Dumbo Feathered friend (issue 4) Rachel Bending has given us something to sing about with the opening of her Bird boutique in Surry Hills (380 Cleveland Street). The converted century-old pharmacy building stocks ethically produced homewares and clothes, all sewn using solar power. Original fabric designs, inspired by botanical elements, are printed using water-based dyes and, from Spring, on organic cotton. Bird’s cushions, curtains, scarves, skirts, buttons, bolsters and ‘sausage-dog draft excluders’ feel good, look good, are good.