Copa

You don’t need to go to H&M, Zara and MNG to get your affordable fashion fix in China, as Chinese brand Copa demonstrates. Yes, there are some Chinese touches to a couple of their items (alas, lace-bedecked collars do surface on a couple of shirts), but for the most part, you’d be forgiven for thinking you were in a Top Shop outlet, without, of course, the hordes of manic teenagers fighting over the latest cropped jacket. Occupying the mid-range of the price bracket, these clothes and accessories do their price tags justice: They’re funky, stylish and – importantly – of impeccable quality. Shop assistants eschew the usual Chinese practice of shadowing our every move, and are friendly and incredibly helpful.