Jim & Jane – An accessories mecca!

Tucked away in the heart of Sydney’s inner west, Jim & Jane women’s wear and giftware boutique is a must for rare and unusual fashion finds. If you are looking for eclectic jewellery to finish off an outfit, look no further that this Accessories Mecca where you can pick up something for yourself, your girlfriends, and mum all in the one visit! Jeff discovers the treasures that lie within chatting to owner Amber Barnes.

What’s your philosophy?
Named after mine and my husband’s middle names, our philosophy at Jim & Jane is that everybody is welcome and our product must reflect that. You should be able to shop with us whether you want high end design or a bit of fun, desire fashion forward or something safe, and lastly, whether you are 18 or 80 years old (and we sell clothes for all age groups and times of life such as maternity which makes merchandising fun!).

Why Annandale?
We opened the store three years ago and chose Annandale as we felt it was an up and coming suburb with nowhere to grab a quick gift or update an outfit.

Having moved from Bondi Beach ourselves we missed the convenience of local village shopping. We also loved some brands that were not available in the inner west and felt there were a lot of people in the area that had the same wants and needs as us.

Describe your clientele
Our clientele is really broad as mentioned already and we do get celebrities in store but I don’t think they’d want us mentioning them as they like wandering around the store incognito and low key– I can tell you Annandale is full of Musicians, Artists, Magazine Editors, Models, Sportspeople and the odd Reality TV contestant!

What’s coming up?
For the new season (Spring/Summer) we will be carrying the following Fashion and Accessories labels – Skin & Threads (AUS), Tluxe (AUS), Eryn Brinnie (USA), Kachel (AUS), Song (FRA), Lilya (AUS), Samvara (AUS), Cantao (BRA), Totem (BRA), Louche (HKG/NZ), Samantha Wills (AUS), Elk (AUS), Mezi (AUS), Sabrina Scala (HKG), Pigeonhole (AUS), just to name a few. We carry limited quantities of all stock as don’t believe our clientele want to run into someone at the local IGA in an identical outfit so we have quite a lot of suppliers!

I believe next Summer will be our best to date – we have so much exciting product coming in. The most amazing leather bags from Sabrina Scala, gorgeous vintage style accessories from a new designer, super cool sequin pieces that mix in with bamboo basics from Tluxe, more lovely silk dresses from Kachel that are so well price pointed and really heavenly shoes from Samvara.

We buy jewelery from all around the globe. From Australia we support local designers – Sam Wills, Riley Burnett, Mezi, elk, Mimi and Me, Mohini, Sancerre, Liberte, pigeonhole and we often commission local artists to make pieces exclusively for us. We also gets lots of great jewellery from trips to India and Asia where we find local artisans and get them to make jewellery under our own label.

As always fitting all the stock in will be a challenge but as usual we will have new product on the shelves each week so there will always be something you didn’t see the last time you popped in!

45 Booth St Annandale
(02) 9552 1306