Top 10 Most Famous Luxury Shopping Streets in the World

From Saks Fifth Avenue at 49th Street to the iconic Bergdorf Goodman at 57th, Fifth Avenue's Midtown stretch hosts the American flagships of virtually every major luxury brand. Tiffany's, Cartier, and Gucci compete for window displays that become global fashion editorials.

The heart of Milan's Quadrilatero della Moda, Via Montenapoleone hosts the most concentrated collection of Italian luxury brands per square metre on Earth. Prada, Versace, and Valentino operate alongside jewellers and leather goods houses that have traded on the same cobblestones for decades.

Old Bond Street and New Bond Street together form London's most exclusive retail corridor. Graff diamonds, Asprey, Tiffany, and Fenwick occupy Georgian townhouses that have housed luxury commerce since the 18th century. The street is famous for its Christmas light installation.

Tokyo's premier luxury district blends Japanese design sensibility with global fashion brands in architecturally spectacular flagship stores. Apple's glass cylinder, Mikimoto's jewel-box building, and Hermès' crystalline tower make Ginza as much an architecture tour as a shopping destination.

Consistently ranked the world's most expensive retail street per square metre, Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse runs 1.4 kilometres from the main station to Lake Zurich. Swiss watchmakers Patek Philippe and IWC occupy ground-floor vaults above Switzerland's bank vaults.

Paris's second great luxury artery houses the Élysée Palace and the global headquarters of multiple fashion houses. Hermès occupies its ancestral home at No. 24; Chanel, Lanvin, and Goyard cluster nearby in a street where the air smells of leather and ambition.

Chelsea's luxury retail axis connects Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and hosts the greatest density of Italian fashion in London — Prada, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, and Bulgari anchor a kilometre of high-end boutiques that serves the Chelsea and Mayfair elite.

Once commanding the world's highest retail rents, Causeway Bay remains Asia's most dynamic shopping district, combining Japanese department stores like Sogo with fashion brands, electronics, and street markets that operate 18 hours a day.

Hollywood's legendary luxury retail corridor appears in more films than almost any other commercial street on Earth. Three blocks of Cartier, Gucci, and Chanel between Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards attract 18 million visitors annually and $1 billion in annual retail sales.

From Saks Fifth Avenue at 49th Street to the iconic Bergdorf Goodman at 57th, Fifth Avenue's Midtown stretch hosts the American flagships of virtually every major luxury brand. Tiffany's, Cartier, and Gucci compete for window displays that become global fashion editorials.

The heart of Milan's Quadrilatero della Moda, Via Montenapoleone hosts the most concentrated collection of Italian luxury brands per square metre on Earth. Prada, Versace, and Valentino operate alongside jewellers and leather goods houses that have traded on the same cobblestones for decades.

Old Bond Street and New Bond Street together form London's most exclusive retail corridor. Graff diamonds, Asprey, Tiffany, and Fenwick occupy Georgian townhouses that have housed luxury commerce since the 18th century. The street is famous for its Christmas light installation.

Tokyo's premier luxury district blends Japanese design sensibility with global fashion brands in architecturally spectacular flagship stores. Apple's glass cylinder, Mikimoto's jewel-box building, and Hermès' crystalline tower make Ginza as much an architecture tour as a shopping destination.

Consistently ranked the world's most expensive retail street per square metre, Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse runs 1.4 kilometres from the main station to Lake Zurich. Swiss watchmakers Patek Philippe and IWC occupy ground-floor vaults above Switzerland's bank vaults.

Paris's second great luxury artery houses the Élysée Palace and the global headquarters of multiple fashion houses. Hermès occupies its ancestral home at No. 24; Chanel, Lanvin, and Goyard cluster nearby in a street where the air smells of leather and ambition.

Chelsea's luxury retail axis connects Knightsbridge to Sloane Square and hosts the greatest density of Italian fashion in London — Prada, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, and Bulgari anchor a kilometre of high-end boutiques that serves the Chelsea and Mayfair elite.

Once commanding the world's highest retail rents, Causeway Bay remains Asia's most dynamic shopping district, combining Japanese department stores like Sogo with fashion brands, electronics, and street markets that operate 18 hours a day.

Hollywood's legendary luxury retail corridor appears in more films than almost any other commercial street on Earth. Three blocks of Cartier, Gucci, and Chanel between Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards attract 18 million visitors annually and $1 billion in annual retail sales.