The first store to offer Thai silk 'à la carte', tailor-woven to request. It's top quality, and they haven't imposed a minimum spend, so order that silk...
20/3 Sukhumvit Soi 23
Master tailors hunch over benches to churn out high-quality suits at this decades-old institution - a favourite with powerful politicians and corporate fat...
62/15-16 Soi ThaniyaThe only non-mall branch of Thailand's biggest English book chain shelves magazines and tomes on Asian design, cooking and heritage, plus UK and US...
221 Thanon SukhumvitLong before gracing Milan Fashion Week in 2005, Pichitra Boonyarataphan Ruksajit was a dame of Thai couture (she designed the Thai Airways uniforms)....
43/27-28 Sukhumvit Soi 31A pioneer of updating trad Thai products to today's aesthetics, Ayodhya's chain turns out understated, useful items such as seats made from tree vines and...
Gaysorn, 3rd floorThis spare-parts paradise harbours just about anything for TV, PC and audio - plus vintage LPs and army surplus.
Thanon Baan Mor & Thanon AtsadangThe focus on graphic arts, design and photography titles rare elsewhere suits the fashion-forward H1 location. Browsing is encouraged.
H1, 998 Sukhumvit Soi 55A soothing, space-age spa offering hi-tech diagnostics and workouts for body-styling. Also does holistic rebalancing through tests and treatments, from...
20th floor
This Japanese chain has the biggest, best and best-organised stock of books in English, plus great ranges of magazines, maps, art, poetry and children's...
Siam Paragon, 3rd floor
This 1922 home of an early Thai railway boss has antique and reproduction furnishings for sale, such as the brass pestle-and-mortar ashtrays. The...
4 Soi Si AksornCelebrity stylist Somsak Chalachol revolutionised Thai hairdressing with his chain of unisex designer salons. Get your hair washed sitting in a massage...
205/13-14 Sukhumvit Soi 55In a district full of tailors, veteran Chang Torn's comes lauded by fabric sellers. His small, unassuming version of Savile Row makes suits from B6,000,...
95 Thanon Tanao
Traditional herbalist dispensing Thai and Chinese prescriptions from walls of wooden drawers and sacks strewn about the floor. If you don't have a...
229-231 Thanon ChakkrawatParis Hilton bought six Crystal Evolution navel rings by owner Bella. After founding the Bodysteel & Silver brand, with husband Robert she opened this...
28 Sukhumvit Soi 20Over 10,000 second-hand titles fill two floors of well-organised shelves. There's also a coffee corner.
714/4 Thanon Sukhumvit