Wufenpu market 五分埔

The amount of small boutiques and market stalls on every single street corner selling "korean" and "japanese" fashion is quite overwhelming, at least in Taipei. At first it's fun to look because its different and cheap compared to back home but when you start noticing the same t-shirt popping up everywhere it gets a bit boring. Another problem is sizing....its almost always "one size" or "Free size" (?) which is what they call it over here and shoe sizes are usually at its biggest a size 38. Me being a size 40, there usually isn't even any point in asking.

So the other day I went to a wholesale garment market, Wufenpu in the Xinyi District, which is where most of these small boutiques go and buy their goodies. I was hoping they would have a wider selection, even cheaper prices and maybe some bigger sizes! I was definitely not disappointed because this area is huge and easy to get lost in and just wonder around for hours. It requires patience to find the good places because like any other market there is a lot of crap. First of all the market is not actually a market....they have nicely decorated little stores but with numbered bags filled with clothes covering the floor. In most cases I think these bags are orders waiting to be picked up by the boutiques. And since this is in fact a wholesale market some stores strictly only sell in bulk but I didn't actually come across this problem. As iv mentioned before, the taiwanese aren't pushy and that even applies here. They don't bother you until you ask for help and if your not interested in buying anything they don't care.

Some of my finds from the Wufenpu market.