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Old friends rediscovered!
On a recent trip to Bangkok to get my dengue vaccine (Qdenga, from Japan), I was delighted to find two of my favourite shops, which I lost when the mall they were in closed for renovation. And as a bonus, both of them are within walking distance of each other and the BTS!
Piklik, on the first floor of Ploenchit Centre on Sukhumvit Road sells what I can only describe as incredibly gorgeous, neo-Edwardian cotton or silk nightwear, overflowing with lace, ruffles, ribbons and embroidery.
https://www.piklik.net/women-s.html
They also have in the shop but not on the website, a selection of relatively plain but also gorgeous caftans in pleated Thai silk, which only need a bit of lace trim at sleeve-cuffs and neckline to pass for a tea-gown by Lucile.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon. )
GREEN COTTON, on the other hand, which I found on the ground floor of The Rich Walk (a shopping-centre attached to The Rich condo on Sukhumvit Soi 4), sells plain, very reasonably-priced, undyed cotton casual clothes of excellent quality, like light and largely unadorned cotton pyjamas, nightgowns, T-shirts, knickers, skirts and drawstring trousers, i.e. everything one would need for hot-climate informal wear. They also have really good, thick cotton socks, which I was glad to be able to stock up on in quantity, after buying one pair years ago on spec.
Both Ploenchit Centre and The Rich Walk are in between Ploenchit and Nana BTS stations, and as a bonus, the huge Siam Pharmacy is right next to Ploenchit BTS station, for all your medical needs. A terrifyingly large number of serious medicines are OTC in Thailand (most of them are manufactured there, which makes many generics particularly good value).
There is also a very good cat cafe on Sukhumvit soi 19 near the Asok BTS station, called Asok Pethouse Cat Cafe. Nice healthy rescue cats in a comfortable room to themselves with many cat-walks and sleeping places high up if they don't feel like socialising, a big window onto the street for constant amusement and a cat wheel for exercise. The cafe also has cats and kittens for adoption, and the cafe side has its own dedicated cat, who is basically the queen of the entire establishment.
Piklik, on the first floor of Ploenchit Centre on Sukhumvit Road sells what I can only describe as incredibly gorgeous, neo-Edwardian cotton or silk nightwear, overflowing with lace, ruffles, ribbons and embroidery.
https://www.piklik.net/women-s.html
They also have in the shop but not on the website, a selection of relatively plain but also gorgeous caftans in pleated Thai silk, which only need a bit of lace trim at sleeve-cuffs and neckline to pass for a tea-gown by Lucile.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon. )
GREEN COTTON, on the other hand, which I found on the ground floor of The Rich Walk (a shopping-centre attached to The Rich condo on Sukhumvit Soi 4), sells plain, very reasonably-priced, undyed cotton casual clothes of excellent quality, like light and largely unadorned cotton pyjamas, nightgowns, T-shirts, knickers, skirts and drawstring trousers, i.e. everything one would need for hot-climate informal wear. They also have really good, thick cotton socks, which I was glad to be able to stock up on in quantity, after buying one pair years ago on spec.
Both Ploenchit Centre and The Rich Walk are in between Ploenchit and Nana BTS stations, and as a bonus, the huge Siam Pharmacy is right next to Ploenchit BTS station, for all your medical needs. A terrifyingly large number of serious medicines are OTC in Thailand (most of them are manufactured there, which makes many generics particularly good value).
There is also a very good cat cafe on Sukhumvit soi 19 near the Asok BTS station, called Asok Pethouse Cat Cafe. Nice healthy rescue cats in a comfortable room to themselves with many cat-walks and sleeping places high up if they don't feel like socialising, a big window onto the street for constant amusement and a cat wheel for exercise. The cafe also has cats and kittens for adoption, and the cafe side has its own dedicated cat, who is basically the queen of the entire establishment.