I went new-schoolyear-clothes-shopping with Jodi and Charlotte today. The verdict is that Uniqlo — the oversized flagship version of the store, like the ones at Grand Gateway or Super Brand Mall — is still my favorite clothing store, for their generic but comfortable clothes. Also, their denim is the best you'll find outside fancy boutique stores, but it's pretty expensive at RMB 300. I ended up getting one pair of blue jeans at Meters/bonwe (RMB 99) and one pair of black jeans at Giordano (RMB 160).