The Amazing Sale
It's the loveliest display of camaraderie since Fozzie bought a dragonfly ripple icecream for Kermit in The Muppet Movie of 1979. It's also the most fashionable. For one weekend only, a cohort of Melbourne designers band together to bring Fitzroy their idea of a garage sale. For lunatic-ish bargains and friendly faces, head to Gore Street.
LEFT
Twist a curl of hair around your finger and tell your friends that you read The Style Press all you like; European style is a lot closer than you think. LEFT is a heart-palpitatingly classy store hiding on Gertrude Street. It's been there for some time now but few would know it stocks some of the world's most exquisite labels; from Comme des Garcons - Comme des Garcons to Yohji Yamamoto's Y's: a label with enough weighty folds and laid-back elegance to turn regular humans into walking pieces of art.
Melbourne Surf Shop
What happens when the oldest surf shop in the city clears out their warehouse and discovers boxes of stock from the mid ‘80s? Answer: Melbourne's new rave kids are afforded the unique opportunity to buy new clothes that are older and far more authentic than their music tastes.
Melbourne surf shop - located just past the posse of kids practicing their break dancing in Tivoli arcade - is a stalwart of the Melbourne fashion landscape.
Swensk 'Find Our Store' Sale
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If you're walking through the city between this Friday and next Saturday and you see people acting suspiciously... follow them. Chances are that they are going to, or looking for, Swensk - Melbourne's new Swedish clothing store. The 'Find Our Store' Sale is offering 30% off selected Filippa K, Whyred and Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair stock.
We're
Cairns is known for its barrier reef, its melting mercury and its cruise ships. It's definitely not known for progressive fashion, because, we imagine, everyone's too busy downing XXXX in string bikinis.
Damien and Lorena at We're believe that stinking weather shouldn't stifle style - and they have Keep Shoes, Life With Bird, Tiny Mammoth and Chronicles on their side.
A Good Old Day Vintage Clothing Sale
There is so much going on upstairs from Von Haus, we'll soon be introducing a new section to the newsletter: HEAR, READ, SHOP, STRAY, VONHAUS. Until then, you'll have to make do with the keyword search. But oh this is completely solid. A sale of vintage clothing, accessories and shoes from the late Victorian era to the ‘90s.
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".
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