On the first floor of Inorbit Mall, Vashi lies a home-grown but international leather store, Hidesign. This store in Mumbai is spacious and pleasantly lit with minimalistic decor and wooden flooring...

Located on the busy Woodhouse Road, in line with Cafe Coffee Day, is the clothing store and spa called Trunk. Inside the spacious, air-cooled interiors of this shop in Mumbai, you see casual dresses, denims in bright hues, T-shirts, tops and even party dresses displayed on freshly painted racks and stands...

Long before malls came into existence, shopping for most collegians would be at either Hill Road or Linking Road at Bandra in Mumbai. Perhaps Hill Road is the reason why street shopping in Mumbai still holds strong. Then there is the famous Elco Arcade...

Finding a good, unique T-shirt isn’t easy in Mumbai, what with mass produced fashion wear proliferating like a virus in the city. There are some T-shirt brands that have played with wit and humor but then they have been done to death now. And then there’s Chimp on the first floor of Inorbit Mall...

Tucked in a byway off the busy road to Flora Fountain in Mumbai, Akbarallys’ home furniture store stands humbly belying its solid presence of 25 years. The Big Ben styled pendulum clock chimes the familiar tune at the hour...

Matunga being a predominantly South Indian locality in Mumbai, is a great place to shop for traditional silk sarees. And Co-Optex, run by the Tamil Nadu Handloom Enterprise, finds a great home here...

Driving on the highway towards Kopar Kharane, you see a neat red signboard with the name of United Colors of Benetton on it. There’s a large sticker on the plexiglass which screams of a whopping discount. It is the United Colors of Benetton factory outlet...

Off the busy Dadar flyover, Hindmata cloth market is relatively peaceful. A faded iron arch with red lettering in English tells you where you’ve come, and you make your way past a children’s playground...

Walk into a slice of Kashmir in the very heart of Mumbai’s commercial hub; of course it’s a very tiny slice of Kashmir’s vast creative tradition, but everything in the store is handmade in Kashmir, and that’s what makes it all worth it...

The Bombay Store is a warm and inviting shop, very Indian in look, design and merchandise. Its earthy orange and black logo stands out as a legacy. The flagship store at the heart of Mumbai near Flora Fountain...