For travellers who visit Indonesia, West Java, Bandung City is well
known for the name Paris Van Java, as the city with high demand of
fashion from clothes bags and life style. Bandung is not a really big
city but a lot of creative people because a lot of student from all
around Indonesia or overseas come here to study.
There are many luxury shopping places in
Bandung. But now fashion stores also grow rapidly into 'sisa' exports
(rejected export products) which is in good quality, then factory
outlets, now with the new trend is the distro (distribution outlets).
Have a great cheap fashion wear along Martadinata and also Dago
Street, there are lots of Factory Outlet selling affordable branded
items.
Best place to shop :
- Factory outlets: Mostly Factory outlets are concentrated along the streets of Juanda (Dago), Cipaganti, and Martadinata (Riau). You can just walk along the streets. Such as The Summit Factory Outlet and Herittage Factory Outlet which are located at Martadinata (Riau) Street. Just ask away how to get there.
- Distros (Distribution Outlets) are a new phenomenon in Bandung where a shop sells stylish products that were made by local designers. They are served as a distribution store, because these local designers do not have their own marketing label yet. One thing that makes distros stand out from factory outlet is that distros come from individual designers and young entrepeneurs, while factory outlet products come from a garment factory.
- Pasar Baru Bandung, the biggest garment center in Bandung, shoppers visiting Pasar Baru are privileged to an extensive collection of products to choose from. Depends on your haggling skills, you can also purchase many quality products with lower prices compared to other places in Bandung, making Pasar Baru a great place for particularly skilled shoppers to explore .
- Toko Tiga is a shop that sells authentic Levi's jeans and any other brands with cheap prices.
- Bandung Supermall, Cihamplas Walk, or Paris van Java for branded item
- Bandung's celebrated 'Jeans' Street, Jl Cihampelas, is the place
where seeing is believing. Traditionally the home of the city's thriving
textile industry, this congested drag, in the affluent northern suburbs
of Bandung, is now a menagerie of kitsch plaster giants, looming over
shops competing with one another for the top spot in the city's booming
denim trade.
The jeans are definitely cheap; just don't expect to look like a Dean or a Monroe when you slip them on.
