Size
Fortitude Valley’s TCB is brimming with trendy new boutiques ready to dress the masses. Recent TCB addition is Size. Since the centre opened it has been buzzing like TV static, but Size has fine-tuned fashion. It opened its doors in August with a cheeky flamboyancy and daring sense of style that is redefining Brisbane’s fashion output.
Obus
The neon tights, silk skirts and dripping shirts of Obus have travelled far and wide. Clutching on to their bus ticket and heaving their wardrobes, they have set up a brand new concept store in Flinders Lane.
The all-Australian made label only launched in 2000 and has since marked its territory in places where the toilet flushes anti-clockwise.
In The Woods
If folklore has taught us anything, the woods are enchanted and hold lessons to learn. Snow White sought refuge by hitching her gown and bolting for the woods. This tale taught us that being swept away by one handsome stranger is much, much better than cleaning up after seven little strangers with wandering hands.
AOI Japanese T-shirt Mart
We labour over choice in this city weighed down by department stores. The buffet of designer labels. The smorgasbord of coloured thread. The countless shop windows displaying the must-haves of the season, which, if you did-have, would have you avoiding calls from the bank.
AOI Japanese T-shirt mart stocks well-made tees, long through the body and soft enough to make you want to nestle your face in the fabric.
Chip Chop
"Bag lady you gone hurt your back, Draggin all them bags like that..."
When it comes to the proliferation of stuff, I'm with Erykah. Most of it we don't need, some we'd be better off without, but knowing this doesn't stop the personal pick ‘n' mix bulging out of bags: Wallet, phone, make-up, diary, notebook, laptop, power cord, iPod, sunglasses, highlighters, camera, pens, gum, folders, magazines, books - shit, stuff happens.
Coogi
Emerging from the bargain bin of parachute tracksuits and happy pants, this week ThreeThousand embraces the Coogi jumper.
No, we don't need glasses, or a lobotomy. Our affiliation with the much-ridiculed "Aussie Icon" emerged late last week when we saw a Coogi Sweat on top of dark denim and leather lace-ups.
Graniph Pop-Up Shop
If you are sick of pecks ‘voting for Pedro’ then Via Alley has a solution.
Graniph is based in Japan, but collaborates with artists all over the world to create original, limited edition tees. Yke Schotten, Fumi Nakamura and Paul Willoughby are just a few designers to work with the label, which has stayed solely in Japan until now.
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