Singapore Shopping; A Little Taste of Orchard Road
by Hanzky — Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
in Travel and tagged with 7 for all mankind, Bershka, Charles & Keith, Club Marc, G2000, Pedro, Singapore, Uniqlo
Finally, I got to visit Singapore earlier this month. Last time I went there was in 2003. The six years span make this recent trip kinda felt like my first. Especially with the new malls, buildings and attraction that were not there before. The shopping scene is definitely even more happening now. But since I brought the kids along, I wasn’t too ambitious in the shopping department (Daripada nanti kecewa sendiri..:P). Although I still kept the must-visit store list in my bag and managed to check out almost everything I wanted to see and buy. I kept the list minimal though and only visited the store that we don’t have here in Jakarta. Let’s start from Orchard Road, shall we?
ION
One of the newest malls in the heart of Orchard. I’m not sure how many levels it has as I didn’t walk around every corner of it. I went there solely to check out Uniqlo, the Japanese version of GAP. Uniqlo provides basic items at such an affordable price. I snatched more than five solid colors tees that made out of the most comfortable cotton. The jeans are great too and I brought two home with me 
.
Bershka was also on my list. It’s the youngest brand from Inditex Group. Kind of like the little sister of Zara. Everything is more youthful and affordable. Sephora is a must-visit too as the one here is bigger than the one in Takashimaya. The other store I wanted to check is 7 for all mankind. Not for their jeans, but just wanted to check out their bags and what the boutique looks like.
Far East Plaza
Of course, no Orchard visit is complete without a step to Far East Plaza. It has many small stores selling trendy items from leggings to studded bags to gladiator sandals and everything in between. All in affordable prices.
Lucky Plaza
Obviously, for its perfume stores 
. There has been a debate as to whether the perfumes sold there are authentic or not since the price is much lower than Department store or Sephora. For example, D&G fragrance anthology cost $103 in Sephora but only $78 there. So far, I have no complain about the perfumes I bought there. There’s nothing off about the packaging nor the smell. Besides, there’s a sticker on each perfume that said it is distributed by Procter & Gambler Singapore. So, the perfumes are legit, right? Rest assure that if they are not real, they have been raided by Singapore police since a long time ago.
I also made a pit stop to the discounted book store for picking up some older books for me and the kids.
313@Somerset
This one is just opened earlier this month. Where else you can find four level of Forever 21 and three level of Zara? Sitting on top of Somerset MRT, this mall houses all mid-level brands for you high- street enthusiasts. The Uniqlo store here is the biggest in South East Asia. Marche is also there to give your starving belly a treat. There’s Bread & Butter store just outside of the mall. It has a big selection of premium jeans that are not available here.
Bugis Street
The largest street shopping area in Singapore. If you have to bring some souvenirs for people back home, this is the place to get them. T-shirts, mugs, refrigerator magnet, Merlion miniature, keychain and other souvenirs can be found easily here. There are great clothes selection too that paid off the hassle that we have to go through in maneuvering the place. I got not only one, but five *cheap* blazers from here. Other trendy items are available too such as shredded tees, acid wash legging, anything studded, pagoda shoulder blazers and everything inspired from the runway. The kids can also shop there. Mine get five dollars watch that they have been proudly wear since
Anchorpoint Mall
It’s not anywhere near Orchard but I made it a point to go there because it’s the first mall in Singapore that has the outlet concept. I found Charles & Keith, Pedro, G2000 and Club Marc outlet there. There was also a Cotton On store but I wasn’t sure if it’s the outlet one or just the regular store. All I noticed was almost everything was on sale . All the stuff in the outlet store is so much more cheaper, it’s definitely worth to visit. Not to mention that there is the smaller IKEA across the street. The bigger IKEA is located in Tampines.
Other places that I wanted to visit but didn’t get the chance were Haji Lane, Little India and Arab Street 
. I did go to Vivo City but didn’t find anything special there. Unless you have kids, everything there can be found at Orchard. The other highlight of the trip was of course visiting Ikea and brought home three suitcases full of Ikea knick knacs .
So yea, I had fun. The not so fun thing is I went home when everyone else was just start packing . But I’ll be back soon, hopefully .
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Hani, nanti kalo kesana lagi lo harus ke Haji Lane.
Disana banyak butik2 kecil yang jual baju2 dan tas2 by young designers…bagus2..though they’re a bit pricey..
Anchorpoint!
Menemukan mol ini secara gak sengaja abis dr IKEA mau pulang, haus, beli minum. EH! Ada outletnya G2000! Langsung borong baju kerja buat suami, hehehe.. harga around SGD25-SGD30 buat kemejanya.
Kalo Cotton On-nya beberapa lebih murah SGD 5-an, kaos cowo oblong bahan enak jadi SGD 15-20an, tp stok size-nya ga banyak.
Nice review, han! me love Bugis Street too!
wah sedap banget nih denger cerita2 belanja nya, jadi pengen …. btw haji lane tuh di daerah mana nya ya?
Han …
Akyu tertarik liat foto stroller anakmu (iya kan, stroler ?!?) yang digantungin banyak kantongan belanja’nya Charles & Keith dkk … kurasa kalo anakmu lagi ngga duduk di stroler itu, si stroler jengkang ke belakang karena keberatan, hahaha …
Duuuuhhhh … overall jadi pengen explore Singapore lagi deh …
Vveen: Iya nih next time mesti kesana dulu sebelum mampir kemana mana.
Wortje: Iya kemeja kerja cowonya worth it banget yah. Pas gue kesana tuh sekitar Rp 150 ribuan jadinya kalo di rupiahin. Sayang Oki udah punya hampir semua warnanya…hehehe jadi cuma beli tiga aja. Bugis seru yaa..tapi gue kesananya tuh hari Minggu, mana bawa anak pula, jadi sangatlah tidak nyaman. Mau nyebrang dari Bugis Junction aja macet gitu.
Bongaslife: Haji Lane itu di deket Arab Street, nggak jauh kok dari Bugis. Jadi kalo naik MRT turunnya di Bugis.
Celepuk: Hahahahaha bener banget. Kok kamu tau aja sihh kalo strollernya suka jengkang gitu…..pengalaman pribadi yah?…LOL..
gak shopping di vivo han…
nggk ke Suntec City, Han? sbg orang endonesah, sayah butuh ke kerfur… LOL
Nambah lagi atu Mustofa centre, kalo mau naha2 dikit bau kurng sedep hehe, but u can find almost everything there, and it opened 24hours, and the prices are soooo damn cheap, parfumes are much cheaper than the ones @ lucy plaza..aduuh baca posting ini jd pengen kesanaa huhu
Anchorpoint memang asik semua diskon love to go there again
nice review hanzky
Membaca review diatas jd pingin cepet2 kesana. Kita berencana pergi akhir Januay’10 (4 kakak beradik plus 1 batita). Honestly, ini akan menjadi perjalanan saya yg pertama kesana (hah…hari gini blm pernah ke spore
). Bukannya ga kepengin tp memang baru akan terlaksana spt nya thn depan (smoga terkabul…amin).
)
Jadi saya sangat butuh tips dan masukannya, beberapa sudah saya baca di GSS : Tips from locals, tapi ga keberatan kalo ada tambahan yg lain. Thanks for sharing
Nice shopping places Han
Wisma Atria juga lumayan tuh
Sempet kesana? Setelah di renovasi jd tambah oke. Ada Cotton On & Cotton On Body (love their bra so much, mengikuti lekuk tubuh ^^). Trus jgn lupa mampir isi perut di food courtnya, Food Republic, yg ‘prawn noodle’ nya yg terkenal seantero Singapore.
Demode: Sempet sih ke Vivonya tapi nggak belanja apa2 disana soalnya toko2nya sama aja kaya di Orchard.
Mamita: Suntec sih setiap hari Lit secara nginepnya memang disitu
Gajah: Owhh di Mustafa lebih murah2 lagi ya perfumenya? Boleh diceki ceki tuh nanti. TY yaa..
Kucing Penidur: Iyaa tapi masih kurang banyak ya toko tokonya?
Rissa: Senangnya mau kesana. Tinggal dimana rencananya? Kemaren gue baru nulis di Mommies Daily tentang tempat tempat yang seru untuk anak kecil. Silahkan dibaca disini ya..
http://mommiesdaily.com/2009/12/18/travel-for-kids-singapore/
Di forum juga ada thread tentang Singapore, mudah mudahan berguna
http://forum.fashionesedaily.com/showthread.php?t=688
Enjoy your trip yaa
Mybagstage: Kemaren gue sempet bolak balik Wisma Atria nyari 1 toko yg kata temen gue jual berbagai macam tas (seperti Francesco Biasia, Coccinelle) yang udah didiskon banget harganya, tapi aku tidak menemukannya
. Sempet makan di Food Republic juga tapi nggak nyobain prawn noodlenya. Malah makan di Padang apaa gitu, ternyata yang jual juga bukan orang Indonesia 
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Han..sekarang Bugis udah gak se-aman dulu lagi beberapa kali ada kejadian org kecopetan mana bule2 udah agak tua lagi duuuh kasiaan bener deh..biasanya sih karena desak2an atw keasikan liat barang2nya ..
Hmm Boutiques at Haji Lane are very nice..but the style is a little bit too young for me hahaha…no offense tho
Iya Han aku dah baca di mommiesdaily, aku tertarik sama review zoo nya, tp berdasarkan hasil voting pd lbh milih ke jurong bird park. Selain itu kita mau ke science centre, snow city dan merlion park. Orchard, Bugis street, Mustofa, Ikea dah masuk agenda jg (smoga smua bisa dikunjungi, sayang spore flyer ga masuk agenda). Kalo tinggal rencana di Lucky Plaza aja (rekomendasi dr ade yg udah sering kesana), tapi kalo ada pilihan lain dgn harga yg relatif sama boleh juga tuh.
Bener Mbak Hana! Vivo City kurang menarik (atau bahkan ga menarik) karena toko-tokonya tidak ada yang spesial