Goods - Cool Items and Interesting Stuff
GOODS has two meanings. Firstly, it is our guide to innovative objects from Melbourne and around the world, and secondly, GOODS can't be bad. A resource for gift buyers, home-makers, scene-stealers, trend-watchers and possibly even shoplifters, GOODS isn't about making your credit card cry, it's about setting your standards high.
Agatha Gothe-Snape's t-shirts
Welcome to the launch of my new art reviewing system. It's image based. If you text me, and say, "Penny, how's the show?!" I'll send you a picture back for a small fee of $32. Quite often, the picture will be this. And sometimes this or even this. But, on rare occasions, IT WILL BE THIS.
Moscot Originals
Moscot Eyewear has been trading out of Manhattan's Lower East Side since early last century. Painted on the walls of their dilapidated showroom is a frankly incredible list of customers including Woody Allen, Truman Capote and Johnny Depp.
Very soon they'll be able to add the name of every roll-cuffed, nut from Flinders Lane to Flemington to that wall because Moscot are now selling their classic frames range here in Australia.
Glitzern Earring Festival
For too long now we have been living in the age of the prawn. No, not the zodiac sign, but a group of women lead by queen prawn Jennifer Hawkins, so celebrated for their lithe little bodies that nobody notices their boring, far less attractive heads. It is no coincidence that the reign of the prawn and the reign of the long pendant necklace have dominated side by side for so long.
Digger's Club Seed Packs
The best way to motivate yourself to grow your own fruits and vegetables is to pretend it is contraband. That way, each time you hear a police siren or a chopper flying overhead the adrenaline rush will be enough to get you tilling that soil.
It actually feels somewhat counter-cultural and a little bit mind expanding when you find out via the Digger's Club website that with only 40 square meters of soil and a couple of hours regular work you can reduce your food costs to $8 per week.
R.M. Williams Boots
Reginald Murray Williams would surely be chuffed to see his bespoke riding boots taking to the streets. There's a special combination of ruggedness and femininity that can be achieved with frilly skirts and blundies. While some advise the Blundstone as boot of choice, when you need a look that is a bit more toff than tradie, R.
Ballet V Alpha60 limited-edition T-shirt
Coco Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Toni Maticevski, Christian Dior and Kit Willow. Maverick designers have long sung duets with ballet. And the latest designers to catch pointe shoe fever are Alpha60, who teamed up with The Australian Ballet to stitch something up.
The product of this union is a typical Alpha60 monochromatic image printed onto a loose-fitting, unisex tee.
Birthday Suit
The Emperor got around in his birthday suit when two sneaky weavers promised him the finest suit of clothes from a fabric invisible to anyone who was an incompetent ninny. Ninny he was - not because he couldn't see the fabric, but because he trusted a pair of mimes. Mimes are creepy, everyone knows that.
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