Montaigne and Avenue des Champs Elysées, Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Dior. When in Paris don’t miss a visit to Galeries Lafayette on Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant department store, concentrating top designer collections, jewelry, home design, and even delicatessen. For trend designers, fine jewelry, crafted, and antiques go to the Marais quarter, Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, Place des Vosges, Rue des Rosiers. Have a visit at Saint Ouen Flea Market for the antique furniture, vintage clothes. |
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| London shopping and style: for luxury brands, London's main shopping areas is Regent Street and Oxford Street, while local exclusive shops and jewelry are located on New Bond Street. Knightsbridge houses Harrods, the most popular department store. |
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New York luxury trends: for most visitors the 5th Avenue is the shopping destination in New York. Here you will find luxury boutiques, France and Italian chains, and cosmetics such as Elizabeth Arden Salon. Don't miss a visit to: Brooks Brothers (346 Madison Avenue) classic American T-shirts, Ralph Lauren (867 Madison Avenue) flagship store with luxury clothing, accessories, and home products. |
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| Burberry (9 East 57th Street) fine selection of clothing, sportswear, and accessories, Bloomingdale's department store (1000 3th Avenue) leader in shopping service with a visitor center for foreigners. Macy's (151 West 34th Street) the world's largest department store. |
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Rome art and luxury shopping: is the best city round the world where art, relax, and shopping can be melted. You can admire its monuments, statues and fountains while walking downtown for shopping. From Piazza di Spagna starts the exclusive Via Condotti, the paradise for luxury shopping, housing shops of Gucci, Prada, Ferragamo, Bulgari, Cartier, Valentino. more... |
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Hong Kong shopping arcades and taylors: for antiques, original and reproduction Qing and Ming dynasty Chinese furniture, porcelain, and silver, we suggest you simply walk through the several shops on and round Hollywood Road, above the Central District on Hong Kong Island. To be sure about the origin and authenticity of goods, it is better shopping at one of the HKTB member stores. |
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| When buying expensive pieces, ask for the test (wood can be tested using carbon 14 dating, ceramics can be tested with the Oxford test). Hong Kong is a good place to shop for any types of carpets: Chinese, Indian, Persian, and local Tai Ping carpets produced with wool imported from New Zealand. For carpets from India and Middle East, Hollywood Road is the right place. For Chinese handmade carpets, have a look at the Chinese Carpet Centre, on the ground floor of the New World Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui. For Tai Ping carpets, there's a qualified showroom in the Prince's Building, Chater Road, Central. |
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Pacific Place and Times Square are the 2 important department stores in Hong Kong. Here you can visit also Lane Crawford, the most famous local chain department stores, offer a nice selection of clothing, accessories, and cosmetics. |
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| Hong Kong has more jewelry shops per square mile than any other city in the world. Hong Kong is the world's fourth trading center for diamonds, even if Jade is the most popular item of jewelry. Tsim Sha Tsui abounds in tailor shops, you can have clothes custom made in 48 hour. Tailoring in Hong Kong began in the 1950s, when tailor families from Shanghai moved to Hong Kong, now there are more than 2,000 tailor shops. Some of the most famous are located in hotel shopping arcades. |
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Because of duty free policy, and because Hong Kong can offer the latest models before of any other countries, shopping for electronic goods has been very popular. Walking trough Nathan Road and surrounding streets, compare prices, and buy only in stores that are members of HKTB. Don't miss using the Hong Kong Star Ferry. |
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