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  1. Assin Melbourne CBD

    Assin Melbourne CBD

    Men's and women's fashion

    A conceptual fashion store showcasing a curated selection of luxury designer brands including Dior Homme, Lanvin, Ann Demeulemeester, Haider Ackermann, Undercover & Miharayasuhiro as well as their eponymous in-house brand.

    Address
    Basement, 138 Little Collins Street, Melbourne CBD
    Phone
    9654 0158

  2. Captains of Industry

    Captains of Industry

    Gentlemen's outfitter and cafe

    Licensed gentlemen's outfitter and cafe, Captains of Industry provides a new approach to service. With a mix of retail, fashion and hospitality, this one-of-a-kind destination is for sartorialists who love suits, shoes, coffee, whiskey and haircuts.

    Address
    Level 1, 2 Somerset Place, Melbourne CBD
    Phone

  3. Cumulus

    Cumulus

    Eating house and bar

    It's not difficult to bring celestial into the everyday when you combine the talents of Andrew McConnell, Jayden Ong and Pascale Gomes-McNabb. Their restaurant venture Cumulus Inc is lauded for all the right reasons: inventive food, impeccable service and a light-filled interior that tempers elegance with just the right industrial edge. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and featuring a revolving a la carte menu, it epitomises the high-end-meets-casual sensibility at the heart of Melbourne dining.

    Address
    45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne CBD
    Phone
    9650 1445

  4. Eastern Market Fabrica

    Eastern Market Fabrica

    Designer clothing store

    Artisanal accessories, hand-stitched leather and exquisite International labels feature at Eastern Market, where fashion is elevated to high art. This bewitching retail emporium is a shrine to truly exclusive labels.

    Address
    McGraths Lane, 61 Little Collins Street, Melbourne CBD
    Phone
    9639 7999

  5. Lil GB

    Lil GB

    Wine bar

    A cluster of tables and stools on the footpath belie the modish intimacy of this small bar's interior. In a precinct replete with drinking options, Lil GB's commands your attention with cool tunes, great art and well crafted cocktails.

    Address
    2 Maddock Street, Windsor
    Phone
    T: 9510 7993

  6. Lunar Store

    Lunar Store

    Homeware, jewellery & accessories

    Blending the playful with the painfully cool, this local boutique stocks a quirky range of homewares plus must-have lomography cameras, rainbow Baggu totes, Arabella Ramsay's trademark knits and street-art flavoured pieces by Mad Love.

    Address
    136 Greville Street, Prahran
    Phone
    9533 7668

  7. misschu Melbourne CBD

    misschu Melbourne CBD

    Vietnamese hawker style tuckshop

    misschu brings her brilliant Vietnamese experience back to her hometown of Melbourne with a tuckshop on Exhibition Street. The food is tasty and affordable and the service fast paced - everything misschu is known for!

    Address
    2/297 Exhibition Street, Melbourne CBD
    Phone
    9077 1097

  8. Secondo

    Secondo

    Consignment boutique

    The style conscious flock to this Toorak Road institution for a fashion edit that is just the right mix of classy and covetable. Come for pieces by style icons such as Hermes and Valentino as well as local stalwarts Akira and Easton Pearson.

    Address
    286 Toorak Road, South Yarra
    Phone
    9827 8907

  9. Shadows of Envy

    Shadows of Envy

    Gallery space, cafe & bar

    Shadows of Envy is an open, creative platform exhibiting local independent artists. From designers to street artists, filmmakers to musicians, this is where you find Melbourne's emerging creative community thriving. Take a seat at the bar or in one of the several private booths and enjoy a craft beer or coffee.

    Address
    399 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne.
    Phone

  10. The Croft Institute

    The Croft Institute

    Low key and relaxed

    Hidden from the bright lights of the CBD, The Croft Institute is tucked at the back of a China Town alley way. Sip cocktails from syringes, visit the gymnasium (complete with real turf bar) or dance the night away to local DJs.

    Address
    21 Croft Ally
    Phone
    9671 4399