Goods - Cool Items and Interesting Stuff
GOODS has two meanings. Firstly, it is our guide to innovative objects from Brisbane 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.
Suitcase Rummage Call Out
Dear all bedroom-bound artists, crafters, collectors, creators or possessors of too much clothing and other paraphernalia: Suitcase Rummage is the event you've been waiting for. Just like a market but without all hassle of tables and marquees and regulatory hoops, Suitcase Rummage invites any young Brisbanites to pop on down to King George Square armed with a suitcase or two of goodies they'd like to sell, and whala, instant marketplace.
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.
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 nut from Mt Lawley to Fremantle on that wall because Moscot are now selling their classic frames range here in Australia.
House of Emily
If birds of a feather flock together, then birds who wear House of Emily are the complete opposite. When all the other birds are flying north, they're flying south. They're sleeping in instead of chirping early and when all the other birds are laying eggs, they're like ‘screw this, I'm going to find me a sexy eagle and then go to the beach and eat hot chips.
R.M. Williams Boots
Reginald Murray Williams would surely be chuffed to see his bespoke riding boots taking to the streets. Fenella Peacock (Ant!pod!um) introduced us to that special combination of ruggedness and femininity that can be achieved with frilly skirts and blundies. Well people took stock of Ant!pod!um, and stockman boots are stomping through trendy laneways.
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.
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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