Dubai is the Middle Eastern capital of fashion and trading therefore if you want to find the very best and most expensive designer clothes in one place, then Dubai is the place you should visit. In our article, we would like to introduce you to the Dubai world of shopping and give you guidance on the best shopping malls in town you should visit, when looking for high street brands.
When it comes to shopping, it is definitely Dubai that you should visit. Not only you can find all the designer clothes here in one place, but also the emirate has fantastic deals to motivate shoppers to spend their money in every season. The big shopping festivals of Dubai have become world famous: they have developed into street festivals and sort of national celebration next to shopping being cheaper in this period. The two big shopping events of Dubai are held in the early spring and during the summer and tens of thousands arrive from all over the world to merit from the great shopping possibilities Dubai has on offer.
The huge city has in fact so much shopping possibility that several travel agents are also doing shopping tours for tourists upon which they show tourists the best places and areas to shop in Dubai. Let us look at the best places in Dubai to look for designer clothes:
Dubai Mall: Dubai Mall is the centre of shopping even in a city where everything is about shopping. The reason is that the huge mall is the biggest in Dubai and the biggest in the world as well. Dubai Mall is like a city in a city, with shopping, hotels, restaurants, sport possibilities and other entertainment. There is no top brand in the world, which you would not find in Dubai Mall, so this is definitely the place where you go first in Dubai, when you are looking for top-notch designer clothes. Chanel, Dior, Versace, Bvlgari, Armani, Gucci or Prada are all present in the huge shopping mall, which also stores around 5 department stores in its area as well, which includes Bloomingdales, Debenhams and the Galleries Lafayette. Next to high profile designer stores, you can also find most of the well-known brands from Europe. The mall also houses one of the biggest covered zoos and aquarium in the world coupled up with a SEGA World Game Centre where excellent shopping games are waiting for the customers. The Dubai Mall lays in the centre of the city, facing Burj Khalifa, the world’s highest building in a huge park with the world’s largest fountain network. If you are looking for designer clothes Dubai Mall should be the first place you visit. The Dubai Mall has its own metro station and it is the first mall to visit if you decide to go on a Dubai Shopping Tour.
If you want to see the biggest Emporio Armani store in town to check out designer clothes, just walk by to the neighbouring Burj Khalifa that houses the biggest Armani store in town, thanks to the Armani Suites and Residences, which is located in the huge building.
Mall of the Emirates: The Mall of the Emirates used to be the Nr1 shopping mall of Dubai until the building of Dubai Mall yet it has stayed one of the most popular shopping malls to visit for its great choice of stores, its elegance and all the great quality designer clothes it offers. If you want yourself to get entertained, Mall of the Emirates has Ski Dubai, the only place in the Middle East where you can in fact ski in real snow. Mall of the Emirates have its great choice of department stores that includes a Harrods and Bloomingdales and it has all the elite brands in its area. You can get to find Mall of the Emirates in the new area of Dubai in Jumeirah district as it lies right next to the Dubai Metro.
BurJuman Shopping Mall: if you want to shop high profile designer clothes and accessories, you cannot miss visiting BurJuman Shopping Mall, which is located in the old area of Dubai the Bur Dubai and is in fact the newest and one of the most elegant shopping mall of Dubai. BurJuman Shopping Mall has an extreme number of label shops and it houses the one and only Saks Fifth Avenue in the whole Middle East, with a huge choice of designer clothes, accessories and jewellery that definitely makes this mall one of the most visited in Dubai.
Deira City Centre: this is the biggest shopping mall of Deira district, which is one of the most crowded and busiest districts of Dubai. Deira City Centre has an extreme number of stores and it houses an incredible number of high profile brands, next to being also rich in stores where you can get to find designer clothes for a more affordable price. Deira City Centre thanks to its quality of stores is one of the most popular shopping malls in Dubai. Deira City Centre is very easy to reach as it stands in the very centre of Deira, close to the Metro and very close to the airport.
If you are looking for high quality designer stores you can also check out the following great places, Jumeirah Emirates Towers Shopping Boulevard or the very own luxurious shopping centre of Atlantis, the Palm, located on the Jumeirah Island and considered the most luxurious hotel in Dubai. If you want fantastic shopping, you should also check out the large Dubai International Airport, which is also full of high quality designer stores housing the best brands in the world.
In Dubai, it is very easy to buy designer clothes as the whole city is about shopping and browsing among the best brands in the world. When you are in Dubai, you ought to check out all the fantastic stores it offers in all of the above-mentioned shopping malls and more.