Seoul travel guide_Guide to DDM malls and markets

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Pink Zone : Wholesale malls and markets
Blue Zone : Retail malls and markets

Wholesale Shopping Complex

• 5 Pyunghwa Clothing Market




Strength: As well as clothes, you can find lots of accessories here including mufflers, scarves, hats, socks, belts and uniform and sportswear manufacturers.

Open: PM 10:00 ~ PM 8:00 next day
(closed on Sundays)

Site: www.pyounghwa.com




Floor	Products
1	Women’s and men’s apparel, hats, socks, bags, scarves, swim wear, ties, towel, umbrella, belts, books, shirts, accessory
2	Women’s and men’s apparel, shirts, children’s wear, casual clothes, jeans, sportwear
3	Women’s and men’s apparel, children’s wear, lingerie






• 9 Area 6




Strength: You can find high quality clothes for ladies in mid 30’s and over

Open: PM 9:00~PM 5:00 next day (closed from Saturday PM 4:00 ~ Sunday PM 9:00)








Floor	Products
B1	Imported clothes, ladies casual clothes, lingerie, men’s suit
1	Fur, maternity wear, sports casual, accessories, glasses, interior goods
2	Golfwear and items, knit wear, jumpers, shirts, young casual
3	Imported clothes, men’s suit and casual






• 10 Kwanghee Fashion Mall




Strength: Clothes, fake luxury bags. You can find lots men’s wear on 3F, a lot of them hip hop casual.

Open: PM 9:00~PM 5:00 next day (closed from Saturday PM 5:00 ~ Sunday PM 9:00)

Site: www.kwangheesijang.com





Floor	Products
B1	Ladies apparel, imported clothes, knit wear, silk, bags, accessory
1	Ladies apparel, Tshirts, jeans, cotton pants, knit wear, casual and sports wear
2	Leather jacket, pants, fur
3	Ladies apparel, Tshirts, jeans, cotton pants, knit wear






• 11 Sinpyeonghwa Fashion Town




Strength: Lots of accessories and dance wears. 4F is a hot spot for foreign buyers.

Open: 1F - 24hours, rest floors - PM 10:30~ AM 11:00(next day)

Site: www.sph.co.kr






Floor	Products
B1	Stage wears, belly dance wears, ladies apparel
1	Underwear, lingerie, socks, sportswear
2	Young casual clothes for women and men, ladies wear, Tshirts
3	Men’s suits, ties, ladies formal wear, Tshirts
4	Ladies wear, Tshirts, jeans






• 12 Nampyunghwa Market




Strength: You can find good quality bags on the basement floor.

Open: B1, 1F - 00:00~14:00, 2F, 3F - 20:00~10:00 (closed on Sundays)









Floor	Products
B1~F1	Bags, wallets, belts
2~3	Women's and men's apparel, Tshirts, knit wear, jeans, cotton pants






• 13 TheOT




Strength: You can find avg.~ good quality accessories on B1.

Open: 00:00~14:00 (closed from Saturday PM 2:00 ~ Sunday midnight)

Site: www.theot.org






Floor	Products
B1	Ladies apparel, accessories
1	Ladies apparel
2	Ladies apparel
3	Ladies apparel
4	Ladies apparel






• 15 Jeilpyeonghwa Market




Strength: You can find a lot of high quality office wears, accessories here. They also do retail.

Open: AM 10:00~AM 4:30 (next day)
(closed from Saturday PM 5:00~Sunday PM 9:00)

Site: www.jeilpyunghwa.com






• 16 Nuzzon




Strength: Place to be if you’re looking for shoes and accessories.

Open: PM 8:00~ AM 8:00 (closed from Saturday AM 8:00 to Sunday PM 8:00)

Site: www.nuzzon.co.kr






Floor	Products
4	Leather goods
5	Fashion accessories
6	Accessories, vintage goods
7~8	Snacks
9~15	Cafe, Offices






• 17 Nine Plus




Strength:
Open: PM 8:00 ~ AM 6:00
















• 18 apm




Strength: Along with U-US, has the most trendy women’s clothes.

Open: PM 8:00~AM 8:00 (closed from Saturday AM 8:00 to Sunday PM 8:00)

Site: www.apm24.co.kr






Floor	Products
B1	Women's casual clothes
1	Women's clothes
2	Ladies apparel (more formal than in other floors)
3	Men's clothes
4	Men's casual clothes






• 19 Golden Town




Strength: You can find genuine leather, leather and fur wears.

Open: AM 9:00~ PM 6:00 (closed on Sundays)










Floor	Products
B2	Restaurants
B1~F1	Leather hide, leather materials
2~3	Fur, leather wears






• 20 Designer Club




Strength: Ladies wear. Good quality accessories, bags and shoes.

Open: Open: PM 8:00 ~ AM 8:00











Floor	Products
B1	Women's casual clothes
1	Women's clothes
2	Ladies apparel (more formal than in other floors)
3	Men's clothes
4	Men's casual clothes
5	Accessories






• 21 Team 204




Strength: You can find a lot of shoes at very affordable price range.?

Open: PM 8:00 ~ AM 6:00(closed from Saturday AM 8:00~ Sunday PM 8:00)









Floor	Products
B1~F2	Shoes
3~4	Lingerie, cosmetics, accessories






• 22 Elicium




Strength: You can find good quality children's clothes.

Open: PM 8:00 ~ AM 6:00(closed from Saturday AM 8:00~ Sunday PM 8:00)









Floor	Products
1	Ladies apparel
2	Children's clothes
3~4	Men's apparel
5	Display items






• 23 Studio W








Strength: designs by young, new designers.

Open: PM 8:30 ~ AM 8:30 (closed from Saturday AM 8:00 to Sunday PM 8:30)





Floor	Products
1~3	Ladies apparel
4	Men's apparel






• 24 Art Plaza




Strength: Women's apparel for ladies in wide range of age groups

Open: PM 8:30~ AM 9:00











Floor	Products
B1	Clothes and accessories, order made items
1	Women's casual clothes and suits
2	Ladies apparel, knit wear
3	Ladies suits
4	Outlet






• 25 Techno Market




Strength: Clothes in very low price range, a lot of bargain stock items

Open: PM 9:00~ AM 9:00











Floor	Products
B1~F4	Ladies apparel






• 26 Dongpyeonghwa Market




Strength: Lots of bargain stock items from domestic fashion brands can be found, also?label replacement, care label service, packaging service providers can be found. Also do retail.

Open: B1, F1 - PM 9:00 ~ mid day next day, F2, F3 - AM 8:00 ~ PM 6:00, F4 - PM 9:00 ~ mid day next day (closed every Sunday)





Floor	Products
B1	Women's and men's casual clothes
1	Ladies clothes, men's clothes, lingerie, accessories, sports wear, clothes reform
2	Ladies clothes, men's clothes, ladies casual
3	Brand outlet, accessories, lingerie
4	Jeans, Tshirts, women and men's apparel






• 27 Cheongpyeonghwa Market




Strength: Women’s clothes in lower price range than in U-US or APM.

Open: PM 12:00~ PM 2:00 (next day)














• 29 Dongdaemun Shoes Store




Strength: Wholesale shoes in low price range

Open: AM 3:00 ~ PM 3:00 (Closed on Sundays)










Sections	Products
A	Formal to casual shoes, you can find lots of training shoes
B	Formal to casual shoes
C	Formal to casual shoes






• 38 Seopyeonghwa Market






Open: PM 10:00 ~ AM 10:00











Sections	Products
1	Ladies apparel
2	Ladies apparel

Retail Shopping Complex

• 1 Good morning city






Open: AM 10:30~ AM 5:00 (next day), Closed every Tuesday
Site: http://www.goodct.co.kr/










Floor	Products
9,10	Movie theater, snack bars, restaurants, airline company
8	Wedding Convention
7	Updating
6	Updating
5	Updating
4	Children's apparel
3	Men's apparel
2	Fashion accessories, leather goods, jewelry
B1,F1	Ladies apparel
B2	Imported goods, sports wears, mobile communications device, electronic goods
B4,B3	Clinic, restaurants, hair salon, CVS, real estate agency, screen golf






• 3 Migliore






Open: AM 10:30 ~ AM 5:00 (Closed from Monday AM 5:00 to Tuesday AM 10:30)
Site: www.migliore.co.kr









Floor	Products
20	Fitness Center
18	Travel agency an other offices
16	Nail shops
15	Offices
14	Massage shops, dentist, clinic, other leisure services
13	Clinics
10~12	Velodrome
9	Snack bars, restaurants
7	Shoes
5~6	Bags, accessories, jewelry, glasses, nail shops
4	Men's apparel
1~3	Women's apparel
B1	Maternity wear, children's wear, accessories
B2	Imported goods, sports wear, clothes, cosmetics, jewelry, nail shop, fast food






• 2 Hello apm






Open: AM 10:30~ Am 5:00 (closed every Tuesday)
Site: www.helloapm.com










Floor	Products
11	Office
10	Hair salons, clinics
9	Food court, screen golf
8	Fitness center
7	Leather goods
6	Accessories, goods, children's clothes, maternity wear
5	Men's apparel
4	Men's apparel
3	Women's apparel
2	Women's apparel
1	Women's apparel
B1	Hip hop style, sports wear, imported clothes
B2	Parking lot
B3	Parking lot
B4	Maintenance






• 4 Doota






Open: AM 10:30 ~ AM 5:00 (Closed from Sunday PM 11:00 to Monday PM 7:00)
Site: www.doota.com









Floor	Products
10	Bar
9	Food court
8	Snacks
7	Wedding, travel agency
6	Children's clothes
5	Accessories
4	Shoes, bags
3	Men's clothes
2	Ladies formal clothes, lingerie
1	Designer clothes
B1	Ladies casual clothes, health and beauty
B2	Luxury imported brands, sports wear, outdoor wear
B3~B6	Parking lot

Raw and subsidiary materials Market

• 7 Tong-il Market

Subsidiary meteriials like buttons, zippers. Also accessories.




• 8 Donghwa Market

Subsidiary materials.




• Dongdaemun General Store

You can find tons of kinds of fabric here. Mose DDM items are manufactured with the fabric traded here.

Other

• 34 Acacia Hotel

• 35 National Medical Center

• 37 Dongdaemun Designplaza Park

Seoul shopping guide_"Quick Service"

I’ve posted about the “one day production system.” One of the factors that contributes to the system is the “Quick service.”

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I’ve posted about the “one day production system.” One of the factors that contributes to the system is the “Quick service.

In Korea, we have a very convenient delivery service called “Quick Service.” When you need to send something urgently, you call up a number and the “Quick Service Man” comes on a motor cycle and picks the item up and delivers it to the destination.

It is called the “Quick Service” for a reason. It’s much faster than regular or express parcel service. You can literally get items delivered within a couple of hours in Seoul. Considering that express parcel service takes on average 1, 2 days, the “Quick Service” is definitely a catch.

This “Quick Service” is one of the major contributing factors of the Dongdaemun’s unique “one day production system.” Since Koreans are quick tempered and as some put it that Koreans always say “pali pali” (hurry, hurry), it was probably most natural for us to have come up with this type of business.
You can spot some jaw-dropping scenes like this in Dongdaemun. “Quick Service Man” on the job rides in extreme speed.

These “Quick Service Men” deliver fabric, subsidiary materials in the morning and end products in the afternoon and evening. They are like the vessels of the big Dongdaemun organism.

What you have to do is just call, give basic information: your address, destination and type of item and “Quick service man” will come to pick up the item and collect the fee. The fee may vary depending on distance and weather. The fees range from KRW 5,000 ~ KRW 20,000 in Seoul.

So for those of you visiting Korea and you want to do a whole lot of shopping in Dongdaemun, make note of the next post on “Time quick service.” Using “Time quick”, you won’t have to carry all the baggage back to the hotel or the airport.

Simply call up a "quick service man" and let him do the job for you.
There's a slight problem though.
Most "quick service men" don't speak English.
So, call or email us and let us help you sort it out. (for free)
We'll help you to arrange pick up and drop off.


T_82 2 2254 0036

Seoul travel guide_Gwangjang Market

If you’re a vintage junkie and in a habit of raiding your grandparents’ wardrobes, Gwangjang market is the place to go. It’s filled with millions of vintage items; from clothing, accessories and handicrafts.

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If you’re a vintage junkie and in a habit of raiding your grandparents’ wardrobes, Gwangjang market is the place to go. It’s filled with millions of vintage items; from clothing, accessories and handicrafts.

It is Korea’s first market and continues to thrive as a popular tourist destination today.
The market provides high-quality fabric including silk, satin, linen, bedding as well as imported vintage clothes and accessories and shoes, agricultural products, handicrafts and so on. It’s a vast sized market so you need to know the directions to find vintage clothing.

Gwangjang Market is next to Cheong Gye Cheon and close to the Dongdaemun Market area.
Starting from Gwanghwamun near City Hall and Kyungbok Palace, you can take a stroll along the Cheongyecheon stream walk path or take the subway. The traffic’s mad in this area so I strongly suggest you take the subway.

There are two stations nearby.
Jongro 5ga Station (blue line, line no. 1): exit no. 8
Euljiro 4ga Station (green, purple line, lines no. 2 and 5): exit no. 4

Coming from Jongro 5ga Station, find the entrance marked star in the map. This is the easiest way to find the vintage shops.

The narrow corridors

Stacks of vintage clothing.

Stacks of clothes and accessories.

Colorful !

It's a granny style knit cardigan but for a vintage junkie, it's the hottest item to mix and match.

Bags and shoes

You can also find fur jacket and coats at reasonable price range. Most of them are as good as new.

Leather jacket is always right.

Some stores reform the old vintage item themselves. This item used to be a jacket but now reformed into a vest. The Rolling Stones patch, studs and safety pins have been added.

Like Dongdaemun, the stores accept cash only and of course, you can haggle. The clothes stores are open AM 10:00 ~ PM 4:00

Maps

http://emap.visitkorea.or.kr/Scripts/EngMap.aspx?beginCmd=mapurl&pos=45720588-135242257&cpname=Gwangjang%20Market

Pictures

• http://blog.naver.com/mindealre?Redirect=Log&logNo=50122818784
• http://thisisafashionblog.com/135925455
• http://blog.naver.com/shpn21?Redirect=Log&logNo=80144126048
• http://dahlia0718.blog.me/70119311231