Shopping in Sydney
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Queen Victoria Building
The magnificent QVB takes up a whole block and boasts nearly 200 shops on five levels. It’s a High Victorian masterpiece – without doubt Sydney’s most beautiful shopping centre. Tenants of note include Herringbone, Opal Fields and Victoria’s Basement.
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Spa Chakra
This upmarket day spa offers all the pampering your credit card can take (including ’solutions for corporate clients’), using the magical unctions of Guerlain Paris.
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Belinda
Super-stylish über-boutiquist Belinda Seper's namesake store offers up a small but excellent selection of just-so bags and shoes, along with a few fashions to add to the fun.
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Berkelouw Books, Paddington
Six generations of Berkelouws have specialised in secondhand books and printed rarities but its contemporary stores are just as good for new releases and coffee sipping.
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Martin & Stein
Downtown Sydney is a hotspot for stand-out jewellers, comin' atcha like Cleopatra. Martin & Stein offers objects of virtue, antique jewellery and high security.
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Ksubi
Pronounced ‘soobie’, this denim and streetwear label was founded by a couple of Sydney surfer boys in 2000 and is now de rigueur among eastern suburbs hipsters.
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Tiffany & Co
Downtown Sydney is a hotspot for stand-out jewellers, comin' atcha like Cleopatra. Tiffany & Co is the place for gorgeous glitterati and serious rocks.
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Fairfax & Roberts
Downtown Sydney is a hotspot for stand-out jewellers, comin' atcha like Cleopatra. Fairfax & Roberts is classy, classy, classy. A night at the opera?
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Bird Emporium
Fabulous eco emporium of fashion, fabrics and homewares created by Byron Bay–based designer Rachel Bending, whose company is entirely carbon neutral.
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Jurlique, Bondi
A international success story, the gorgeous, plant-based cosmetics from South Australia’s Jurlique are pricey but worth every cent.
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Gleebooks, Glebe
Gleebooks is generally regarded as Sydney’s best bookshop. This branch has children’s and secondhand books.
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Lisa Ho
Sheer party frocks for the social whirlwind that is your life.
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Zimmerman Swim
Itsy bitsy bikinis as modelled by the Bondi beautiful.
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Ginger & Smart
Sexy, chic, modern designs for women.
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The Art of Dr Seuss
You'd have to be the Grinch not to be charmed by this, the only Dr Seuss gallery outside the US. Pick up a limited-edition print of Horton, the Lorax or Foona-Lagoona Baboona and pretend it's for the kid in your life.
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High Tea With Mrs Woo
Natural fabrics and a Japanese sensibility characterise the stylish ensembles designed by the three Foong sisters.
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Collette Dinnigan
The queen of Aussie couture delivers fabulously feminine frocks with exquisite trimmings.
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Wheels & Dollbaby
‘Clothes to Snare a Millionaire’ is the name of the game here, and what a wicked, wicked game it is: lace, leather and leopard print; studs, suspenders and satin. Tight wrapped and trussed up; it won’t just be the millionaires who’ll be looking your way. Male rockers will have to settle for T-shirts.
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