ORBIS · The World Shopping Atlas

Asia — Beyond Japan, Korea & India

542 entries · curated ORBIS register · 1–150 of 542

This plate covers Asia beyond Japan, Korea and India, and it opens with the fragrance houses of the Gulf. Amouage of Muscat and Ajmal of Dubai set out the tradition of oud and amber in their own words. Abdul Samad Al Qurashi is a perfume house now in its sixth generation, while Perfume Souk in Deira sells the attars in their market setting. Dubai Mall adds Level Shoes with its designer footwear floor and Huda Beauty, the beauty brand born in the city. On the streetwear side amongst few and the container yard of Boxpark show a different Dubai from the malls. Central Asia is here through Tashkent and Samarkand. Human House gathers textiles and ceramics from more than 260 regions, and Azukar Moreno works Uzbek ikat into contemporary prints. Dildora Kasimova keeps gold embroidery and suzani work alive in Mirabad, and Happy Bird Gallery sells designer chapans at the Craftsmen's Center in Samarkand. Georgia appears through Pesvebi Art Studio in Kakheti, whose Kizikian carpets take their colours from plants rather than catalogues.

Where these shops are

542 shops; most are in China (77), Pakistan (57), Uzbekistan (56), United Arab Emirates (55), Qatar (54). 1 sells mainly online.

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