Upstairs at Pahurat: denim, velour, felt and more

Pahurat is the Indian fabric market near Sampeng Lane in Bangkok. You have to find the escalator and that’s how you know it’s the upstairs Pahurat market. The shops sell denim, corduroy, velour, canvas, cotton, and gauze. Once in a while we find novelty cottons or other great fabric for quilting. Adela recommends exploring the ground floor of Pahurat for fashionable dresses. They have some very nice evening dresses in shops on the ground floor of Pahurat.

Upstairs at Pahurat: Lan Heng Co. sells felt by the meter. Minimum is 1 meter. Prices range from 60 to 80 baht per meter. Hours 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, closed Sunday.

This is upstairs at Pahurat.

This is the entrance to Pahurat. This is where the escalator is. It is right across the street from the big red Chinaworld mall.

Bus 53 stops at Pahurat.

This is right next to the escalator, leading into the market on the ground floor.

This is the escalator up to the second floor of Pahurat. Most of the time, it is stopped so you just walk up it.

Wongwian Yai Specialty Shops

Wongwian Yai (meaning ‘Big Circle’ in Thai) is a roundabout in Thonburi, the old capital of Thailand. Wongwian Yai used to be a major business center before Bangkok became the capital. Nearby Charoenrat Road is famous as the center of leather goods shops in Thailand. There are specialty shops with supplies for shoe-making and purse-making. This area is just over the river from Bangkok across the Taksin Bridge (Sathorn Bridge). If you walk out exit 3 from the Wongwian Yai skytrain station and head down Soi Krung Thon Buri 1 also known as Soi Salapi, you’ll see the leather shops.

The shops have awls, wooden yardsticks, wax, die-cut tools, mallets, silver pens for writing on leather, vinyl, canvas, zippers by the roll, purse handles, chains, snaps, buckles and of course leather.

There is a shop called Laser Gallery which will laser-cut material such as leather, acrylic, wood, cloth, and plastic. You can bring acrylic sheets not more than 3 mm thick and they will cut it in shapes to your specifications. Open 8:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Saturday. This might be the only place around where you can buy a fish skin made into leather.

After walking down Soi Salapi, turn right on Charoenrat Road and there are fabric shops selling sequin covered fabric which would make a very nice dressy evening gown or dance apparel, such as Pravitrungroj. Also lots of purse handles including wooden and leather ones. Well worth a trip. There were a few tourists too! Open Monday through Saturday 8:30 am to 7:00 pm.

BTS Wongwian map

Laser Gallery open 8:00 to 6:00 Monday through Friday, bring acrylic sheets and they will custom cut it, they also cut leather for shoes, and sell fish skin leather

Pravitrungroj Leather Dealer

Pravitrungroj Leather Dealer – sequin fabric

sample of leather

S.P. Leather Access – patchwork fabric for purses

S.P. Leather Access – metal purse frames and clasps

V & P Leather 1223/1 Charoenrat Road, Klong Ton Sa, Khlong San, Bangkok 10600 – zipper pulls of all shapes, sizes and fashions

Wattanaporn P.V.C. – sequins!

Wattana Pu Center Co., Ltd. – purse handles and accessories

Dhanachock Plastics, canvas, 260/2-3 Charoenrat Rd.