Chloe Sachdev

After launching a decade ago in Bondi, the swimwear and fashion label now counts it-girls like Hailey Bieber, Margot Robbie and Gemma Ward among its customers. Co-founder Candice Rose-O’Rourke reflects on 10 years of the brand, plus its latest project: a coffee table book and visual diary of its most striking campaigns.

Request a colour or tweak a design for a customised fit. Or shop the collection, including one-shoulder and strapless one pieces in terracotta, cream, black and chocolate.

The Sydney label’s new Rec Club collection has clever detailing like dual pockets (to store balls and phones), built-in shorts and soft-grip hems that resist riding up. And stretchy technical fabric adds comfort and eases movement.

Sarah Munro and Robert Sebastian Grynkofki worked around the clock fulfilling orders when they first launched their fine jewellery brand. Now they employ 120 people, conduct “ear alchemy” with their piercing service and are renowned for their delicate and beautiful creations. Here’s how they’ve grown, and what’s next.

From the singular vision of twin brothers with no fashion experience to a mini fashion empire, Incu found the sweet spot between mass brands and luxury fashion two decades ago, before online shopping, social media or influencers. Here’s how they changed the game, and what’s next.

Like its sister restaurant Margaret (which, fittingly, is right next door), it’s simple yet elegant with exacting details such as drinks served on monogrammed trays. Along with snacks, you’ll find dishes inspired by classics around the world – grilled fish burgers, mussels marinière and salt-beef Reuben sandwiches.

The team behind the 20-person bar reckons it’s doing “the best fried chicken you’ll ever have in your life”.

It’s the second Sydney store for the New York-founded fragrance brand. Fragrances are blended and hand-labelled on-site, and customers are encouraged to test out soaps and grooming products over a vintage sink.

It’s the second Sydney store for the historic brand. Visit for fragrances evoking the gentle breeze of an Italian summer evening, the brand’s latest Firenze 1221 collection and private masterclasses.

Shop the carbon-positive brand’s inclusively sized range, including its latest capsule collection of elegant silk dresses, ruched button-ups and sharp jackets, in a space “envisioned as an intimate dining room”.

Pick up new-season clothing and accessories, flick through coffee table books and enjoy a drink propped up in the kitchen.

In the former Haymarket Library, the first-of-its-kind, interactive museum is rooted in the Chinese-Australian community. On now, an exhibition telling the stories of prominent local creatives such as Incu founders Brian and Vincent Wu, producer and artist Rainbow Chan, and artist Louise Zhang.