Format Zine & DIY Fair
It’s noticeable that most of the people who’ve ended up working on Format over the past three years – Joel Catchlove, Ianto Ware, Sam... read more...
Julie White
When I first met Julie White she was just about to graduate her degree in Fashion Design and it was already clear that her clothing was all about art.... read more...
Format Zine Shop
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... read more...
Mint Vintage
What more could a girl (or boy) want? Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Missoni, you name it Mint Vintage has got it. Priding themselves on... read more...
Antique Market + Bookshop
Adelaide is a city of hidden secrets, and the Antique Market rates highly. Upstairs is – I kid you not – a toy museum. For a shop, this is... read more...
The Classic Bicycle Shop
When you think of bicycles, some of the first things that come to mind are spandex, road races, and beating cancer. However if you’re not a Lance... read more...
Optical 4 Less
Have you ever seen Julian Burnside QC in the flesh? He makes quite an impression. We’d like to say this is because of his passionate belief in social... read more...
Claire Incorruptible
Perky perky sales shop staff really do suck the big one. I could do without the ones that turn their noses up at me, but even worse are the ones that... read more...
Dark Horsey Bookshop
You really ought to know about Dark Horsey already. I mean, what are you doing here? Surely you haven’t been going to all these exhibitions for the... read more...
The Thousands Shop
For a number of years now, the various Thousands have been telling people what we like via the internet. We tell, you read, and then you spend your life... read more...
Mary Martin Bookshop
Until recently, I didn’t realise that Mary Martin was an actual person; I just assumed it was a nice business name devised by booksellers with a... read more...
Deal Extreme
Most Christmas presents are useless to their receivers. So why not save your relatives brain strain and direct them to Deal Extreme (DX for short). Like... read more...
Exclusive Vintage Clothing
At the top of my street is a gun shop, a children’s party service and a church, which pretty much sums up my suburb’s bizarre cultural diversity.... read more...
Boatshed Markets
Why there’s a gargantuan boatshed in the middle of the Adelaide CBD is cause for confusion; particularly as there are no significant bodies of water... read more...
Vintage Carousel
Shopping for vintage is an up and down, round and round affair. Op-shops can be fusty and tend to cater for the morbidly obese. Paradoxically, those enterprising... read more...
DAS
Oh, Germany. All those ‘icht’s’ and ‘nichts’ and ‘ja’s’ and ‘auf wiedersehen’s', funny hair,... read more...
Kleins Perfumery online
Since 1993, Kleins Perfumery has been wafting onto the Melbourne streets, halting passersby with the heady aroma of niche fragrances from perfume houses... read more...
rhd | Right Hand Distribution
They say a good pair of jeans is hard to find. They are right. Shopping for jeans is a difficult, soul wrenching exercise. You walk into a store, praying... read more...
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
With Viktor and Rolf’s ready-to-wear looking more like something you’d don in a parallel universe where it’s possible to wear architecturally... read more...
CO OP Store
In 2008 there was a place just off Hindley Street called Value King. It wasn’t your standard Hindley Street spot. They didn’t sell booze or... read more...
Hype & Seek
I choose to lead by example. So what follows is a textual collage of my favourite items purchased from Hype & Seek, in no particular order. Mondrian... read more...
The New Guard
The worst thing about going to Europe is that the plane ticket alone takes a whack out of your savings. By the time you hit the bustling Champs Elysees... read more...
Edukated
Note: Store closed July 2010Once upon a time, cave men worked out that wood was good for burning. 200,000 years later, slightly more sophisticated Neanderthals... read more...
Carin Wester online shop
Like a cuckolded lover, I spent countless months struggling through Scandinavian fashion websites for any glimpse of Carin Wester. A little grey jumpsuit... read more...