Probably the city's best-known joke shop. You can't miss it: just look for the oversized Groucho moustache and glasses above the front door. It also sells magic tricks and...

Tait sells its own collections, featuring Scottish gemstones mounted in platinum, silver and gold. Look out, too, for antique pieces, including traditional Scottish pebble...

Analogue deals in books on design and contemporary culture. As well as glossy tomes on fashion, illustration, graffiti and graphic design, there's a gallery space and...

A family-run Scottish design company, Anta sells a selection of hand-painted stoneware and textiles.

If you're looking to step up from Accessorize without blowing the budget, head to Argento. The shop stocks a wide range of colourful fashion pieces, as well as Celtic and...

This boutique feels like a giant dresing-up box, with unusual clothes as well as a fabulous range of jewellery. Designs come from big names such as Butler & Wilson, Ruyi and...

An archetypal second-hand bookshop, with thousands of old volumes stacked precariously on bookshelves in every available little space. Specialising in Victorian, illustrated...

Everyone from the Kaiser Chiefs to Kylie has stopped to browse at this massively popular Edinburgh institution. Clothing here spans the last 100 years, with everything from...

Although the proprietor assures us he knows where everything is, Backbeat always looks like chaos. CDs and old vinyl are piled high in boxes all over the place; bring a...

The only UK outlet for the famed Italian brand, selling footwear, clothing and accessories.

A huge range of new and second-hand pipes, plus a beginner's tutoring kit for under £30. Probably best ask the neighbours first.

This Glasgow-born designer uses yarns that are spun and dyed in the Scottish Borders using centuries-old techniques, but employs them in the creation of modern clothing; she's...

Scotland's only photographic bookshop stocks coffee table-friendly tomes featuring everything from landscapes to celebrity portraits.

This friendly shop stocks a good range of well-designed smart and casual clothes in plus sizes.