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So you’ll find loads and loads of on-the-edge labels from fashion gurus in the making (but please know that they cater for skinny people only).Paul Simon then took it further with Bread and Butter around the corner. He and art curator Kim Stern have created an art-gift store where they sell delighful off-the-wall graphic goodies made by local artists – the ‘bread-and-butter’ work that finances their more serious art. It’s whacky stuff – you too can have the best-dressed ironing board on the planet. End the day with dinner or a movie, or just keep shopping – stores stay open till 18:00 during the week, 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, but close at 16:00 on Sundays.
Siyabona Africa travel recommends Cape Town Southern Suburbs accommodation Cavendish Square to Waterfront – 15minTake the Vineyard Road parking exit and turn left. Turn right into Cavendish Street, then left into Protea. Turn right at the circle. At the traffic lights turn right into Edinburgh Drive, following M3 Cape Town. At Hospital Bend veer right, and follow the signs back to the Waterfront. Insider tradingTraditional home of the rag trade, Cape Town has factory shops for several desirable famous brands:
- Zoom shoes, 18 Auckland Street, Paarden Eiland
- Hip Hop, 39 Roeland Street, Cape Town
- Green Cross, 26 Benbow Avenue, Epping Industria
- Polo, Shop A6, Access Park, Kenilworth
- Speedo, Bofors Circle, Epping Industria
- 3rd I Gallery 95 Waterkant Street, 021 425 2266
- Cape Quarter Cnr Dixon & Waterkant Streets, Green Point, 021 421 0737
- India Jane (Also In Kalk Bay And Claremont), 021 421 3517/8
- Michael Stevenson Contemporary Gallery Hill House
- De Smidt Street, 021 421 2575
- Pan African Market 76 Long Street, 021 426 4478
- Plush Bazaar 30 Somerset Road, 021 419 8328
- Streetwires 77/79 Shortmarket
Around Church Street:
- African Image 021 423 8385
- Association For Visual Arts 021 424 7436
- Peanut Gallery 021 426 5404
- Peter Visser Gallery 021 423 7870
- Peter Visser Gifts 021 422 2660
Kloof Street:
- Bruce Tait Kitsch Collectables 021 422 4567
- Heartworks (Also Gardens Centre), 021 424 8419
- Hotchi-Witchi 021 422 3811
- Klooftique 021 424 9458
- Lim 021 423 1200
- Loft Living 021 423 1465
- Marx & Harris 021 422 3980
- Ottiger’s 021 422 5528
- Photographers Gallery 021 422 2762
- So Now? 021 422 5085
Long Street:
- Bohemian Lifestyle 021 422 4462
- Mememe 021 424 0001
- Still Life 021 426 0143
- Claremont/Newlands
- Montebello Craft Design Centre 31 Newlands Avenue, 021 685 6445
- Cavendish Square Shopping Centre Claremont, 021 674 3050
By Adélle Horler. |
