Dakar Shopping

Marché des HLM

#2 of 109 things to do in Dakar

#11 of 994 shopping in Africa

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Lonely Planet review for Marché des HLM

The fabulous Marché des HLM is the best place to buy African fabrics. Hundreds of rolls of wax-dyed bazin (dyed fabrics beaten to a shine with wooden clubs), vibrant prints, embroidered cloth, lace and silk lend colour to the ramshackle stalls and dusty streets of this popular quartier. You can get matching shoes, bags and jewellery at the same place, and even have your new ensemble sewn here.

 

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    love to sew ..you will love this market

    zizibright recommends this,

    I love to see and being around all this fabric was heaven, I was looking to make a quilt so was looking for scraps to piece together. I had a hard time convincing seamstress that aIl wanted to buy the scraps. Once they understood.. tons of scraps where offered to me.

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