Steph C.
Yelp
I appreciated Ladies' Market much more as a tourist attraction than as a place to buy things I might actually use. It was a fun place to visit, and I'd recommend a stroll down Tung Choi Street if you're ever in Hong Kong.
I came to Mongkok with my family, and we were getting overwhelmed by all the shopping streets until we finally consulted our tour guide to the district--the reliable Wikipedia, which told us Ladies' Market was the place to go. We found our way to Tun Choi Street about half an hour before the stalls started to open. I guess there's no official start time, as the stalls are all operated separately, but we were told to come back at noon, and that seemed to be opening hour, at least on that Monday.
The street was set up with dozens and dozens of stalls, each of them with a tented, provisional look. They spilled with merchandise, pinned up and hanging and spread out on tables. Clothing, accessories, electronics, souvenirs, and knick knacks, just all the junk you can possibly imagine. My mom bought a pair of reading glasses at one of the stalls, and though they were already cheap, she made sure to haggle. She didn't push it too far, and was sure she could've gotten them even cheaper.
For the most part, though, we weren't really there to shop, and it didn't take us too long to walk through Ladies' Market. The fake handbags didn't really appeal to me, and the clothing that jumped out did so for the wrong reasons--a Michael Jordap [sic] T-shirt, for example, featuring a slam dunk in silhouette, as squiggly and misshapen as the famed Potato Jesus. There were some cute figurines and tons of fun flash drives for some reason (like I kind of wanted a Despicable Me Minion flash drive--there were so many of these all over Hong Kong), but nothing that made me want to spend actual money.
In any case, Ladies' Market was fun and interesting, definitely a good place for a tourist browse. I wouldn't bring an empty suitcase or anything, but it's well worth a visit.