By Ken Panton
Photography by Anthony James of London

The world’s jet set shoppers have added Glasgow to their short list of the world’s best cities for fashion, style, and energetic nightlife. Style devotees of both sexes will find an amazing selection to choose from and shopping areas bustling with creative energy. We had to find out what all the fuss was about, so with a credit card in hand we took a weekend shopping trip to Scotland’s lovely, historic, and hip city of Glasgow.

With numerous daily flights to London on British Airways wide body airplanes and convenient connections onward, traveling to Glasgow is a breeze. For our stay we enjoyed the fabulously located Raddison SAS Hotel. In the heart of the city center, the Raddison SAS Hotel is near all the major shopping and sights. Glasgow is a delightful walking city and traveling by foot is the best way to discover the pulse of the city. We loved the trendy selection at All Saints, Top Shop/ Top Man, Puma, Hugo Boss, Next, and many other interesting and unique specialty shops.

For and excellent foray into the world of shopping you must checkout Glasgow’s premier department store, The House of Fraser located at 21-45 Buchanan Street. Once inside you will find a dizzying array of spot-on styles from some of the world’s top fashion houses like Paul Smith, DKNY, Diesel, Replay, and Lacoste.

For selections that are unique to the Glasgow shopping scene, visit the heart of Merchant City. Here you find designer boutiques and intriguing non-chain shops such has uber-cool Che Camille, “Glasgow’s Home for Independent designers.” Then check out Curuis located at 233 Ingram Street and Cruise Jeans also on Ingram Street. Cruise is the place to find the top designers including D-Squared, Dior Homme, G-Star, Marc Jacobs, Vivien Westwood, and perennial must-have Jimmy Choo. With your arms full of shopping bags we suggest you take a taxi back to the Raddison for a rest, wardrobe renewal, and disco nap.

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