78 Best Shopping in Singapore

Open since 1935, this upscale clothing store specializes in stylish men's and women's shirts, suits, and skirts custom-made from more than 1,000 different fabrics. A second branch is at Capitol Piazza.

One of the CBD’s few dedicated retail spaces, Downtown Gallery houses unique shops, including Bold&Craft and The Fashion Pulpit, as well as a range of barbers and healthcare studios. The mall is also home to fitness and gym spaces, with a concentration of sports, cycling equipment, and apparel shops. There’s also a nice selection of cafés and restaurants here for a quick refuel.

This shop sells rare and upscale fragrances and beauty products from more than 30 leading international brands, including Acqua Di Parma, Diptyque, and Hermès. Personal makeovers, beauty events, and fragrance profiling are available by appointment. There are additional outlets in the TANGS and ION Orchard malls along Orchard Road.

Not to be confused with the nearby mall Far East Shopping Centre, Far East Plaza is a five-story mall packed with stores selling everything from electronics to trendy street wear to bespoke tailoring, and much more. Although it's on the older side, it's still a popular Orchard-area hangout for local teens. Of course, it wouldn't be a Singapore mall if there weren't also dozens of restaurants, snack counters, and cafés.

Forum is one of the more family-oriented shopping malls on Orchard, with more than ten kids' clothing outlets and a variety of children's learning and fitness centers. There's also a delicious Cantonese dumpling restaurant called Jade Palace alongside a dozen restaurants and coffee shops.

Add a little glamour to your wardrobe with a gown fit for the red carpet from the award-winning Singaporean designer Francis Cheong. High-end jewelry and other accessories suited to fashionable finery are also available.

Head to Gajah Gallery to browse an eclectic collection of contemporary works from Vietnamese, Singaporean, Indonesian, and other regional artists.

Spread across eight shop spaces, Haniffa Textiles has made a name for itself with its stock of saris. Try this silk shop for a cornucopia of richly colored and ornamented fabrics, scarves, bedspreads, and the like, often at surprisingly affordable prices.

A swanky, modern mall in the heart of Katong is packed with all sorts of retailers, from cafés and bistros to a dance academy for children, fashion stores, and homeware furnishings.

You'll find a number of men's and women's tailors in the Tanglin Shopping Centre, but Justmen's has a well-earned reputation as being one of the best.

This female collective concept store housed in a Peranakan shophouse along Joo Chiat Road sells hip local and international products ranging from dresses and pumps to chalk paint, leather bags, and foulards, to outdoor candles and incense sticks.

One of Singapore’s most well-loved family lifestyle brands has an “in real life” concept store at Downtown Gallery. If you are looking for high-quality kids clothing or gifts, this should be your first stop.

You'll find plenty of colorful eye candy at this cluster of shops near the Little India MRT. Jewelry, music, Indian-style sweets and snacks, and fabrics are all available. Across the street at the Tekka Market, you can also walk through a bustling food market and feast on cheap Indian eats at the hawker stalls.

Oversized, gem-encrusted pendants, bracelets, rings, and other glitzy wearables are on offer at this shop, one of a number of high-end jewelers in the upscale Paragon shopping center.

An old Orchard Road mainstay that now seems somewhat out of a place among the area's more modern and fashionable megamalls, Lucky Plaza is packed with six floors and a basement full of trinkets, clothing, jewelry, luggage, fashion accessories, and electronics—some of questionable authenticity. On the weekend, it's packed with locals looking for a bargain.

There are two outlets of this trendy women's clothing boutique across Singapore, one of which inside Compass One mall in Sengkang. With all the chic handbags, footwear, and stylish tops and skirts available, you'll have no trouble pulling together a fashionable, reasonably-priced outfit.

Handmade and beautifully imperfect, the ceramics from this shop make perfect mementos. The bowls, plates, vases, and other items are so popular that even local eateries—including Burnt Ends, Le Binchotan, The Ottomani—use them. You can plan ahead to attend one of their classes, or get a piece delivered to your hotel. Custom orders are accepted, but all visits must be scheduled.

Expect works from some of the world's most-renowned contemporary artists at Opera Gallery, one of a dozen global branches of this elite Parisian art dealer.

Magnificent Persian carpets and rugs fill the Orientalist Carpet Gallery's large showroom. Custom-made carpets can be arranged, and you can learn more about the history of Persian carpets and how they're made by attending a "carpet appreciation" workshop.

Largely a mix of high-end fashion boutiques and beauty salons, this extravagantly marbled shopping emporium next to the unmissable Royal Thai Embassy also features a handful of Orchard's better eateries, including Sushi Kimura and P.S. Cafe.

The glossy Paragon is worth a stroll, whether you're just window shopping or on the hunt for high-end fashions, jewelry, and accessories at boutiques such as Gucci, Ermenegildo Zegna, Salvatore Ferragamo, or Prada. Marks & Spencer, Mothercare, and Muji all have outlets here, plus there are branches of popular chain restaurants like Din Tai Fung, Crystal Jade, and Ya Kun Kaya Toast.

If the myriad megamalls of central Singapore just aren't enough, head east to wander through this multilevel shopping center, with more than 250 stores and restaurants. You can shop in relative peace and quiet during the week, but it tends to get uncomfortably crowded on weekends.

People’s Park Centre—not to be confused with the distinctive yellow People’s Park Complex—is an older mall often frequented by local Chinese residents. The mall is mixed-use, so you’ll find everything from cheap grocery stores and massage and beauty services, to traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. The mall is a good place to pick up a bargain or peruse interesting Chinese collectibles, and is very handily connected to Chinatown MRT.

Need an air-conditioned escape from the afternoon heat? Daiso, Muji, Marks & Spencer and Uniqlo stores, a Golden Village movie theater, a supermarket, and more than 50 food outlets are just some of the tenants of this enormous nine-level building at the bottom of Orchard Road.

Retrocrates specializes in jazz, blues, and world music, and it's a trusted spot to look for professional turntables, stereo amplifiers, speakers, and the like. They also grade and buy second-hand vinyl, the preferred format they stock and specialize in. 

Now a household name, this enormous department store first opened in Singapore in 1858. It spans six floors and 150,000 square feet and sells some of the most sought-after brands and labels in Singapore. On Black Friday, thousands of Singaporeans camp outside the night before ito get to Robinson's bargains first, whether fashion, furniture, or kitchenware. Outside of the sales, prices can be a little steep, but the quality is always good.

This is the place to drop off teens for a few hours while you shop your way through Orchard Road's manifold megamalls. Clothes and accessories from up-and-coming designers can be found in the Scape Underground basement space, while upstairs legions of cool kids browse streetwear and guitar shops, hang out in gaming centers and karaoke rooms, or snack at fast-food chains. The main attraction, though, is the 32,000-square-foot outdoor Somerset Skate Park, where kids whiz around on skateboards and scooters. There's also a movie theater next door, at Cathay Cineleisure Orchard.