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Almeta
If the verdant colours of Thai silk evoke frumpy society matrons, then you're a candidate for Almeta's toned-down earth-tones similar in hue to raw sugar or lotus blossoms.
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Chatuchak Weekend Market
This is the behemoth of Thai markets where everything imaginable is for sale - from live chickens and snakes, to vintage fans and mǎw lam CDs. Although in years past Chatuchak was more of a working-class market, now there are lots of design-wise products, vintage gear, Eames inspired furniture and atomic-age colours. Don't forget your bargaining skills
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Fly Now
This Bangkok-born label has jetted its flowing, feminine designs all the way to London and back (having opened at London Fashion Week twice) and still lands effortlessly on the daily runways of Bangkok's fashion elite. Also in Siam Paragon.
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Lea Silk
Dutch-born textile artist Lea Laarakker Dingjan employs village women in the famed silk-weaving province of Surin to produce the jewel-toned fabric that she uses as a canvas for her striking modern designs. A percentage of the profits from her store is re-invested into the weaving communities.
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Marco Tailors
Dealing solely in men's suits, this longstanding and reliable tailor has a wide selection of banker-sensibility wools and cottons. Marco requires at least two weeks and two fittings.
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New DJ Siam
Deep in the heart of teen-landia, this tiny store supplies the kiddies with the hottest overseas alt-options as well as all the Thai-bred indie groups.
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Nickermann's Tailors
Corporate ladies rave about Nickermann's tailor-made power suits: pants and jackets that suit curves and busts. Formal ball gowns are another area of expertise.
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Pinky Tailors
Custom-made suit jackets are Mr Pinky's specialty. He also has a quiet, no-hassle shop where you can touch all of the fabrics without stumbling over a sales associate. Located behind the Mahatun Building.
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Propaganda
If Propaganda is truly trying to live up to its name, then count us as officially indoctrinated. It's hard to resist the charms of this fun, stark-white shop with all sorts of functional design pieces created by Thai designers, like Chaiyut Plypetch's lamps featuring the anatomically cartoonish Mr P. Housewares with an attitude. Another branch in the Emporium.
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Raja's Fashions
Raja's thrives on a top-notch reputation for men's tailoring (it seems to have besuited Bangkok's entire US expat population). Just wait for the final fitting when Raja will tell you, like every one of your predecessors, 'You came in good looking and now you're looking good'. Why change a winning formula?
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Soi Lalai Sap Market
Literally 'the soi that melts your money away', this street is jam-packed at lunchtime with Thai secretaries bargaining for fake handbags, homewares and polyester clothing. Rejects from brand-name factories in Cambodia sometimes make an appearance here.
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