Goods - Cool Items and Interesting Stuff
GOODS has two meanings. Firstly, it is our guide to innovative objects from Sydney and around the world, and secondly, GOODS can't be bad. A resource for gift buyers, home-makers, scene-stealers, trend-watchers and possibly even shoplifters, GOODS isn't about making your credit card cry, it's about setting your standards high.
Grow Your Own Crystals
When we shift from summer to winter, we see two things; heightened boredom and new fashions. Lucky for you, we can help you with both, by means of a simple science experiment.
To grow your own crystals you'll need a cup of boiling water, half a cup of salt, a jar, a tissue, some string and a pencil.
Ballet V Alpha60 limited-edition T-shirt
Coco Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Toni Maticevski, Christian Dior and Kit Willow. Maverick designers have long sung duets with ballet. And the latest designers to catch pointe shoe fever are Alpha60, who teamed up with The Australian Ballet to stitch something up.
The product of this union is a typical Alpha60 monochromatic image printed onto a loose-fitting, unisex tee.
R.M. Williams Boots
Reginald Murray Williams would be chuffed to see his bespoke riding boots taking to the streets. Fenella Peacock (Ant!pod!um) originally introduced us to that special combination of ruggedness and femininity that can be achieved with frilly skirts and "blunnies". It seems that people listened, as stockman boots are stomping through trendy laneways right now.
Moscot Originals
Moscot Eyewear have been trading out of Manhattan's Lower East Side since early last century. Painted on the walls of their dilapidated showroom is a frankly incredible list of customers including Woody Allen, Truman Capote and Johnny Depp.
Very soon they'll be able to add the name of every roll-cuffed, Incu-wardrobed nut from Bondi to Avalon to that wall because Moscot are now selling their classic frames range here in Australia.
Birthday Suit
The Emperor got around in his birthday suit when two sneaky weavers promised him the finest suit of clothes from a fabric invisible to anyone who was an incompetent ninny. Ninny he was - not because he couldn't see the fabric, but because he trusted a pair of mimes. Mimes are creepy, everyone knows that.
Bug & Megs Felt
Bug & Megs are feltophiles. While the other kids were playing ponies, this crafty couple were tinkering with trinkets and fooling with finger puppets. But they soon grew tired of inferior acrylic "felt". They looked everywhere for an Australian supplier of real felt, but alas, none could be found.
Karla Spetic
Lollies that fizz on your tongue, naïve children's watercolours, farmyards viewed from afar and the aroma of warm butter ... the dresses, hard-tailored pieces, mouthwatering swimsuits and wispy tanks of Karla Spetic's designs call to mind a hardy femininity, a history tempered by freshness.
Born in the fairytale-like city of Dubrovnik on the coast of Croatia, Spetic moved to Australia in 1993 and after graduating from the East Sydney Fashion Design Studio launched her label in 2006.
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