Sunshine & Grease launch festival
There was once a certain rock band who intentionally produced an album that was so left-field that their heavyweight record company, Virgin, had to break their contract and pay them a cool million under the table just to prevent it being released. These talented swindlers released a song called ‘Sunshine & Grease' and this is the name of the print, music and film store opening up within the intimate walls of the Bus Gallery this Thursday (at midday).
We Love the ‘80s Sale
It doesn't seem long ago that we were wincing at the angular, top-heavy fashions of the 1980s. According to Laver's Law, we should still be dismissing fashions of thirty years past as "amusing" - give it another twenty years and apparently we'd be describing ‘80s fads as "quaint".
Friperie
Heave open the wrought iron doors of Friperie and the collection will cause bladder-tickling, cross-legged excitement. The Smith Street emporium is rustling with full skirted, off the shoulder, boned through the waist and shoulder padded cocktail dresses with lines projecting the bosom and hourglass silhouettes; these pieces must have been whipped off set of Gilda.
Big Garage Sale at St Jeromes
There has been many a market regular who's pondered the origin of ‘flea market'. Like, was the first flea market run by business-savvy fleas that sold really tiny things for big money? Or did people gather to trade their wingless insects with one another? The answer, curious people, is this: the first flea market is said to have been born out of the French Marche aux puces in the northern suburbs of Paris.
Fabian's Maps
Fabian invited me into his office, pulled a chair into the middle of the room and warned me it was a piece from the 1860s. Careful not to snap a chair leg, I sat myself down and waited while he filled out a cheque for an overdue bill. After five minutes of scribbling, he looked up at me through his thick lenses and prompted my conversation.
Donuts Deluxe
Sugar-related funnies aside, Donuts Deluxe is the newest shop filling the 0 in Melbourne's retail cool. The genii behind the project - Ben and Sam Totty - have selected their stock from brands including New Era, WeSC, Nice Produce and Ben's own label, 20's and 10's. Not to mention artist editions from Thrasher and Juxtapoz, and a range of rare Nikes that we contend are ‘fresh-to-death'.
Alice Euphemia's BIGGEST EVER Royally Large Sale
‘Biggest ever' is a claim usually made by Napoleon Rosales via your trash folder. But get excited, because we've been told to bandy it around in reference to Alice Euphemia's BIGGEST EVER sale, which will deliver guaranteed results without the need for nasal spray technology. We have also been informed that this is a ‘Royally Large' sale, which differs from the more conventional ‘Lowborn Sales' you often see about town.
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