CHIMI Desk verified

CHIMI is a Swedish eyewear label and this Shortmarket Street address is its Cape Town flagship. The store deliberately runs on a European late-opening rhythm rather than a South African retail one, which is what puts it on a First Thursdays route in the first place — the evening is the model, not the exception. Shortmarket Street between Loop and Long carries several galleries and bars within the same two blocks, so the shop reads as part of an evening rather than a destination on its own. Note that CHIMI is a brand-owned store, not an independent Cape Town business; it is listed here because it takes part in First Thursdays, the CBD's late-opening evening on the first Thursday of every month.