Mr Lincoln
Gertrude Street reeks of all kinds of flavours; hot cheese from under burger buns at Little Rebel, dizzying shoe polish from the aged leather at Moustache, and print-making oils from Spacecraft. But there's a new scent wafting in east of Brunswick St.
When asked who Mr Lincoln is, florists Sarah and Louise bickered, "He's my boyfriend.
Free Comic Book Day
No doubt comic books will soon snake down to the bottom of the cultural ladder again but, for now, nicely bound graphic novels are available in credible bookshops. Why would you face the lowly, unwelcoming comic store? Four words and an exclamation point: Free Comic Book Day!
Once a year, publishers pick a single issue to give away in an attempt to lure new customers into the crack-like addiction of monthly comic buying.
Toolz
Five degrees can make all the difference in Melbourne: five degrees this way, and the humid streets are transformed into Henry Miller’s World of Sex. Five degrees that, and hands not stuffed into pockets are busy stirring fondues, mulling wine, thumbing Picador Classics and caramelising figs.
LADY Boutique
Now, a real lady would never reveal her sources. That is why ThreeThousand asked this charmless hack to let all you tramps out there know that LADY has a new boutique in the city. Once, twice, two-times a Lady; we told you about their store in Armadale here. This LADY however, on Flinders Lane, is a surreal, lace-trimmed doll’s house, gorgeously decorated with hand-drawn illustrations by Eveline Tarunadjaja (check out her work here), and fitted-out with an elaborate staircase to nowhere.
Cottage Industry
We know year 8 history lessons were no fun without shoebox dioramas or discovering crap in fossilised rock. But those educated brain cells were probably obliterated in the following years behind the school shed. So here's a quick refresher - make a diorama while reading this if you must...
Despite the rib-snapping corsets and ludicrous wigs men insisted on wearing, the 1850s marked many beginnings in contemporary fashion.
Gallery above Glitzern
There's been talk, oh yes there has. And now it's open. The gallery above Glitzern in Crossley Street. It's actually in the apartment that once belonged to anal-retentive Australian landscape artist and teacher of Frederick McCubbin, Eugene von Guerard. It is a bit spooky and fadedly opulent, which is the perfect setting for an exhibition by Kathryn Baulch, of Melbourne's cult jewellery label House of Baulch.
Order & Progress online
Online shopping: for or against? I, personally, am for. Insert this into your vocabulary: “Ooooh”, “Aahhh”, then “Add to cart”. What’s not to love?
Welcome to Order & Progress, the latest in a line of real world shops to open a digital gateway. The ladies behind O&P, Cath and Katrina, are now allowing both ladies and gents to look amazing with a simple click of a button.
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