{"id":33459,"date":"2013-10-14T19:34:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T18:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/shopping-a-dubai-la-carte-deco-des-createurs-locaux-20131014.html"},"modified":"2016-02-10T10:12:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T09:12:53","slug":"shopping-in-dubai-the-decorating-map-of-local-designers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/shopping-in-dubai-the-decorating-map-of-local-designers","title":{"rendered":"Shopping in Dubai: the decorating menu of local designers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Galeries Lafayette in the Dubai Mall, there are corners selling bags and jewellery by Lebanese and Egyptian designers, including Nihal Basha, who invents brightly coloured leather clutches to which she attaches XXL clasps in the shape of Arabic letters. There's also Sohad Acouri's collection of eveningwear and a selection of local brands in the d\u00e9cor boutiques. Also in the Dubai Mall, the gold souk is full of jewellery inspired by major brands such as Pomellato, Van Cleef &amp; Arpels, Chopard and Cartier, which are not true copies but cost three to four times less than the originals. But beware: while the price per gram of gold is still reasonable, and you can have a chain or other piece of jewellery made for you, it's best to make sure that it's really 18-carat gold. For the rest, a trip to Sharjah is a must. This emirate, located a good half-hour's drive away, has remained \"provincial\" and not very touristy. Its blue souk is a good option for shopping for handicrafts, which are much cheaper than in Dubai. Silk carpets in particular are known to be exceptional...<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sans-titre-8.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/sans-titre-8-2.jpg\" alt=\"Image preview\" width=\"450\" height=\"425\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"seriesmeta\">Article 7 of 7 in this dossier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/destination\/dubai-the-folie-des-grandeur\" class=\"series-871\" title=\"Dubai: delusions of grandeur\">Dubai: delusions of grandeur<\/a><\/div><p>Dubai, a shopper's paradise? Of course, there are currently 69 shopping centres in Dubai, with eight more under construction... and all without VAT! However, luxury goods imported from Europe or the United States are generally sold there at 25 to 30 % more expensive than in France. So there's no point in trying to buy a watch, a piece of clothing or a perfume from a major European brand. You'll find a better deal on local or Middle Eastern brands.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"type-darticle":[],"n_magazine":[],"class_list":["post-33459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-villes-d-affaires","series-dubai-la-folie-des-grandeurs","vapo-free"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shopping \u00e0 Duba\u00ef : la carte d\u00e9co des cr\u00e9ateurs locaux<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Duba\u00ef, le paradis du shopping ? 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