Theft is unlikely: everyone already has one - 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.
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.
Fan hats
Previously living a mostly unknown life on top of the heads of Vietnamese grandmas, what has become to be named the "fan-hat" deserves to break out into the mainstream - due not to its surprising technical skill and morphing ability but to it's downright floral cuteness. This is a hat with the lot.
This Is Not A Polo Shirt
As these summer months drift by, the males among us are faced with a puzzling dilemma in terms of what to wear up top. The collared shirt with rolled up sleeves looks smart, but it's not exactly practical, particularly if you're faithful to the current top-button-done-up trend. T-shirts get a bit boring and are a tad too casual for some events, while singlets are the domain of body-builders and tradies.
Bag Against Crime
I was on the tram this morning, trying to figure out where I knew someone from, when a classy dame climbed aboard, all sunglasses and cashmere, with a bunch of flowers and an exotic newspaper tucked under her arm.
She was amazing, and she didn't care who overheard her phone conversation. ‘What time is it over there, anyway? Why are you still awake, silly? .
Fog Machine
I was at a respectable housewarming on Friday night, milling about admiring the exposed beams and sipping at imported brews, when woooooshhh! I was swept away in a puff of smoke. No, this was not accompanied by reggae, but by the hypnotic tones of a slowed down Nitzer Ebb 12".
Seems I had stumbled upon the debut performance of DJ DawnRaider Doozy AKA Le Snak, who transformed this once sedate gathering into a heaving, wheezing mass with a little help from his trusty sidekick, "the SmokeMan 9000".
Truffaux's Photobooth Car Exhibition
Last week I took a trip to the hills. I was meandering down a forest path when I met a tall man wearing a beautiful straw trilby. It looked amazing! I'd been looking for a hat just like this! I asked him where he bought it and he replied, "It is a Truffaux. It is my hat. I make them." Intrigued, I followed him back to his 120-year-old cottage in the forest.
Rhodia notebooks
Enough with this Hemingway and Picasso razzamataz. We've had it up to our document wallets with this notebook industry beat up. You know what the best writing pad in the world is? The Rhodia. It's orange, it has pages, they're all perforated, you can fold the cover up. You know what you'll look like? A person who is interested in taking notes.
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