on style, she rules

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Published: 12:00am, 16 Sep 2007

I promised my three-year-old niece a pink baseball cap while I was in the US and now I'm having trouble finding one. Should I have just bought it there?

Think Pink, Central

The Dictator rules: Let's see, should you have bought it in the US, the home of baseball and casual wear, or should you have waited to buy it in Asia? That's like asking, 'Should I practise my backstroke in the pool or in the bathtub?' What were you thinking?

We wandered into a little girl's all-pink dream of a shop, The Palace, Prince and Princess (shop 918, Times Square, Causeway Bay, tel: 2506 3001). It only had visors in pink (HK$80 to HK$280), but if your niece is in Hong Kong the trip alone would satiate her. Fables, nearby, carries baseball caps in pink (HK$159 each; shop 903A, Times Square, Causeway Bay), tel: 2506 3619), with colourful motifs on the front for three-year-olds or older children.

If you're up for a bit of digging through bargain bins, the Ladies Market in Mong Kok is a great place. Then, of course, you must know about the children's clothing hotspots dotted around town, from Stanley Market to the upmarket third floor of Prince's Building. Now, if your niece is in the US, why not just order the cap online and have it delivered directly to her? We saw a simple pink baseball cap for little ones at, for example, www.gap.com for about HK$75.

Where do I buy one of those maxi dresses that are so in style these days? I've just returned from Britain thinking I'd have no problem finding them in Hong Kong, but I can't find them anywhere.

Maxed Out, Pok Fu Lam