Shopping in Beijing

All of those who know me know that I am a shopping addict. I can spend hours shopping and never have enough of it. Now unfortunately for me (or fortunately for my bank account) I live in Beijing and Beijing is not a place where I can shop. Why is that you would ask? After all it's the capital of China, millions of shops at hand, what's wrong with me. It's very simple. If you want to shop in Beijing here are your options:
1- Tourists places like Yashow or Hongqiao. Both are paradise for fakes. You can find almost everything you want in there for which you will have to bargain as the basic rule is to try to get as much money from you as possible. You have to be willing to spend hours searching for what you want, bargaining and of course risking a fine at the customs.
2- Xidan street. That's where the Beijingers, the Chinese ones, go for shopping. A whole street with at least 5 department stores where you can find anything you want. For sure when you go there you don't feel in a tourist place as you are likely one of the few foreigners who dares to go there and on top there are price tags, so no bargaining here.
3- Western type shopping mall like The Village or Solana. These are brand new shopping malls, so new that some of the shops have not opened yet. In there you can find most of the Western brands at a consequent price.
4- Little shops on the street where you're not sure if you should enter as it's not clear how big is the place, there are no price tags and only Chinese is spoken.
Now assuming you find something that suits your European tastes (and that's the biggest challenge for me) and that it's affordable, it is very unlikely that you will find your size as you are probably too tall for Chinese standards :(