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Myeongdong H&M - How is it?
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Hunnie705



Joined: 06 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 7:34 pm    Post subject: Myeongdong H&M - How is it? Reply with quote

I left Seoul one day after the store opened and never got a chance to check it out. I am planning on returning in the next little while and was wondering if shopping has improved since H&M has arrived?

What are the prices like? Similar to the States or Canada? Do they carry all sizes like they do at home?

Thanks Smile
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Xuanzang



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Sadang

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Improved but they sometimes make you queue outside. I say just do your shopping back in the 705. Prices aren't inflated and reasonable but queuing for H&M just isn't.
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salgichawa



Joined: 18 Mar 2010

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 7:41 pm    Post subject: Re: Myeongdong H&M - How is it? Reply with quote

Hunnie705 wrote:
I left Seoul one day after the store opened and never got a chance to check it out. I am planning on returning in the next little while and was wondering if shopping has improved since H&M has arrived?

What are the prices like? Similar to the States or Canada? Do they carry all sizes like they do at home?

Thanks Smile


Hi,

Waiting for stuff I really like to come online before I go and que..

http://www.hm.com/kr/__prfinance.nhtml
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cj1976



Joined: 26 Oct 2005

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 8:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's quite funny because in the UK, H & M is considered to be cheap and suitable for students. Here in Korea, it's seen as a foreign luxury.
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beeedeeewong



Joined: 26 Jun 2009

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep, the prices are surprisingly on par, at least, with the San Francisco H&M
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nomad-ish



Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'm starting to really dislike the h&m here. every time i've been there i've either seen a line at the door (in which case, i pass it by) or there's a big line at the register. i've also found the dressing rooms on the ground floor to be a little dark, which is inconvenient when you're trying to match things.
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Murakano



Joined: 10 Sep 2009

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 10:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

cj1976 wrote:
It's quite funny because in the UK, H & M is considered to be cheap and suitable for students. Here in Korea, it's seen as a foreign luxury.


same in Japan too Very Happy

People were lining up for well over an hour everyday for a few weeks when the Ginza store opened about 2 years ago.
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morrisonhotel



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do

PostPosted: Sun May 09, 2010 11:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

People have already said it all: expensive and busy. I would also add that I wasn't that impressed with what was for sale.
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discostu333



Joined: 18 Nov 2009

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not that impressed tbh. Expensive with poor choices.
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jdog2050



Joined: 17 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

morrisonhotel wrote:
People have already said it all: expensive and busy. I would also add that I wasn't that impressed with what was for sale.


Uhh...I haven't seen it super busy in a while. I dropped in today at around 530 and was in and out.

As for the prices, if you're going home in a few months, I'd say no, it's not worth it. But if you're in Korea for the long-haul, it'll save you a couple of bucks off of places like Zara or Club Monaco.

The choices are sub-par but for guy's business casual it's actually decent style-wise.
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Hunnie705



Joined: 06 Dec 2008

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wear a size 14/L in Ontario and can easily shop at H&M. Are they carrying into the larger sizes in Seoul?
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morrisonhotel



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jdog2050 wrote:
morrisonhotel wrote:
People have already said it all: expensive and busy. I would also add that I wasn't that impressed with what was for sale.


Uhh...I haven't seen it super busy in a while. I dropped in today at around 530 and was in and out.


Evidently haven't been in on a weekend in a while. It was absolutely heaving on Saturday.
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probablylauren



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Went by this last Sunday, no lines outside anymore. I didn't go in.

About two weeks prior, no lines outside, but pretty crazy inside. But it was a Saturday, and this is a city of millions of people.
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toxicblue



Joined: 12 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i was there on sunday around 11am and it was already crowded.. long line for fitting room and to pay.. i just came back from the US and i have to say the prices are about the same after exchange rates.. maybe a little more.. i'm a size 10 and found my size in everything i wanted to try on.. i saw up to size 14 and some shirts had XL which i didn't know H&M carried..
i'm pretty excited about h&m.. at least theres a place to buy reasonably priced basics
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djsmnc



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Dave's ESL Cafe

PostPosted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I thought everything there looked cheap and atrocious.
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