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Sunday, May 31, 2009
Bandung - The Camden of the east?
While Bandung in West Java may no longer be the Paris of Java, it may just be the Camden of the East.
Camden is a borough of North London, and it is best known for its market on the Camden High St. The Camden market has jeans, shoes, jackets, army disposals, smokers paraphanalia shops and outfitters for punks and techno heads. The street is famous for its shops with oversize fibreglass objects on the shop roofs.
In Bandung there is a similar place called Jeans Street, which is in North Bandung on Jalan Cihampelas. The jalan (street) is lined with dozens of shops selling cheap jeans, clothing and accessories.
Each shop has a theme and many of them are adorned with oversized promotional statues on the shop fronts.
Some of the shops, like the clothing it sells, knock the names off from famous comic book and film characters.
It is not all knock off pirated goods though. There are many local designer ware as well as some items that you wont find so easily any where else.
Overall it is an interesting place to have a walk around or stock up on clothing.
Camden is a borough of North London, and it is best known for its market on the Camden High St. The Camden market has jeans, shoes, jackets, army disposals, smokers paraphanalia shops and outfitters for punks and techno heads. The street is famous for its shops with oversize fibreglass objects on the shop roofs.
In Bandung there is a similar place called Jeans Street, which is in North Bandung on Jalan Cihampelas. The jalan (street) is lined with dozens of shops selling cheap jeans, clothing and accessories.
Each shop has a theme and many of them are adorned with oversized promotional statues on the shop fronts.
Some of the shops, like the clothing it sells, knock the names off from famous comic book and film characters.
It is not all knock off pirated goods though. There are many local designer ware as well as some items that you wont find so easily any where else.
Overall it is an interesting place to have a walk around or stock up on clothing.
Labels: bandung, camden, indonesia, java
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