This place will have you screaming "YES YES YES" like Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally, you know…read morewhat scene I'm talking about. I looooove finding unique bespoke buttons and speaking with the fabulous and passionate staff. They are so informative, helpful and hypeful for your next project. I love these people!!

This is such a wonderful shop! The customer service was outstanding! Found what I wanted and…read morepleased with the friendliness of the staff

If you like textiles, fabrics, design and gorgeous things then chances are you probably already…read morelove Chee Soon & Fitzgerald. This tiny interiors store on Crown Street stocks everything from furniture, wallpaper, lamps, bags and purses, cards, wrapping papers and all sorts of small design pieces. There's a good selection of designers wares including Marimekko and Georg Jensen as well as beautiful pieces by the stores own CSF brand. The owners are passionate and love to talk you through the pieces and the history of the store.

Textiles! Furniture!…read moreDecorative arts! These dapper chaps have been celebrating life and furnishings for 18 years, first at Surry Hills and then at the vanguard of the Redfern revival. As friendly as they are urbane, as urbane as they are storied, there's that much great fabric and lampshades and interesting schtuff in their little shop I feel like one of those kids with melted chocolate all over their hands that goes around touching everything. Massrs Chee Soon & Fitzgerald are also well down for a chat, pick their brains about the history of Surry Hills and the inner west, they're a font of artsy knowledge.

When a search for a wedding outfit, cocktail dress or ball gown becomes frustrating I grab a…read moremagazine picture and go to my dressmaker in Hunter Street and after deliberating with her regarding suitable fabrics my next stop is Saigon Fabrics. And yes I'm not sharing my dressmaker as the hero of this review is Saigon Fabrics. Saigon Fabrics is based in Erskine Street, Sydney which is the perfect CBD location. However it's the range of fabrics that they provide which is the showcase of Saigon Fabrics. They specialise in appliqués, lace and designer brocade all a bit too frou frou pretty for me. However the soft printed silks and the raw silks on offer are a highlight. The colour range is similar to the hues used by Camilla Franks for her kaftans. I have also purchased a yellow raw silk to imitate a dress that Cate Blanchett wore to the Oscars in 2005. It certainly wasn't in the Oscar category but I was just so happy to find the colour and right material that was not popular at the time I was getting the dress made. Jenny Lam the Manager is very experienced and will advise you on all fabrics and make suggestions to either encourage or discourage your choice which she does diplomatically. Saigon Fabrics price points from affordable to premium. It's certainly worth a look if you find you can't find that outfit you are hunting for.

This store has beautiful fabrics for weddings and all formal occasions. There are two floors of…read morematerial and the fabrics are from all over the world. The staff is very friendly and extremely helpful! If you are planning a wedding or need a custom designed dress or gown, this is the place to go. They also know great dress makers and designers.

Found this antique home goods place in the Monocle travel guide for Sydney. I have high…read moreexpectations on furniture / decoration places and I didn't get disappointed here. Ici et la has beautiful old decoration objects from all over the world. From magical local shells to wooden and metal tables, chairs or lamp to handmade bags. Infact they have a seamstress in the store that creates blankets etc. with your initials. If I would live in Sydney, my interior design would be well influenced by this store.

From the owner: We also have classic French vintage ticking, stock ticking, antique linen sheets and linen tea…read moretowels.

I used Fabric Gardens to buy a Christmas present.The passion of the owner (Sue) & her attention to…read moredetail was very good. I recommend this company.

From the owner: Fabric Garden is an online business supplying modern quilting and patchwork fabric and is located…read moreon the lower north shore in Sydney, Australia.

This shop has to be one of the funnest I've been to. Ever…read more Popshop's entire purpose is to sell fun things. Things that are fun and funny and make us laugh. Whilst some of them may hint at practical purposes (like spaceship shaped ice trays), mainly they're just there to be fun. And fun they are. There is moustache themed paraphernalia aplenty at Popshop, with fingerstache tattoos, moustache chocolate lollypops, moustache straws and fuzzy stick on 'staches. A few of the other items that stood out on my last trip to Popshop included bobbly-head flamingoes, witty flipbooks, bacon flavoured toothpaste and many other things designed to lift the corners of your mouth, such as an audible fart book. I made the mistake of testing one of the buttons of said book, which was followed by an extremely awkward 10 seconds in which the book blurted out an extended and, might I say, varied fart. I then attempted to put as much distance as possible between me and the farting book (not an easy task in this tiny shop) whilst fellow shoppers avoided my eye contact. As I left the store, the man working in the shop picked up a handful of stock, setting off a chorus of squeaking rubber chickens and decapitated limbs. The man smiled to himself and I smiled too, knowing for certain that he had the best job in the world. Ever.

Popshop: my go-to store for quirky, fun gifts both for myself and others…read more They've got an array of knick knacks from heart shaped individual sized pans to make pretty pancakes and eggs, to moustache everything to dinosaur bubble guns, books that will make your eye pop out of your head from the high level of amusement, cards for every occasion and much more. My inner kid always comes out a bit more after a visit to this shop!