I did a lot of shopping while I was in Thailand. There are two different types of malls when you are in Bangkok. One is the typical American style type of mall. Big stores with little product, much of the focus on these stores is the aesthetics. It's all typically brands that you have heard of, despite them being in your area or not.
The second type of store is one that is squeezed into a tiny space. That only has enough room to display one product of each style that they carry. You pick something that you like and the owner will find what you want in a pile of individually wrapped bags strewn around the small store. A majority of these stores do not have sizes, labels on clothing or the ability to try on the clothing before you purchase it. It's good to ask the owners is there are multiple purchase deals. You can usually get a cheaper price than then the already cheaply priced items. I think that all of the items that I purchased below were under $10.00.
I got this navy blue rose dress and the blush colored flyaway jacket in the same store. I saw the dress and had to have it. We asked the store owner if they had any multiple purchase deals and they said that if I purchased two or more products the price would be cut. I found the flyaway jacket and was able to try that on in the store. I wasn't able to try on the dress and when I got home I finally tried it on. To my disappointment it didn't fit. I was able to wear it, but if it was one size larger it would be a perfect fit. I gave the dress to my sister. I purchased these from Platinum Mall.
These two flyaway jackets were also in a multiple purchase deal. This store was different than the other ones that I was in, in that to get the deal I had to purchase two of the exact same product. I got these two jackets for 180 Baht instead of the 360 Baht that they were going to charge for one. I kept the mint green one and my sister took the peach one. These were also purchased from Platinum Mall.
I purchased these tanks at Chatuchak Weekend Market, or JJ Market, as the locals call it. This was also purchased at a multiples discount. The designs are screen printed on thin tank tops. I think that I paid around $6.00 on each of the shirts. I got the peacock shirt for my sister an the Chanel perfume bottle for me.
These were purchased from the same store in JJ Market, they weren't purchased in a multiples deal, but they were having a storewide sale. I kept the skull tank and gave the flowered peace sign shirt to my sister.
So that's most of the clothing that I purchased in Thailand. I also bought a navy blue and white striped maxi skirt for my sister and a grey short sleeved sweater for myself. I forgot to take pics of them. I ended up wearing the skirt and shirt while I was in Thailand a lot. It became known as my "Temple Outfit" To visit the temples and palaces in Thailand there are strict rules on the dress required. Girls must wear clothing with sleeves and bottoms that at least cover your knees or below. When we went to the Grand Palace women were not allowed to wear pants. They offered a wrap to all the inappropriately dressed visitors for a small fee and you got to keep the wrap.
Once I got back home and started wearing all of the clothing that I purchased I realized that most of the clothing didn't have washing instructions on them. I will probably be hand washing the jackets, just to make sure that they are not damaged in a harsh wash cycle, but I'll throw the tanks in the wash and hope for the best.
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