Author results: Lionel Bitchie
It's happened to us all. A friend returns from overseas, clothed in next season's fashion, you fall in love with a top/dress/bag, ask where it's from and the answer (if not H&M) is frikkin Topshop.
Well breathe easy, no longer must you fly 16 hours, or get lost in a four level store on Oxford St.
More often than not, dressing is a balancing act. Lean too far one way and you're more masculine than Annie Hall, too far the other and Alannah Hill's your auntie.
Youth World seems to have the balance just right, mixing classic tailored forms like the pencil skirt, the cigarette pant and waistcoat with seasonal touches.
Who would have thought that New Zealand could offer you the World? But that's the intention of the creators and founders of WORLD, Factory of Ideas and Experiments: Denise L'Estrange-Corbet and Francis Hooper.
Having started way back in ‘89 on a meagre budget, WORLD has grown to become New Zealand's leading innovators in fashion.
From the rubber floor to the fanciful graphic prints to the plastic static menagerie, every one of the 29 square metres of Alfie's Friend Rolfe is chocked with child's play.
My how four years have gone by in a flash. Alfie's Friend Rolfe has moved on from Alfie's Shop in
Bondi and made friends with Alfie's Little Brother Carter in Balmain.
The fact that flannies, moustaches and white-washed jeans are making a comeback can only mean one thing: boona-chic is in. And while t-shirts
sporting phrases like ‘I Heart NY' and ‘Hard Rock Café Bali' are bogun fashion faves, what could possibly be more westie than wearing a t-shirt
with the name of your favourite suburb in Sydney plastered over it?
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Luxury goods sadly remain out of reach for most pimps and hos, despite being the ultimate mack accessory. Or at least they were until Sasa came along to hustle cosmetics and perfumes to the needy and not the greedy. Something of a phenomenon in South East Asia, Sasa's extremely low prices combined with a reasonable conversion rate means that crèmes, formulas, and perfumes are all far cheaper than you'll find them anywhere else in Australia (including on Strawberrynet.
Incu patiently built a reputation as one of the best boutiques in Sydney through their City store, but have recently turned it up a number of notches and are now well and truly established as one of the ‘go-to' places for great clothing. Their Oxford Street store is currently bursting at the seams with genius
labels and ranges.
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