Hong Kong shopping: Granville Rd & Causeway Bay

My shopping exploits haven’t come to fruition as I’d originally planned, but none the less you do what you can and today saw me shopping Granville Rd and Causeway Bay. I’d remembered Granville Rd and Granville Circuit from the last time I was here and it didn’t disappoint- not a huge deal had changed.

I went to The Rise Shopping Arcade which is just as I remembered it and while it’s not actually that big in size there is still plenty of  local Hong Kong and Korean fashion. It’s quirky and one off, you  usually can’t try things on but that’s simply because there isn’t any room. The shops are no bigger than your standard bathroom some of them.

Surprisingly I only bought a single thing- a belt for about $12AUS as most of the fashion is geared towards winter at the moment. None the less if you want a local experience and to steer clear of the luxury goods that pervade shopping in Hong Kong you must visit The Rise in Granville Circuit.

On Granville Rd itself I went to Maple which has great accessories, that’s where I picked up the fur snood and pearl collar from my previous post plus an ostrich feather vest. Stay tuned for that one! I also bought some silver lurex socks for $5 from one of the street ‘lingerie'(I’d use that word very loosely!) vendors which will look super cute with heels at fashion week.

There is just so much to see and as I wasn’t well I couldn’t visit each and every shop which broke my little shopping heart, but none the less if you want an alternative side to shopping in Hong Kong make sure you visit Granville Rd.

Then it was on the MTR and down to Causeway Bay and to the Island Beverly Centre which is a bigger and better version of The Rise on Granville Rd in Tsim Sha Tsui.

It’s filled with narrow corridors with shops of a similar size to The Rise, but I think the quality and variety is much better. I bought a top from a brand called Vaudeville & Burlesque and some leather ballet flats here, again I was mainly shopping for accessories and ‘lighter’ clothes but most of it was geared towards winter which is their season at the moment. The photos below are sourced, my vertigo really started to set in so I didn’t take my own photos but you never really know what’s around the corner Island Beverly Centre so make sure you take a look when you are next in Hong Kong.