Gift shopping in Singapore City
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Holland Road Shopping Centre
It’s anyone’s guess whether this ageing shopping centre will survive Singapore’s mania for redevelopment, but if it does, this magnet for expats and fashionable Singaporeans is a great place for art, handicrafts, gifts, homeware and offbeat fashion. Lim’s Arts & Living is a virtual encyclopaedia of home furnishing, Island & Archipelago offers retro, beachy dresses, while EMF has a large selection of secondhand books for sale, rent or trade. Framing Angie is a gallery that’ll also frame pictures. On Level 3 there’s a series of massage and reflexology shops to soothe shop-weary limbs.
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Cho Lon
For some offbeat souvenirs, Cho Lon is an interesting gallery offering an eclectic selection of intriguing ephemera: quirky Mao statues, Ho Chi Minh busts, Indian velvet embroidered cushions and other eccentric homewares. It's part of a group of galleries in the block attracting avid collectors of mantle talking-points.
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Royal Selangor
Malaysia’s pewter specialists aren’t high on the hip list – think the kind of personalised tankards your uncle uses for his real ale – but recently a few items of jewellery have crept into the showroom that might not embarrass even the most painfully fashionable teen.
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Spellbound
This is possibly the only Western-style magic shop in Singapore. High priest Adrian’s services include tarot readings, consultations, spell casting and other magical consultations. He also has an absorbing stock of arcane goods such as talismans, incense and magical powders.
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Wild Child
A refreshing antidote to the overbearing Kidz ’R’ Uz world of mass production. Parents-to-be and baby-shower shoppers of a more traditional bent will love this collection of cribs, toys and other Victorian-style nursery decorations.
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Little Shophouse
Traditional Peranakan beadwork is a dying art, but it’s kept very alive in this little shop. Whatever you think of the gaudy colours and elaborate patterns of Peranakan fashion, you can’t deny the handiwork is exquisite.
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Zhen Lacquer Gallery
The Zhen Lacquer Gallery is generally kitsch but sometimes stylish, selling shiny lacquered hand-painted jewellery boxes, placemats, utensils, plates and photo albums.
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