Manufacturers are now producing high quality goods. They are good because they are not mass produced for world consumption

Whip out the plastic at:
Moscasines Guido, Rodríguez Peña 1290, Buenos Aires; [phone]; open Monday-Friday 9:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Saturday 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Murillo 666, Murilla 66, Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province; [phone]; open Monday-Saturday 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

6. Hong Kong

Getting around: 10 Value: 5 Variety: 6 Experience: 7 Total: 28
Hong Kong's shop clerks are borderline stalkers -- in a good way.
If you don't know where you're going, they'll follow you around till you find it. If you don't know what you want, they'll tell you.
But the obsessive help can come in handy, especially if it leads to a world-class bargain.
According to Global Shopper City Index research, 87 percent of Hong Kong tourists shop, and "76 percent of shopping tourists expressed above-average satisfaction on value for money in 2011." Small wonder that Hong Kong also claims the title of best Asian shopping city in the Index.
Read: The ultimate Hong Kong shopping guide: Causeway Bay
For a bespoke shopping experience that involves local color, we hit up individual boutiques.
Fang Fong Projects in Central stocks womenswear from local label Fang Fong, which is like a Shanghai Tang that you'd actually wear often -- modern clothes with tasteful Asian touches.
Frequented by celebrities, KniQ stocks one-of-a-kind items like artfully ripped stockings (HK$320/US$41), and a selection of jumpsuits for men that costs upward of HK$2,000 ($250).
Whip out the plastic at:
KniQ, Shop 4B, Vienna Mansion, 55 Paterson St, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong; [phone]; Monday-Saturday 2-10 p.m., Sunday 2-9 p.m.
Fang Fong Projects, 67A Peel St., Central, Hong Kong; [phone]; open daily 2-8 p.m.
The hippest district in town: The likes of WDSG, Kapok, Club Monaco Men's Store, Monocle are found in in Star Street Precinct in Wanchai (Star Street, Moon Street, Sun Street) and St. Francis Yard.