Shopping reviews

Mulberry, the British design brand renown for quality leather bags, has a spacious store on Madison Avenue. I visited there some time ago with my wife, to get her a good bag.

The selection was was excellent, and in par with the service -- we went through most of the bags before finally settling i... More >

If you want to have a bit of European charm in your children's wardrobe, but consider Burberry too expensive, check out Murik at Geary Street. They stock several European brands, for example, from the Nordic countries and Belgium.

The clothes are of good quality and the prices are also somewhat h... More >

Myymälä2 is a really strange shop, especially in Helsinki. Located in a basement on a more quiet part of a renown bar and art street, the shop is an tantalising mixture of a contemporary art gallery and a fashion shop.

Expect to find the unexpectable. The garments and the items sold here may be... More >

Nanna Bayer is a distinguished porcelain craftwoman in Finland. She specialises in "neriage" porcelain, a method for making extremely thin, yet durable dishes. All items are lightweight, and a espresso cup weighs far less than the coffee held in the cup. The items look distinctly handmade -- yet the... More >

Nannini is one of the mid-level Italian fashion brands that has been expanding steadily all over the world. We visited their Milan shop on Corso Buenos Aires to spend some time and money for fashion accessories.

The store is for ladies only, and it focuses on bags and shoes. The store is not the ... More >

Back on the old days, Nanso was known to produce cheapish garments that were used by the elder folks. A few years ago they radically changed their course, hired Paola Suhonen to design bleeding edge clothes and now they are one of the most fashionable houses in Finland.

Their design shop is locat... More >

Neiman Marcus is a top-notch department store at the Union Square. The store caters especially for those of us that do not have to watch every penny.

The brands include names such as Burberry, Prada Sport, Yves Saint Laurent, Etro, Dolce & Gabbana and so forth. And this was only a small part of t... More >

Next is a British originated store chain that seems to sell quite rubbish clothes. At least the stores that I've visited in the Great Britain and Thailand were all looking really cheap.

The clothes are sort of trendy, but on the other hand lack enough details and features to really stand apart fr... More >

The city's largest department store, Nextage in Pudong area, specialises in Chinese upscale brands. There are a few Western brands at the ground floor, but everything else is local. Don't be fooled with European sounding names.

Most of the stuff is put poorly on the view, and the store has somewh... More >

Ngee Ann City is the most luxurious shopping mall in Singapore. Most of the major high profiled brands are gathered under its roof. The missing stores can be found on the other side of the road in Paragon.

The shops are not very big, more like boutiques of some sort. This creates nice intimate am... More >