Baby shops - am I missing some?

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I have been buying clothes for my baby recently and also looking for some cool baby furniture and I am a little dismayed by the selection. I have been to Mothercare, Eugene, Bumps to Babes and a couple of children's shops in the Prince's Building - Early Learning Centre, Kaloo and one other I think.

Are there other shops that I am missing? I am not after designer clothes so not interested in premium brand baby clothes stores.

Regarding furniture, I found some I really liked on the Modern Baby website, but it seems their shop on Wellington Street has closed down. Is there anything similar? Or any furniture shops that offer interesting children's furniture (dressers, wardrobes etc. rather than chairs/tables/play sets)?
 
Hi,

Clothes: LeeGarden - II Floor. Windsor House - II or III florr. Both is causeway bay. lovely clotehs and number of brands across price ranges. Also, SOGO childrn's floor if you have the patience and stamina. Ocean Terminal, TST - whole floor of children clothing brands. Though honestly most of the brands are repeated so you could do either causeway bay or TST. Last - for lovely factory overruns: TOGS unlimited on Queens Road Central and Stanley.

You would find all the malls / stores mentioned on the net for further details.

FURNITURE: http://www.kidsbyredcabinet.com/home.html in Central. Nerds, Indigo Kids and TREE kids section - all three in Horizon Plaza, Ap Lei Chau. Colours and Art Deco - both on Queens Road East Wanchai. And there's Ikea with some interesting options.

Please note the above is by no means exhaustive... happy shopping :)
 
Hong Kong is missing a lot when it comes to GOOD QUALITY as well as AFFORDABLE kids clothes. Designer brands at Prince's Building, Windsor House and Lee Gardens is damn expensive and honestly not worth it, as it lasts only one season. SOGO has some good clothes but then you have to go there on a sale or else some stores there too are expensive.
Try M & S when they have a sale or H & M, try Stanley or Lee Yuen Street (Lots of hunting around if you choose either street markets). Togs unlimited is small and limited only for babies, fail to find anything for my daughter who is soon turning three.
In fact most kids related goods and services which are a bit unusual or western are expensive here. Cup Cakes for instance or Party entertainers, anyone agree with me????
 
can you read chinese? if so, i've just discovered this great website; taobao.com!

it is factory-customer, which cuts out the middle-man! it takes some time and patience to be able to sort through the pages and pages of items, but it is DEFINITELY worth it!

they have ELC, Fisher-Price etc and they also have clothes & furniture! the prices are about 30% of what you would pay in the shops! i spend a lot on toys etc for my playgroup and i actually felt sick to my stomach at all the $ i spent buying the stuff retail when i could have bought the EXACT same stuff for about 1/4 of the price!

the only drawback is that you need to be able to read chinese.... what i do is open a spread sheet of what i want, i type the brandname into the search and away i go. when i see something i like, i copy the address onto my spreadsheet so that i can have a chinese-reader have a look and place the order. because it's shipped from china, the shipping is much less than from other overseas websites...

i know, i sound like an advertisement....i'm NOT...like i said, i have just discovered this site and thought i'd share it with you ladies!
 
Togs Unlimited has nice stuff, but mostly for smaller sizes, and the only good deals are on the sale racks, which are getting smaller.
My new love is Li Yuen St. in central. There are a couple decent ground level shops and there is one in a building on the 19th floor, I can't remember the name, but it's the main store of one of the kids clothes stalls(not stores) in the middle of the street.
Stanley is good in that they often have lots of sizes for each item.
Furniture, I wouldn't know, never bought anything except a second hand dresser and a crib from 0/3 baby.
 
Oh, there's a furniture shop at the Shatin Town Centre on the ground floor to the left of Eugene, that has interesting and creative baby and kids furniture. But very pricey. Sorry, I don't know the name, but if you go there, it would be hard to miss.
 
There is a "NEXT" childrens clothes shop in causeway bay. I was in a couple of weeks ago and bought lots because they seemed to have a sale where everything was half price!
They have a UK website where you can see some of the clothes they offer. The website is www.next.co.uk

They used to have a NEXT in Shatin which also sold adult clothing and they had the catalogue on the counter so if they didn't have something in your size or if you wanted something they didn't stock in the shop they would order it for you. This may be something they offer in the childrens shop but I am not sure about it.

The prices are reasonable (for hong kong!) and with the half price sale, I could have bought one of everything in the shop!!!
 
i found a store that sells korean clothes for boys and girls but the girls clothes were much nicer quality was nice as well its on 5th floor li dong building on li yuen street east, they have different but nice girls clothing they have a website as well www.kids-nara.com....

great thread thank you
 
oh! will try that! thanks!

i was SHOCKED to find ELC brand (you know the happyland toys from bumps to babes that sell for about $400-500/set for $89 on TB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was so upset as i use these toys in my playgroup centre and i could have saved so much $$$$$$$$$)
 
Hi AmyH, can you please advise where in CWB is the NEXT childrens clothes shop located??? Thanks =) i got given a few items from NEXT over Christmas and find quality quite nice...


AmyH said:
There is a "NEXT" childrens clothes shop in causeway bay. I was in a couple of weeks ago and bought lots because they seemed to have a sale where everything was half price!
They have a UK website where you can see some of the clothes they offer. The website is www.next.co.uk

They used to have a NEXT in Shatin which also sold adult clothing and they had the catalogue on the counter so if they didn't have something in your size or if you wanted something they didn't stock in the shop they would order it for you. This may be something they offer in the childrens shop but I am not sure about it.

The prices are reasonable (for hong kong!) and with the half price sale, I could have bought one of everything in the shop!!!
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Cara, I don't think all the brands on TB are original. I know one of our suppliers is currently trying to get the fakes of the brands that she carries removed.
 
i'll let you know... we'll be spending about $30k on toys, so if we can get them cheaper but of the same quality, even better... more toys for the kids to enjoy!
 
Agree with Rani. Very important to watch seller's satisfaction ratings on taobao. I'm sure there's a great deal of fake stuff floating around. Having said that, I'm sure a lot is factory direct so that is good reason for cheaper prices. We live in Beijing now and it's the talk of all expat moms!
 
Agree with Cara. I read Chinese so I shop a lot from the taobao website. I've seen the same toy ( especially Fisher-Price) I find at this site at big toy stores in Hongkong for double of the price. We live in the Mainland so shipping is cheap too.

But there is always downsides about internet shopping as you know it. Also, some mothers may not feel comfortable buying direct from China.

Like cara though, I usually buy brands that I know. Many of the sellers name it as left-over (waimao,in Chinese) goods from exporting order with small defects--mostly in packaging, .
 
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