Friday 12 September 2008

Street : Cach Mang Thang Tam (CMT8)

CMT8 is a shopper's mini-paradize - well...depending on your preference. We took a cab to Le Thi Rieng Park and started browsing at a local departmental store next to park - had lots of fun there. We worked our way down towards Duong 3/2 - many apparel boutiques, esp for the young and trendy. Adel and Nicole were bowled over by the "almost-original" A&F and Hollister clothes that they found at the following outlets :
Holliter 503B CMT8, LX Collection 431 CMT8 and Sacola 331 CMT8 - there, we have shared our secret finds!
We moved on to Cho Ky Hoa, everybody's favourite night-market. We been here a couple of times but tonight, the girls (and boy) had a whooping good time snapping up almost everything (just exaggerating...). Undergarments for 10k, Tops for 15k, trousers from 60k-100k, shorts from 40k ... you can't go any lower. Adel got a"Dickie" backpack for 40k ... her friend bought a similar one for S$40 in Singapore. All in all, a very good night's shopping.



















































2 comments:

Anonymous said...

A&F, Gap, Holister, American Eagle are all made in Cambodia, so don't be surprised if they're actually real garments. Most of what you find are crappy rip offs, but if you know what you're looking for, you can find real ones.

I remember going into a store in Bangkok in a mall called "American...something" and it was stock piled with real cambodian imports of all these brands, sold dirt cheap.

In Cambodia I found a local t-shirt designer who printed his designs directly onto plain Gap shirts.

Chien Kai said...

Hi Bennett!

I'm a Singaporean, headed for HCMC this weekend and chanced upon your blog while googling for my travel plans.

Can you advise me on how to get to CMT8 by taxi? What should I tell/write to the taxi driver so he understands?

Also, is there opening hours of the shops I should take note? Do they operate all day or only operate in the evenings?

Thanks!