Simon's Town & Southern Peninsula
One of several galleries at Imhoff Farm, Cape Town artists Marc Alexander and Donna McKellar's space exhibits their oil paintings and prints in a former…
Must-see shopping in Cape Town
Cape Town
There's lots to choose from at this large monthly craft market spread across the commons outside Kirstenbosch. It’s possible to use a credit card to pay…
Cape Town
Two Spanish girls are the creative team behind this women's espadrille-making operation. They have some styles already made up, but you can also create…
Cape Town
The brainchild of designer Keith Henning and Jody Paulsen, this stylish boutique stocks clothes such as shirts, shorts and trousers under the Adriaan…
Cape Town
The super-colourful ceramics of Clementina van der Walt take their inspiration from the geometric patterns of Zulu and Ndebele beadwork, and traditional…
Cape Town
Balu Nivison's designs using original print fabrics are temptingly displayed in this chic boutique in one of the heritage cottages behind Cavendish Square…
Cape Town
Two fashion businesses share premises here: Missibaba, the brand of Capetonian designer Chloe Townsend, who hand-makes colourful bags, belts and other…
Cape Town
A large yellow banana sticking out of the shop front greets you at this surfboard and fashion store. All the colourful products are locally designed and…
Cape Town
Swedish immigrant Alexandra Höjer has her workshop here, fronted by a boutique that stocks her chic men's and women's fashions in tailored linen, denim,…
Cape Town
Having started out at the Neighbourgoods Market (and still selling there on Saturdays), the makers of this locally tailored brand of denim jeans and…
Cape Town
Imiso, meaning tomorrow in Xhosa, is an upmarket brand of ceramic art developed by award-winning ceramicist Andile Dyalvane and three partners. His work…
Sea Point to Hout Bay
Recycled tea bags are used to produce an attractive range of greetings cards, stationery, and other quality paper products; it’s a worthwhile project that…
Cape Town
Hunt for vintage pieces and collectables among the junk and cheap goods at this car-boot sale that fills up a car park on the edge of Table Bay. The views…
Cape Town
Exhibitions at this well-respected gallery have included the humorous, subversive work of Anton Kannemeyer, also known as Joe Dog, creator of the darkly…
Cape Town
A microcosm of the continent, packed into three floors, with a bewildering range of arts and crafts (which you should certainly bargain over). On the top…
Cape Town
There are several tailoring shops dotted along Long St where you can buy ready-to-wear items or have custom-designed clothing made from vibrantly…
Simon's Town & Southern Peninsula
Pick up works by local ceramicists, including rejects of hand-painted plates and cups by the Potter’s Workshop (www.pottersworkshop.co.za), which often…
Cape Town
Carole's colourful hand-printed and hand-painted fabrics can be bought by the metre or sewn into table linens, cushion covers, tea towels and the like…
Donald Greig Gallery & Foundry
Green Point & Waterfront
The striking, life-sized bronze animal sculptures of Donald Greig grace many public and private spaces around the Western Cape. At his foundry, set in a…
Cape Town
Mnandi sells cloth from all over Africa, including the local shweshwe cotton printed with everything from animals to traditional African patterns. You can…
Cape Town
Stocking high-quality, Dutch-manufactured waxed-cotton prints in dazzling West African designs, this fabric shop and tailor can turn out all kinds of…
Cape Town
A forerunner of the funky boutiques blooming along Long St, Mememe was started by award-winning sculptor and fashion designer Doreen Southwood in 2001. It…
Simon's Town & Southern Peninsula
This gallery sells gorgeous wildlife and savannah landscape photos in black-and-white, sepia and faded blues and greens, with images of elephants and…
Green Point & Waterfront
This attractive range of designer cotton clothing for kids has grown from a stall on Greenmarket Sq to a global brand.
Cape Town
This handsome complex of design studios and shops occupies a revamped old Woodstock building. You'll also find furniture designed by Vogel; jewellery in…
Cape Town
Take your time leafing through the best range of books on South Africa and the continent, with a great secondhand section upstairs. If you can’t find what…
Cape Town
The Cape Town retail outpost for this fabric-weaving business from Plettenberg Bay. They design, weave and make a wide range of attractive homeware items,…
Cape Town
This ‘African salon store’, in one of Long St’s more beautiful buildings and boasting a terracotta art nouveau facade, is a gallery of top contemporary…
Simon's Town & Southern Peninsula
In a forested valley between Simon's Town and Scarborough, Redhill specialises in pottery that mimics old enamelware in its glaze and incorporates bright…
Simon's Town & Southern Peninsula
This leafy complex, which has the pastoral charm of a Cape Dutch farmstead, is a pleasant place to buy gifts and souvenirs, from African craft to local…
Simon's Town & Southern Peninsula
Occupying the top floor of a pink-and-turquoise art deco building, this modern curiosity shop of crazy creatives includes wax artists, graphic and…
Cape Town
Baraka means ‘blessing’ in Arabic. Co-owner Gavin Terblanche has an eclectic eye for what works as a gift or quirky piece of home decor. Products include…
Cape Town
Meaning 'Mother's Children' but also slang for 'How's it going?', this attractive place stocks high-quality, locally made kids and women's clothing and…
Century City Natural Goods Market
Cape Town
Held on the last Sunday of the month, this well-established market – with plenty of eating options and kids' entertainment – sets up in the park opposite…
Cape Town
Wola Nani, Xhosa (isiXhosa) for ‘we embrace and develop each other’, is an NGO that assists those with HIV and AIDS. Products on sale here (its head…
Cape Town
The showroom for this unisex Capetonian streetwear brand is a friendly, colourful and appealing place to shop for fashion statements as well as more…
Green Point & Waterfront
Diamonds are synonymous with South Africa – here you’ll find plenty of them, set in a range of jewellery designs.
Simon's Town & Southern Peninsula
Get the floaty boho look at this boutique, which stocks a beautiful range of dresses, separates and accessories. They're locally made and designed with…
Sea Point to Hout Bay
For anything to do with the Cape's maritime heritage and seafaring in general – from scrimshaw (old carved ivory) and skippers' caps to charts and models …
Cape Town
It may sound like a kid’s puppet show, but this cute boutique showcases pretty clothes for adults by local labels such as Coppelia and Good. You'll also…
