Our rough n’ ready West End streets can be real dangerous. This is no recent occurrence either. 150 years ago readers of the Adelaide Times were told that they should be "well armed with a life preserver or a good cudgel" when traversing the streets at night due to "strong gangs of thieves" that "carry on their villainies with impunity"…sounds like a regular Friday night on Hindley Street to me.
Thankfully, Peel Street provides a bastion of safety from those dagger wielding Hindley villains. And on Peel Street, the Format Zine Shop is something of a published haven. It’s run by the friendly folk who host Adelaide’s DIY Festival, the same folk who brought the Zine Fair to town – and it never left. With fresh stock from a recent trip up to TINA and new editions arriving daily, you can peruse the shelves at a safe pace. Yet with the Deutsche Botschaft Adelaide located just down the street it may pay to keep that cudgel handy.
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Naomi Murrell jewelleryThere comes a time in a girl’s life when cheap costume jewellery from chain stores or broken strands of beads from op-shops just don’t...
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Up TightsPenny Kokinelis is a 26-year-old from Sydney. She makes kaleidoscopic leggings (or, ok, ‘tights’ – WEIRD) for her label Up Tights. Penny...
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Actress, ‘R.I.P’As rough as the sound of a thousand ladies having their nails filed and as warped as DJ Screw on a sizzurp-fuelled bender, Actress’ R.I.P....
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Mr. Carter, ‘Grand Tour’ ...The label blends the conflicting elements of luxury and street with designer, Zach Carter’s, distaste for the heritage aesthetic seen in menswear...
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Blandine Bardeau jewelleryVivid memories from kindergarten include favourite puzzles, getting married on lunchbreaks and making jewellery from pasta shapes and beads cut...
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Proof SunglassesProof wooden eyewear is owned by three brothers whose father used to own a sawmill. They make sunglasses out of the finest hardwoods known to...