Where to Shop in Melbourne

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Chapel Street

Melbourne, Australia

While not quite the Champs-Élysées, Chapel Street is well worth a visit. Stores range from high street to high fashion and are interspersed with bars, cafés and restaurants, all of which provide a perfect vantage point for people watching and trend spotting.

Address

Chapel Street, South Yarra/Prahran Melbourne

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Life with Bird

Melbourne, Australia

A Melbourne-based womenswear label that embraces the city’s laid-back approach to dressing, combining neutral colours with a crisp, modern aesthetic, accented with bold prints and conceptual shapes.

Address

563 Chapel Street, South Yarra Melbourne

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Incu Womens / Incu Mens

Melbourne, Australia

A well-curated selection of local fashion and overseas brands, featuring labels like Rag & Bone, A.P.C and Acne Studios, with a focus on sophisticated functionality. The expansive retail spaces combine timber and concrete to create a muted background for a mature shopping experience, leaving room for in-store art installations.

Address

6a/274 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

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Emporium

Melbourne, Australia

While global favourites such as Topshop and Uniqlo can be found here, Emporium is a convenient gem that also houses much of Australia’s best homegrown brands from Camilla and Marc to Life with Bird. Located within the CBD, the mall is nearby other shopping streets such as Collins, while the delights of Chinatown are less that a minute’s stroll away.

Address

287 Lonsdale Street VIC 3000

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Flinders Lane

Melbourne, Australia

As Australia’s creative capital, Melbourne is packed with stylish boutiques and independent cafés. For a one-stop hit, head to Flinders Lane, formerly the city’s grungy garment district, where Australian brands from cutting-edge fashion label Alpha60 rubs shoulders the likes of beauty company Aesop, and an array of iconic restaurants like Kisumé and Tonka.

Address

Flinders Lane VIC 3000

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Gertrude Street

Melbourne, Australia

A little strip of cool in Melbourne’s Fitzroy neighbourhood, Gertrude Street is home to some of the city’s best bars, restaurants and independent boutiques. And while its less than a kilometre in length, you could easily spend a day browsing hip, local independent labels such as Handsom; high quality craftsmanship at homeware store Mud; and refuelling at restaurants like Belle’s Hot Chicken, before starting again.

Address

Gertrude Street Fitzroy VIC 3065

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The Boroughs

Melbourne, Australia

It might be named after New York City’s boroughs, but this little design store in Brunswick East, celebrates all things local. Perfect for finding souvenirs expect an abundance of quirky knickknacks from tiny timber kangaroos by wooden toy company Anamalz to art-deco-inspired jewellery by Tasmanian jeweller, Isabelle.

Address

345 Lygon Street Brunswick East VIC 3057