TV Trash Bags
Hide your money, this credit crisis is the real deal. But as good people all across America cry into their comfort food, the ladies at TV remind us that even the threat of an impending recession is nothing to be depressed about.
Available in black and yellow or white and blue, these vinyl carry-alls will have you looking your miserly best as you schlep your fast-food vouchers and worthless mortgage securities around town.
Solarcool Driving Sleeve
There is nothing worse than driver's arm. In the harsh elements of the Sydney summer it's hard to avoid sun exposure when you're on a coast trip, windows down, getting some air in your hair and your pits. If you haven't the luxury of air-con and tinted windows or if you're partial to a bit of arm over-hang then this is essential summer product for you.
Turn Me On Design
If you look up 'fiddle' in the dictionary, you'll find that it denotes passing time aimlessly, without doing or achieving anything of substance. This is where Turn Me On Design comes into... er... play. Their latest range, Smoke & Mirrors, will turn your aimless fiddling into some serious brain exercising time.
Penguin Bookbags
As you can see, I am pretty smart. But I find that when you look like a numnut, one thing you need is an outward sign of intelligence. This might be a pair of glasses, a T-shirt with your IQ on it, or David Sedaris in the front seat of your car.
The holy grail, of course, is an accessory that's smart AND fashion forward (sorry David.
Circular Shades
Calling all those championing for the crowned shade-shape of the season. Eyeful US label ‘Slow and Steady Wins the Race' brings it home with Basic Circle Frames.
Suitably named after yesteryear fable ‘The Tortoise and the Hare', Slow and Steady travels at a winsome pace. Their aesthetically purified wares respond to a consumer longing for significant design without the avant-garde-fashion price tag.
Badges by Lisa Kearns
Working as a doctor, the stethoscope around your neck earns you a certain amount of respect. Even as I accidentally wander into a family bereavement room looking for a urinary catheter or glue my fingers together with tissue glue, I can console myself with the knowledge that people are thinking "She's busy.
Etat Libre D'Orange Perfumes
Got a score to settle with your Nan? Need to deodorise your car? Why not get a bottle of Hotel Slut? Etat Libre D'Orange perfumes are either cashed-up punk like Vivienne Westwood, or try-hard punk like Richard Branson when he reminds people how he used to hang out with Malcolm McLaren.
Choose from aromas such as ‘Don't Get Me Wrong Baby, I Don't Swallow' and ‘Jasmine and Cigarette' - which receives the TwoThousand prize for best Frenglish blurb.
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