I have so much trouble finding sunglasses and specs that suit me. There must be something wrong…read morewith my face lol. George Skoufis is the only optometrist that has sourced and found both sunglasses and specs that I can wear in public and look cool. I can't and won't go anywhere else. They have collections from uncommon Australian and overseas based eyewear designers, so you will most likely walk out with eyewear that no one else in Sydney will have. You won't find Prada, Chanel or Gucci here. The staff there really make an effort to make sure you find the perfect pair and have a great sense of style! Recommend this optometrist if you want to look unique, stylish or just plain cool. Very eastern suburbs :)

Really great selection of frames. And the service was incredible. They helped me pick frames and…read morefit me in for an eye appointment on a Monday and then had the frames ready the next day and held the store open a few minutes when I was running late to pick them up. Very grateful and impressed

Located as the base of the Sydney Tower, Westfield Sydney is a high end shopping center in the…read moreheart of Sydney downtown. Its major retailers are stores like Myer and Zara, with luxury brands like Gucci, Fendi, and Chanel. It is owned by the Centre Group, which was previously part of the Westfield Group, a multi-national based in Australia. The Westfield Group was split in 2014 into a Australia/New Zealand portion (Centre group which owns this mall) and the Westfield Corporation, which owns many shopping centers in Europe and the US, including many that I've been to (Westfield Old Orchard, Westfield Century City, Westfield Topanga, and Westfield Culver City). We spent a bit of time here while waiting for our reservation at the Sydney Tower, whose customer entrance is located in this mall.

We went to the Queen Victoria Building to look at their beautiful architecture and discovered that…read moreit is connected to a mall. Quality/Quantity - 10+ dining choices - See website. 6+ "quick" food choices. Approximately 235 businesses. Atmosphere - Good size mall, it actually connects to the other major mall in the Queen Victoria Building. They have the Sydney Tower Eye here $35 - $195 admission. The tower also has a restaurant and bar. Skywalk $50 - $195. Events, see their website. Free wifi, we did not use it. Open 7 days a week, from 9:30am or 10am to 7pm or 9pm. Open late on Thursdays - until 9pm. Service - Self service for us. Valet parking available; we take public transportation or ride share. Price - Depends on what you buy, eat, or drink. Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since 1960 with your 75 worldwide shopping centers. 2014 - Spin off from parent company. 2018 - New ownership, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.

Could not have been more disappointed in the customer service, please avoid Michael the manager and…read morethis store at all costs, so rude and would not process request under warranty, suggested i should go to the store i originally purchased from for a claim,. Michael was so rude and condescending, came up with every excuse known to man...would talk over the top of me and suggested i was lying. I went back to the original store where i had purchased it and it was a completely different experience, so good in fact that i purchased 2 more pairs, a Gucci pair for $655.00 and a pair of RayBans at 40% discount. Steer clear of Michael(advised he is the manager)and this store.

Tek helped us out. He also told us about the tax credit we can get for the amount we purchased…read more Thanks Tek for selling us the Maui Jim and the Ralph Lauren shades.

If you're as guilty of as much online shopping as I am, you've probably ordered as many cosmetics…read morefrom strawberry.net than you possibly need or ever will use. If you're the impatient sort like myself and don't like waiting the 4-7 days when your next delivery comes, then this is the find I want to brag about. For such a small cosmetic store (one that I'm hoping gets all the more attention it deserves), it holds a mega load of different products. I recently found a Guerlain lipstick online (Rouge G - Try it!) because I refused to pay the enormous rip off they charge at the major department stores. On this opportunistic day, I happened to find the same shade of lipstick at this store and I found it was even cheaper than strawberry.net (50c cheaper, but still...) AND it was minus the wait. They stock all kinds of cosmetics, facial cleansers, eyelash curlers and of these, most of them are quality brands like Clarins, Guerlain, YSL, Bobbi Brown and more. The stock is constantly changing which is annoying when you finally find that favourite shade of lipstick, but be mindful of purchasing old products as they may have deteriorated in quality. Hopefully you can tell how excited I was about this place but I'm no good at keeping secrets, have a look!

Ladies, Cosmo Cosmetics has opened in the Metcentre-and it has some great deals!…read more They sell quality makeup products and genuine perfume at discounted prices. It's usually discontinued products so you can find stuff that may no longer be available elsewhere. They stock premium brands: Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, Shseido and Lancôme, as well as familiar brands such as Clinique, Dr Lewins. Revlon, Maybelline and L'Oreal. You can get Chanel single eye shadow for under $20! I have also bought quite a few skincare products here from the Dior and Clairns range. Around Mother's Day and Christmas, there are plenty of make-up gift packs and skincare/spa sets which are great value for money and will impress the recipient.

I love eyewear and would never consider my eyes lasered. However I've always struggled with retail…read moreoptics in Sydney. Theses guys have really delivered. Great range of frames, reasonable prices, and having an on site laboratory is the icing on the cake. 5 stars.

I love glasses, sometimes I wish I needed them (without the inconvenience of not being able to see…read moreproperly without them), I just want them as a fashion accessory. Eyeballs Eyewear on Oxford Street in Paddington certainly capitalises on this obsession, as they stock some seriously stylish eyewear, and they cater to all our fashion obsessions as they sell both prescription glasses and sunglasses. All the higher end glasses shops are stocking Tom Ford at the moment and so they should, his sunglasses are amazing, some of the best designs I have ever seen. Another great brand Eyeballs are offering is Mykita who are a German brand providing extremely funky, Hi tech yet well made eyewear. Lindberg is another brand on offer, which is a little more classic and demure, but none the less stylish. A great shop.

I was in need of some new glasses and contacts. *note: Oscar Wylee does not do contacts*…read more I saw that they were advertising on their website a good deal for two pairs of glasses as well as offering to donate a pair of glasses to those in need for every pair purchased. I made my appointment and it all went very smooth. The optometrist was sociable and skilled and the time that it took to get the exam done was short. But when it came to picking out the actual frames the options were limited. Most of the glasses frames were very narrow; too narrow to fit comfortably. I ended up deciding on two pairs and they were ready within a week. About one month later the screws fell out of my full plastic frames and I was left without working glasses in the middle of a vacation. When I arrived home I started to use my other pair but within a week the cheap metal that was used on the nose pads began to turn and stained my nose black. The blackened area quickly became irritated and dry and also caused my skin to break out in massive black heads. Glasses need to be cleaned, faces need to be cleaned but to have a product that is created using cheap materials that turn and stain your face... not acceptable. So now I have been able to fix the other glasses with new screws but I am surprised because I have been wearing vision glasses for most of my life and have never had screws just fall out. The other pair of glasses is basically a waste since the cheap metal nose pads turn my skin black and irritate my skin. I would never go back to Oscar Wylee for glasses and I would not recommend them to anyone. It was money wasted.

I went to the Sussex store in Sydney. I was greeted by non existent staff as most of the staff…read moremembers were still on their computers, obviously they employ uni students with no manners or social skills. The frames looked like cheap knock offs. Extortionate prices considering all the frames are made in Chinese sweatshops and you can find exact styles on Ali Express for $5 - $10. Not happy with my experience.

This was like an outdoor flea market and farmers market…read more It was lovely to check it out! My favorite vendor was the porcelain figures. They had a wonderful selection of beautifully hand painted miniatures! The market itself isn't too large. It took me about 30 minutes to view the whole thing and stop at vendors I wanted to see. There was a good selection of hand made goods, like totes, paintings and other goods. This is a wonderful spot to shop local!

From 10 am until 4 on weekends over a hundred artisans set up tables under large tents. It was…read morecrowded, we moved slowly admiring prints, photographs , jewelry, clothing, crafts , chocolates, fragrances, oils, paintings ... everything that says Sydney. The crafts were beautiful & expensive. Food vendors were preparing & selling ethnic foods such as paella, Egyptian, Turkish, Italian, Indian ..

Boots, boots, more boots and plenty of other stuff in between…read more If you want to be a cowboy, cowgirl or cow baby, Route 66 is the shop for you. In business for over twenty years and being Australia's largest range of cowboy boots, Route 66 offers a seemingly endless collection of boots. They also sell a wide variety of 1950's inspired rockabilly, Americana clothing, hats, belts, sunglasses, handbags, lingerie and a selection of funky T-Shirts, my personal favourite being the "God Goo Muck" shirt. What excited me most in Route 66 was their range of kitschy, pop art junk, which I had to resist stocking up on, if you are in need of a Jimi Hendrix corpse in coffin (or the Ramones or Rolling Stones in a shared coffins), a paper mache skeleton a crucifix covered in guns and horseshoes knives and guns or other classic Christian kitsch. You can even find a Wacky Wobbler Rat Fink. I don't think I want to be a cowboy, well not this week anyway, but I did have fun at Route 66, it is a large and fun shop to wander around, the staff are friendly and they play a catchy mix of swinging country pop. Route 66 is definitely something different in Darlinghurst, even if it is not your style it is worth going for the experience.

Yeeeeeeeeeehaw this place is cool. I have a decently unhealthy obsession with vintage cowboy boots…read more I must have at least 12 pairs at home and back last year when I was packing to move to Australia (in two suitcases), I somehow prioritized taking 4 pairs. Sick, I know. I was window-shopping along Crown one evening a while back and spotted my new loves in the window of Route 66: tall, grey boots with white cut out detailing and small red hearts decorating the top. I like to think the love at first sight was mutual, but I might be lying to myself. The very next day, I marched my little self in there to claim what was rightfully mine. And then BAM, I was hit with the truth. My lusty loves who had made so many sweet promises to me through the shop window the night before, were playing cold, hard games with me now. There's a difference between playing hard to get, and actually BEING hard to get. And at $425 for the pair, this was no game. So, what could I do? Deflated and heart broken, I cast one last glance at my beautiful boots and bee-lined it out of there. If the interaction were a Western quick draw, I definitely hadn't been victorious.

I keep seeing shops with skulls as part of their window displays, is this a new trend, is this…read moresaying the dead should be fashion conscious, it may be an untapped market, keep your corpse in style. Anyway the shop window of Perfect Vision Optical has skulls wearing their stylish glasses range, I was drawn to the window not by the skulls but by a pair of cloudy clear framed sunglasses. I love sunglasses and I particularly like clear plastic frames, I must not buy these as I already have three pairs of sunglasses with clear frames and do not need more. If I ever needed glasses though Perfect Vision Optical would certainly be a considered shopping destination. They have an excellent designer selection, including Tom Ford (I want Tom Ford sunglasses, I want them now), Vera Wang (I didn't even know she made sunglasses), Ed Hardy (someone bring me a bucket) and amongst others a seriously cool brand I was unfamiliar with called LA Eyeworks. They also offer Laser Surgery services, but why bother when you can get such awesome glasses. really need to start staining my eyes.