Choose a coastal combination of luxe linen, cool cotton and beautiful bamboo along with sandals or slides and a few simple accessories to welcome in the new year with glamour and comfort, South Coast style. Most boutiques have a sales rack but it’s busy out there so the best buys will sell fast.
This boutique is a long-time favourite on the Owen Street strip, for casual and dressy options in summer fabrics like linen and cotton. We love denim brand Foxwood, this season’s shirred cheesecloth from All About Eve, French linen and organic cotton from Elk, and from my homeland, Foil. Babylon has a selection of accessories, shoes and great hats to finish your outfit from day to night.
Babylon also stocks great kidswear for boys and girls, games, gifts – especially gorgeous puzzles for the holiday house – and homewares.
There is always something to love at this resort-style retailer on the Husky strip. You will find cool linens and cottons in breezy, flowing styles here at Tempo including brands such as Wyatt Wild, eb&ive, Humidity, Brave & True, and south coast mother/daughter design duo Azure & Indigo who work with traditional artisans in India to incorporate beautiful hand prints and embroidery in their designs. There’s a small selection of quality menswear including some great shirts for new year’s eve.
Slow Tempo’s style extends to perfect slides and sandals and statement earrings.
This is also the perfect place to pick up beautiful body care products, homewares and journals that will help you start the new year with a sense of calm.
Weekends is the newest boutique on the main shopping strip, celebrating its first birthday this month, and sister store, Beyond the Beach, is around the corner in Currambene Street. We love the bold prints and cool linen of Little Lies paired with summer slides by Rollie Nation or Mollini sandals. Shop at Weekends for new coastal contemporary brand By Frankie, boho style Joop & Gypsy, a new range of baby clothes from Len & Ko and a gorgeous range of homewares.
At Beyond the Beach, our favourites are the Djanjo & Juliette shoes paired with the timeless designs from Worthier Clothing or Valeria the Label.
Corner Owen & Currambene Streets Huskisson, and ½ Currambene Street Huskisson
This is the place to buy accessories from local artisans! For hand-coloured bamboo jewellery, our pick is Milk Thieves. To add some silver sparkle to your new year, go for Designed By Stacey.
There are so many local artisans to discover in-store, from photographers to foodies.
This is the best place in the Bay for menswear, for style and comfort. Jay on the Bay has been offering superb bamboo clothing for over a decade, for its silky-softness, sustainable production and other qualities that make it perfect for clothing such as its resistance to wrinkles and anti-bacterial properties.
The menswear range includes Bamboo Dreaming shirts, Industrie, RM Williams, Okanui, and John Lennon shirts by English Laundry.
Jay on the Bay also has womenswear and accessories including Beju from France and Brazilian brand Jackie.
While you’re there, pick up some bamboo socks and sleepwear from Aussie brand Boody, as well as bamboo bedding.
Shop 3 , 64-66 Owen street, Huskisson
Bamboo clothing specialist Jay on the Bay in Huskisson.
More than surfwear, Aquatique has fashion ranges for men, women and kids, along with a wall of thongs from every popular brand.
If you are a surf shop die-hard you will find your favourite brands including Billabong, Quicksilver, Roxy, Rusty and Ripcurl. Or branch out with an up and coming brand – feminine womenswear from MinkPink, contemporary wardrobe basics for men and women from Silent Theory, and Byron Bay unisex brand Afends.
A treasure trove of hand-made clothing, accessories and homewares awaits inside Ethik – which works with artisans in Nepal, Turkey, Morocco, Bali, Uganda, Kenya, Cambodia and Australia.
The womenswear collection includes cool summer fabrics like linen and cotton – we love the seersucker jackets for a cooler evening – and boho and traditional print designs.
We are sure you will fall in love with the felt products that Ethik has made from Australian and New Zealand wool, such as ornaments, trivets, puppets and toys.
Tucked inside the Home Co shopping centre (the one with Woolies) is Tilly Island, a gem inside the boxy mall. Give yourself some time to browse and decompress from the wilds of the mall outside.
Alongside stylish coastal homewares, accessories and a small selection of shoes from brands such as Top End, Tilly Island stocks Aussie brands sich as Boho and fria, and our fave, The Italian Cartel.
Shop 6, 8 Moona Creek Road Vincentia (Home Co Mall)
Narrell Tabone is the hospitality editor at Jervis Bay Weekend. The food service industry is in her DNA, growing up in the family business of small goods and butchery supply in New Zealand. She has also been a business owner in the wellbeing sector.
Narrell’s passion for food has taken her on a worldwide culinary journey, from celebrity chef cruises and gourmet food safaris, to working with local seafood business, Jervis Bay Shellfish Market as part of their events team. She enjoys hosting paella masterclasses for intimate gatherings and is a champion of producers, chefs and food-orientated businesses around the South Coast.
