Window Shopping in Taipei

The luncheon hosted by TECO Chairman Theodore Huang at his restaurant Royal Host lasted till 2:30 pm. We were brought back to Regent Hotel immediately after for the scheduled meetings with the Taiwan Shipbuilding Industry and next would be with the Taiwan Footwear group. I skipped both meetings because I wanted to walk around the hotel and explore a little bit of Taipei.

I have been here twice before but I no longer remember how this placed looked like. Aileen and I joined a package tour some 25 years ago. My second trip was when a group of handicrafts exporters from the Philippines joined the Asian International Exhibition, and that was 20 years ago.

It was raining when I went out of Regent Hotel but that did not deter me from crossing the street and do some window shopping. The shops around the hotel are mostly branded and high-end.

There’s a Brand-Off boutique just beside the hotel. Brand-off has branches in other countries. There are many of them around Hongkong and Tokyo. I am wondering where and how they are able to secure a lot of Hermes Birkins when the authorized Hermes stores don’t have a single thing. Brand-off’s prices are about twice the selling prices in Hermes boutiques. They’re actually what you call “black market”. If you want a Birkin bag right here right now, then you can buy from black market stores at double the price.

This is pre-owned.

Paris Hilton was carrying a Hermes Birkin bag with an exact same color as this when she went to SM Megamall for the grand launching of her Paris Hilton bag store. She went inside a holding room, then when she came out, she was already holding a Paris Hilton bag.

There’s also a nice hotel nearby.

On the other side of the street is the Louis Vuitton boutique. I did not go in. LV bags have become “must-haves” of women kaya it’s seen everywhere most especially the less expensive styles.

Prada

Deborah

You know how much I love plates. I was so tempted to go inside this store but controlled myself kasi how can I bring the plates home?

Roberto Cavalli. Even with the discount, the items still came out very expensive for me.

Hundreds of motorcycles were parked around the shops

I walked three blocks but had to go back to the hotel because the drizzle became heavy rain.

The hotel pala has a shopping mall with the main entrance facing the street where I was. It saved me from getting wet.

the stores are all high-end

The mall is devoid of customers

I realized I only have an hour before the farewell banquet kaya I just walked around the mall and took pictures.

I forgot what brand this is, I think Celine?

Diamond Tiara

Goyard Trunks

You can find Goyard trunks piled up outside their store in Union Square

This is pretty. I no longer like their black bags, again due to their popularity, so many women have it. When you go to a cocktail party, and dami nila puro Chanel.

I am not sure if this is Balenciaga

I spent 20 minutes at the Hermes store, Ten seconds at tori Burch and five minutes at Red Valentino

They have one Birkin on display but it’s not for sale. They no longer accept reservation upon the order of Hermes’ headquarters in Paris according to one of the sales ladies.