Interesting. Had no idea what to expect with our visit, but our day went well. There are bargains to be had, just look but be prepared to walk away as well. Fitting rooms are non existent so be prepared to buy off rack or try on over clothes. Overwhelming in the sheer volume of product. The entire area was busy with people coming & going. Would agree with a previous review, clothing lines tend to be younger; however, it depends on what building and what floor you are in and on. The pedestrian walk way was nice to have no scooters or bikes allowed. Expect to go back again sometime. No complaints. No issues. Easily reached via Metro. Great place for people watching. Food eateries located in immediate area.

As someone who enjoys clothing markets like JJ Market in Bangkok, or Dongdaemun and Kwangjang Markets in Seoul, I was VERY disappointed by Qipu. First, there is a lack of variety. Most clothes is geared towards teens and young adults (which suits me) but it seemed every shop had the same or extremely similar stretchy jeans, polyester sweaters, denim jackets, fur trimmed coats. Also, I found many hawkers not even willing to bargain with me. If I countered with a price, they simply took the item out of my hand and turned away. The higher the floors I went, the fewer and fewer shops I saw. Quality didn't seem any different from the lower floors. I walked out Qipu with one sweater, which I paid 180 RMB. I felt I did not get a good deal, but it was still a better price than similar items back home and perhaps about the same quality. There is the Korea Fashion Market across the street. It is much cleaner and newer compared to Qipu, and the clothes has more variety (but overly edgy and still geared mainly towards young women.) The beauty treatment parlor booths next to the tattoo booths was an interesting part of the Korea Fashion Market, and there are better restaurants as well. Still, hawkers refused to bargain with me, no haggling even for a bunch of socks. Unless you know Chinese, I would skip this place. I got better deal for some trousers (39 RMB) at a fixed price clothing stall in one of the train stations, which despite being one stall had more style variety than all the stalls of Qipu combined.