At Belinda, No. 39, find Siegerson Morrison shoes, Jamin Peuch beaded bags, and printed totes from Anya Hindmarch. The Corner Shop at No. 43 is another inspiration from Belinda, but the clothes and accessories here are younger and kookier. When you get to Queen Street, turn the corner to No. 12a for Akira Isogawa, another Australian designer who shows in Paris. Percy Marks Percy Marks opened his jewelry shop in Sydney in 1899 and became famous in the early 1900s when he started to promote black opals from Lightning Ridge.
Tradition is reflected admirably in the conservative air of the family business today.
A few generations on, Percy Marks is still the place to go for jewelry made with Australian gemstones, including spectacular opals and pink diamonds from the Argyle mine in Western Australia. As for me, I'll take a few strands of those lustrous Broome pearls with stud earrings to match. It takes its name from Belinda Seper, who searches the world for what's new in fashion before anybody else seems to know it's happening. She now has four shops, each with a slightly different slant in merchandise and clientele, but this is the original and my favorite. An Issey Miyake addict for more than a decade, I enter Belinda at my own risk.