BoxVintage on eBay
Exciting news! Brisbane's favourite vintage parlour, BoxVintage, is extending its sequinned, shoulder-padded wings to the world of online shopping. That's right - BoxVintage is now on eBay! While the store itself is - and will remain - always a fun place to visit (with its rack-upon-rack of vintage gold and wickedly-cool sales staff), sometimes time and reality just get in the way.
Keep Company
In the golden age of infomercials, Demtel would advertise a set of steak knives by cutting through a shoe. Tim Shaw also went nuts on tomatoes and a frozen box of broccoli. It really was an amazing offer. Now however, as Australian infomercials are dying a slow death due to the internet, it stands that vegetarian shoes should rise to avenge (and overthrow) their leather cousins.
We're
Cairns is known for its barrier reef, its melting mercury and its cruise ships. It's definitely not known for progressive fashion, because, we imagine, everyone's too busy downing XXXX in string bikinis.
Damien and Lorena at We're believe that stinking weather shouldn't stifle style - and they have Keep Shoes, Life With Bird, Tiny Mammoth and Chronicles on their side.
Ooh La La Pet Wear
Paris Hilton may have started - and ruined - the craze, but we can't deny that dressing up your pooch is (torturously) cute. Brisbane vendors Ooh La La Pet Wear have brought a bit of L.A. to the streets of Brisbane with their range of designer doggie outfits.
This includes decked-out fur-rimmed hoodies, singlets, baby doll dresses, and novelty tees, including tiny Manchester United jerseys for the Victoria-Beckham-courting type.
Gorman Organics range
My mother started me on a diet of organic fruit and vegies while I was still in nappies, I knew she was onto something. Call me an overly-perceptive 3-year-old, but even then I could have sworn that 20 years later organic would begin to make its mark in the fashion industry (and in a much more glamorous way than the man who sold hemp pants at the markets).
Spring Court Shoes
"They're turning kids into slaves, just to make cheaper sneakers. What's the real cost cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper? Why are we paying so much money for sneakers when they're made by little slave kids?" ‘Think About It' - Flight of The Concords.
NO MORE must we a) support child slavery b) pay so much money for sneakers.
Doc Martens boots
Doc Martens are, like, totally hot right now. No longer just the footwear of punks and goths, these seminal boots have again been appropriated by the mainstream (think pretty girls with a touch of badass). In case you missed it, they've been a feature of numerous recent runway shows and spotted on many of the high fashion models that walk them.
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