This shop goes crazy twice a year: Once around Rugby 7s, once around Halloween…read more Indeed, if you need any reason to hang around Stone Slabs Street / Pottinger Street risking of falling off miserably any other second, hunting for some good costume would be a good explanation. Forget about Taobao or online shop. We (aka the party crew) constantly buy costumes here for quite a few years of Sevens and Halloween already, and the quality is always superior than the Taobao-equivalent. You got everything covered here, from the old-school pirates or cops, to the latest Avengers or Minions. Come with size too - I once bought a Snow White costume that specifically designed for men. Heard you want props? Yes, you need props to party. Swords, glasses, wigs, wings, fabricators, masks, you name it. Quite abundance in stock too, which you can safely assume that you can buy the props in bulk for all two dozen friends in the party to make a matching theme. Now two minus points. One - the ladies were very, very reluctant to bargain. To a point that I believed they knew I needed the costumes badly (I did, as I had to wear them the day after), and they knew that they were sort of monopoly around, so they played the cards to the max. Apparently customer loyalty isn't that important to them, as people only come twice a year. Two - lack of costume renting. I got it, this is not their business model anyway, but I'd love to rent a Stormtrooper or other more polished costumes some time without spending 5-figure on it, or rent a very seasonal costume and return it back, without wasting it at the corner at my home. But if you look beyond these points, yeah, party time!

Having a party and stocking up on disposable napkins, plates, glasses, balloons, etc...? Even…read morebetter, hosting or attending a costumes party? Yay! Who doesn't love that? However it can get a little tricky to find just what you need. Usually costume parties fun start when you arrive to the party and people start coming! Especially if you're the host. Not an easy task. That's why this place is such great one for party planning. Split across two levels (1 and 3) in the same building, you'll find party 'stockage' on the first floor and costumes, wigs and accessories on the third. Yeah, the fun is mainly on the third as you can guess. All kinds of costumes you can think of, they have it: the usual - princess, warrior, superman, spiderman...- but it doesn't stop there and I even found naughty and 'what the hell is that' ones. And they have much more online from where you can order! My fav pick were the wigs: there isn't a best way to dress up without it getting too ridiculous and it's still fun. They do have a ton of those too! It's probably best to buy online though because the variety is larger. In fact the shop isn't very big but for a first insight into your party planning it's a good place. Great for inspiration too! Now all I need is a party to wear my wig!!

From the owner: We personzalise party products and decorations from balloons, standees, banners, photo frame, gifts…read morefor birthday, wedding, graduation and more events to celebrate milestones and achievement. We make party a unique and special.

This isn't the most extensive art shop I've been to, but this is Hong Kong and space is limited so…read morebottom line- it gets the job done if you're on HK island. Artland seems to focus more on supplies for painters or drawing artists. I noticed a good supply of paints, water colours, markers, and coloured pencils. If you're into Crayola products, they have a decent selection. You can find things like embroidery wool, but the cross stitch patterns they offer are limited to subjects like floral bouquets and landscapes. Same with clothing; you could find a few things like fabric paints or markers for t-shirts, but it's not that plentiful. They did have a sizeable section dedicated to art books, though. In the end, I got what I needed- coloured pencils to fuel my new short-term hobby before my baby arrives: adult colouring books! :)

This place was alright. However, this is coming from someone who grew up with CN Stationary and has…read moreshopped at Michaels (In the US) for the past 5-6 years. With the limited space in Hong Kong, I understand that it's hard to stuff thousands of products into a 2000sq ft shop. There's really a lot of different types of products, however, the brand selection is rather limited. A lot of Staedtler, Primarily Daler-Rowney, I guess that's how Hong Kong art stores are? There's various high end products for professional artists too. One thing I didn't like about the store was I also found some products to be a bit scattered. Like they had a calligraphy section by the counter but also at another aisle, and Chinese calligraphy in another aisle. Many products like paints were organised by brands rather than by type. Yet many products were organised by products too. I also found the store to be slightly overpriced. The Pilot Parallel pen was $95 and it is only at $85 the Commercial Press in CWB, and $80 in CN. OH well. Their student level water colour is also quite expensive, Daler-Rowney Aquafine at $455. I can practically buy the artist colours at that price (On amazon at least) Paper and sketchbooks were nearly all Daler-Rowney as well. I just wished there's more variety in brands. However, this place is probably the best on Hong Kong Island and it will do the job if you need anything for your art supplies/project, etc. They also opened a mini gallery of a photographer's work. Also the hours aren't very friendly. Closed on Sundays, closed 5pm on Saturdays and 7pm on weekdays. Better rush here after work/school or come on a Saturday. *** Favourites: Convenient, just on Lockhart & Tonnochy Rd. Meh: a bit overpriced. Mostly Daler-Rowney. hours are not long, but it's alright. catered to students Last words: Has all your art supplies if you don't care about brand and price