Clothing - Sydney Shopping - Shop
SHOP is your guide to boutique fashion and retail in Sydney, featuring pop-up shops and other places that are so hard to find that Google doesn't even know about them yet. SHOP attempts to open your minds, hearts and wallets to the plethora of things that you can probably live without but in actuality don't want to. Clothes, jewellery, books, bikes, bags, shoes, bags that look like shoes - SHOP gives new meaning to the superficial - wait, we're confused.
One of a Kind
I assumed men like convenient, calm shopping. I asked one. He agreed. So if you generated a fit out with newsagent-style practicality and a 20th Century modern lounge room sensibility you're set, right?
Curtained by vines and suitably hidden on Darlinghurt's Darley Street, One of a Kind is just this.
Carhartt, City
As I walk into Carhartt, I'm greeted by Dylan's Masters of War and a friendly sales assistant with a broken arm. "A skating accident," I'm told. It's a nice juxtaposition; a skate-wear shop inspired equally by sixties folk and half pipes.
Indeed, from its wooden floors to clean, unpretentious stock, Carhartt is more refined than your average skate store.
Incu presents Topshop
OK everyone, cancel your trips to London. There's no need to spend 24 hours in transit and then the next year eating beans at greasy spoon cafes and rating Page 3 girls in The Sun. Topshop is here. In Sydney. No really, it's finally arrived. And why else would you schlepp all the way to Ol' Blighty when summer's a-coming over here and they're about to experience 4pm sunsets?
Incu are expanding their Paddington store to make room for this fashion behemoth, and they'll be replenishing stock every month.
Doc Cobbler
I don't know about you guys but whenever I get even the slightest whiff of some impending assignment, law exam, mildly-frustrating-thing-that-must-eventually-be-done, the first thing i'm gonna do is hit eBay and type 'Opening Ceremony' or 'Surface to Air' in the shoe search box and hit enter compulsively until I can at least squint and pretend there's a reasonably priced pair of size 9 buckle wedge boots peering out from inside my macbook.
Opening Ceremony Pop Up Shop
Dressing is a little like making a salad. If your ingredients are stale you're in a spot.
During a recent tete-a-tete at a notably vogue market, one arrived at an ephiphany. One realised an overwhelming percentage of her wardrobe's population had lived a life on someone else's shoulders before hers.
TV online store
The Renaissance Woman is as well-read as she is witty. She dabbles in bookbinding and gardening and small business operation. She knows how to make gingerbread houses and install built-in furniture. She pours concrete, curates light installations, and makes curry paste from scratch. She is so goddam cultured it makes her sick.
THAT Store
Apparently, the first denim jeans were made for a bunch of sailors in the Genoese Navy in the 1600s, and they were dragged in large mesh nets behind the ships when they needed cleaning. They only had one brand back then so you didn't have some salty dog trying to swap his GAP bootlegs for your Mondays.
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