Acclaimed boutique shoe shop, selling its own premium footwear brand that has a bit of a cult expat following thanks to its fashionably urban designs and its high comfort. Founded in 2014, Heelz (formerly
Qipu Lu -- "cheap" street -- is a series of malls crammed, jammed, and stuffed full of cheap, cheap, cheap clothes, with some fakes for good measure. It's ground zero for young local shoppers, and pretty much hell for everyone else. Aggressive touts, swarms of... Read more
Part museum, part shop, part lab, part preview-of-the-Matrix 12, the futuristic Nike House of Innovation aka Nike 001 is perhaps the most impressive Nike store in the world. The 40,000+ square foot space on Nanjing Dong Lu is a wonderland where shoes move around on... Read more
A massive Nike store located on the Huaihai Zhong Lu shopping district. Read more
If Nike 001 is the massive flagship, Nike Lab X158 is the low-key boutique. This space used to be a real OG Shanghai streetwear and sneaker shop called The Source, then became one of six Nike Labs in the world in 2014. Basically, the first floor is for exclusive Nike... Read more
For shoes you would rather not clean yourself, Circle Clean will do it for you. With their standard package offering a 4 day turn around, cleaning leather, suede and fabric shoes as well as additional services like shoe deodorizing and stain removal (that requires 1... Read more
Also known as CM Feiyue, this chain of sneaker shops is the main retail outlet for the Shanghainese shoe brand that dates back to the 1920s. They've got a long history of being actually kind of all right shoes, a particular favorite among wushu practitioners. The... Read more
A sneaker shop that offers products from the Vans collection. It is located right next to Flystreetwear. Read more
This is Adidas's largest store in Shanghai, with five floors of trainers, sportswear, hoodies and jeans, plus a floor given over to their non-sporty lines, Adidas Silver and Y-3. Read more
Australia sheep skin fashion brand. Read more
This friendly little boutique on Yongjia deals in handmade jewelery and leather goods, such as shoes, wallets, handbags and other accessories. It also has an adjoining cafe that serves tea, coffee and some very basic snacks. Read more
Also known as CM Feiyue, this chain of sneaker shops is the main retail outlet for the Shanghainese shoe brand that dates back to the 1920s. They've got a long history of being actually kind of all right shoes, a particular favorite among wushu practitioners. The... Read more
Boutique shoe store that sells hand-made, personalized shoes. Read more
Five-story multi-brand shop on Julu Lu opened by Edison Chen in 2009 after the original in Hong Kong. It's still worth a visit or return as the collection seems to change often. Chen and his brand CLOT have been pushing streetwear culture in Shanghai for a long, long... Read more