Blanc De Chine

Floor 2, Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St. Elegant and expensive designs loosely based on traditional Chinese clothes, mostly in silk or cashmere.

CRC Department Store

Chiao Shang Building, 92 Queen’s Rd. A good supply of Chinese specialities such as medicines, foods, porcelain and handicrafts.

Dymocks

Star Ferry Concourse. Cramped store but very strong on books about Hong Kong and China, from glossy coffee-table works to novels, local maps and hiking guides.

Joyce Boutique

16 Queen’s Rd. Hong Kong’s most fashionable boutique offers its own range of clothing, as well as many top overseas designer brands.

Lane Crawford

70 Queen’s Rd. Hong Kong’s oldest Western-style department store, locally dubbed “Hong Kong Harrods” and similarly upmarket. Worth checking for seasonal sales.

Palette Collections Gallery

Floor 5, 23 D’Aguilar St. Specialist in upmarket Chinese paintings, porcelain and antique furniture; contact in advance (through website) for viewings.

Shanghai Tang

Ground Floor, Pedder Building, 12 Pedder St. Beautifully done up in 1930s Shanghai style, this store specializes in new versions of traditional Chinese clothing, and they can also make to order.

Expensive, though sales are regular and good.

Sun Chau Book and Antique Co.

32 Stanley St Quirky shop full of old household bits and pieces such as porcelain, photographs, Cultural Revolution posters, and even gramophone records from the 1930s.

Teresa Coleman

79 Wyndham St One of Hong Kong’s bestknown antique dealers, with a reputation for textiles.