This one comes with a big caveat - the shop is closing at the end of the year!  After over 3 decades producing the best of the best in fine block-printed homeware and clothing, the French artist and designer Brigitte Singh is closing her doors.  Brigitte’s Mughal inspired designs include the most famous big red poppy, which you can buy copies of all over the city (cows may be sacred here but design copyright, less so!). If you happen to find yourself here in time, hot foot it to try and buy some treasure. Fabric covered boxes, hand-quilted bed throws and beautiful clothing which takes its inspiration from historical French and Indian costumes

My amazing friend Priti started this company, not long before I first came to India. She fell in love with the cotton rag paper, made here in Jaipur and found the most charming ways to use it, block printing and marbling the sheets before transforming them into exquisite boxes, picture frames, lampshades and trays. Each piece is one-of-a-kind.  Priti is devoted to preserving this craft at the highest level. She opened a small shop last year, just underneath her office not far from the airport - you can head here to buy her collections, which include nightwear, homeware and decorative accessories.

Everyone's favourite boutique hotel in Jaipur, also has a very sweet shop attached run by Megha. Here you will find a lovely edit of scarves and jewellery, hand carved and brass animals and lovely treasures to take home. For the serious jewellery enthusiasts, ask Shiva to show you his showroom, also on-site with exquisite gold and be-jewelled pieces, both vintage and new

Just across the road from Anokhi is Nila House, probably the most serene space in central Jaipur.  It’s a highly considered shop-cum-gallery-cum-workshop space, Housed in a once run-down art-deco building restored to high-style by Bombay architects Studio Mumbai.  It was founded by Carole Bamford of Daylesford fame and is run as a non-profit to support and promote the arts and crafts of India.

Find simple and beautiful clothing and homeware in white handloom cotton and indigo or madder.  There is also a seasonal market every quarter where makers from across the region come to sell their wares direct to the public.

For antique textile lovers - Subash Sharma's shop, just outside the walls of City Palace and opposite the entrance of Jantar Mantar is a treasure trove. From Silver and paintings to wonderful rugs, the most exciting things for me are the cupboards full of neatly stacked roller prints from Manchester that have some to Jaipur via Central Asia. Madness!