Silk King – Silky Dreams

China is one of the best places to buy silk and Shanghai is no exception. The silk can be bought as a fabric or readymade garment, if you don’t know how to make clothes by yourself.

Silk King is a multistorey silk and wool shop on the busy shopping street Nanjing Road. There are several different qualities of silk and cashmere wool available, in all the colours of the rainbow + black and white. The store has also several branches around the city.

Unfortunately, all the material is not what it looks like and some fabrics are advertised as silk, but are something artificially fabricated. If you don’t know the difference — in other words, you are buying for your wife or girlfriend — be careful. The staff doesn’t speak good English, or English at all, so you may end up buying something that you really didn’t want to purchase.

If you have more time to spend, I’d suggest to go to Dongjiadu cloth market for better bargains.

Silk King, 66 Nanjing Road, Shanghai China