Subject to Change
What:
Subject to Change
Where:
Shop 8, Campbell Arcade (under Flinders Street Station)
When:
Mon-Fri 1-6.30pm; Sat 1-5pm
Contact:
9620 0311
One of the best things about adulthood is that your mother can't dress you any longer. Don't get us wrong, we think mums are great - unconditional love and pumpkin soup for instance. But those days of floral printed stirrup tights with matching skivvies are thankfully past. There is one mother in Melbourne, however, who spends her time sewing together dresses and skirts out of now vintage fabric she has accumulated over the decades. And these pieces are far from daggy. Hard to believe? Here's proof:
Subject To Change is hidden in the guts of the Flinders Street subway. Here, Darren stocks his mother's label, Poochie-Mama, in amongst a collection of accumulated knick knacks, vintage threads and the creations of local designers.
Not only is Subject To Change full of mum-made goods, but walking through the store is like a lesson on your mothers hey-day. From Kitsch hula girls to the bottom half of a mannequin resplendent as the store's centrepiece (similar to the milk-squirting mannequines in A Clockwork Orange) you'll want to want to buy the shop out once you're told the decor is priceless.
And if you are reading this thinking, "But, my Mum always said I looked groovy in the culottes she bought me for Christmas." Seriously, take our shopping advice.
Product: Clothing
Anatomy: Whole body
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