Designer Paradise

Soo..... finally saw the other side of China....

At the start of the projects, on trips here, my coworkers stayed in the ShangriLa, a 5 star hotel downtown, which is right in the heart of the upscale shopping..Soo... i think it's high time I made my appearance... My coworker (male), is very much into fashion, so I had the perfect escort...

Of course this is the day i decided to wear my sandals, as i am sooo tired of wearing my batta sneakers..not to mention they don't match with all my outfits i want to wear... Just like a spite, the temperature drops in the evening, so i am freezing my butt and toes off... Which might explain why everyone kept staring at me... black girl, white guy, dreadlocks hair, sandals...ummmmmhhhh.... definite freak....LOL....

Our shopping excursion starts with Starbucks... I swear i've got to say no to their invites.... We head off to Zara... A Spanish label in Ireland frequented by Mr. GQ....The clothes are much like in H&M, and way affordable... My arms are full as i still can't believe the prices, and the fact that they might actually fit... My coworker is trying to convince me not to go crazy, as i can always come back to shop some more... We go upstairs to look at the active wear, but it's all teenager stuff...and petite at that... tried on a few sweat pants, but couldn't get them past my calves... An hour later, armed with a full bag.. we were off again....

Louis Vuitton... not finding the bag i was looking for...not that it matters, as i was only price checking...lol.... Fendi, MaxMara, Gucci, Hermes, D&G, Christian Dior...tons of other names that i wasn't too familiar with.... Stores in high rise buildings on either side of the street... ahh.... why couldn't i be staying downtown? Oh, yes....the traffic is a killer, and would turn my 10 min commute into 1+..... But i could always come back on the weekend....

We stopped in the ShangriLa...i guess to use the restrooms... Man i am in heaven....there is a fragrance throughout the hotel that is to die for... this is sweeeetttt!... If for one minute i thought there was no luxury cars in Dalian, that's been dispelled, as they are all right here... Do we have to leave now?

There's more store to peruse... Esprit? People still wear Esprit? It's big here? what? and expensive? definitely behind times on that.....So mi trying on this sneakers as mi tiyad fi mi toes freeze.... great... it nuh go past size 39...please tell me where the big foot chinese people dem get shoes fi buy?

Ah...too bad it's time to go home now....but i will definitely go back this weekend.....