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Hi,

Will be going to Thailand and Cambodia soon and would like to find a tailor and an optician in Bangkok that I can place an order with at the beginning of my trip and pick up around 3 weeks later before I return home.

At the tailor's I would like to get 2-3 pairs of chinos, 2-3 shirts and perhaps a suit.

At the optician's I am hoping to buy a pair of glasses and a pair of shades with my prescription. My challenge with the optician is that my head is quite big 8) so I need to find a place that has a selection of frames that will fit.

Any reccomendations please?

 

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My impression is that eyeglasses & frames are not much cheaper in Thailand than in the US, because of the import duties, I guess.  I bought lenses in Phnom Penh from Owndays, a Japanese-based eyeware chain.  They have several branches around PP.  Good value & satisfactory service.

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4 hours ago, tm_nyc said:

My impression is that eyeglasses & frames are not much cheaper in Thailand than in the US, because of the import duties, I guess.  I bought lenses in Phnom Penh from Owndays, a Japanese-based eyeware chain.  They have several branches around PP.  Good value & satisfactory service.

Owndays is reasonably priced but there isn't much options if you have a wider face like me...

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5 hours ago, Foolish said:

Owndays is reasonably priced but there isn't much options if you have a wider face like me...

Interesting!  That problem would never have occured to me.

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On 12/19/2024 at 8:27 AM, Lucky said:

How about a periodontist?

Don't know specifically about perio treatment but you could try the Dental Dept of Bumrungrad Hospital.  I broke a tooth in BKK back in September & their treatment (on 4 visits) was excellent.

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The only tailor I ever went to in BKK was on my very first trip to Bangkok in 2016 - State Tailors (in the State Tower building/Lebua hotel). It was my tour guide that took me there, no doubt he would have got a kickback, but the suits that were made for me fitted perfectly and I still have them today, although I don't wear them much anymore because I got a bit fat :( 

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