Small but mighty. That’s the best way to describe the newly opened boutique from P Johnson on the first floor of the Strand Arcade. It carries the label’s Femme collection of everyday items, more formal pieces and accessories.

“It feels like an Italian restaurant,” founder Patrick Johnson tells Broadsheet. He’s referring specifically to the warm lighting (mostly made from Murano glass), parchment walls (which were inspired by Milan’s house-museum Villa Necchi Campiglio) and dominating mirrored walls.

The store is the fourth by the Sydney brand. There’s a menswear showroom tucked away on Elizabeth Street in the CBD, as well as a store for both men and women in Paddington.

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“I’m not really into shopping centres as a general rule. But [the Strand] is such an incredible building – it feels more like a salon in an old European sense,” Johnson says. “I’ve always really loved the beautiful high ceilings. And the space is right at the top of the staircase. It just felt right, and the timing was right.”

Like all of P Johnson’s showrooms, the space has been designed by Patrick’s wife, interior designer Tamsin Johnson.

There is Versailles parquetry flooring and leopard printed carpet – a nod to the French antiques dealer and interior designer Madeleine Castaing. A bookcase from Palma, Mallorca is a display unit for the brand’s unisex denim range. And the Fornasetti sofa and shaggy Ettore Sottsass chair offer the perfect place for partners or friends to relax while you shop.

The store carries the brand’s largely transeasonal collection, including tailored silhouettes, luxe knitwear and amped-up basics. “Our women’s business is 100 per cent ready-to-wear. We do really small runs of everything in an effort to not waste too much but also to keep a bespoke feeling.”

The brand’s spring/summer ’25 collection is in store now. It includes beaded slip dresses, fluid trousers and shorts, and ’90s-inspired halter tops to style with pared-back A-line wrap skirts and core vintage-washed denim.

P Johnson Femme
Level 1, Shop 54/412–414 George Street, Sydney
(02) 9936 3986

Hours:
Mon to Wed 10am–5.30pm
Thu 10am–7pm
Fri 10am–5.30pm
Sat 10am–5pm
Sun 11am–4pm

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@pjohnsontailors