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Specialist Shops and Souvenirs

Melbourne is Australia’s most fashion-conscious capital and and stylish designs. American
hosts major fashion weeks. The Melbourne Fashion Festival label OshKosh B’Gosh sell
in March sees young designers launch their autumn/winter colourful, affordable apparel
collections, while established labels showcase their spring/ for young children at their
Melbourne outlet in the
summer collections during Spring Fashion Week in Emporium shopping complex.
September. New boutiques have opened in the Flinders Lane
and Little Collins Streets precincts, either side of Swanston Jewellery
Street, and in the Central Business District’s (CBD) revitalized
arcades and laneways. This area rivals Fitzroy’s Brunswick Kozminsky’s on Bourke
Street has been a Melbourne
Street for trendy shopping. Melbourne is also a great place institution for decades. It
to buy outdoor gear, with several retailers located around specialises in fine art and
Hardware Lane and Little Bourke Street. The city has a antique jewellery.
reputation for excellent bookshops and record stores, Collins Street has a
most of which are found in the city centre and inner profusion of jewellery stores
suburbs of Carlton, Fitzroy, St Kilda and South Yarra. and international fashion
labels, including Bulgari.
Dinosaur Designs fashion
Men’s Clothing
Scanlan & Theodore have distinctive and contemporary
The Marcs range is charac- made a name for themselves jewellery, and homewares
terized by lightweight and with elegant outfits, earthy from lustrous resins. They
colourful sweaters, shirts, tones and breezy designs. Sass have several stores, including
t-shirts and trousers. They have & Bide sell glamorously cool one in Chapel Street. Studio
a store in Melbourne Central outfits in stores throughout Ingot sells contemporary
(see pp411), among other Melbourne, including in the pieces made by more than 60
locations. For sharp designer Emporium (see p411). Issey artisans. Local jeweller Lucy
F
Folk stocks creative and playful stocks creative and playful
suits, head for Calibre, who Miyake is one of several Folkolk
also stock imported designer international design houses designs in her flagship store in
accessories. Both Little Collins represented in Melbourne. the city centre.
Street and Collins Street proper The appointment-only Le
have a selection of menswear Louvre, in South Yarra, has been Shoes and Bags
stores, including Déclic, which Melbourne society’s couturier
specialises in business shirts for decades. Gorman has bright, The Westin hotel building
and designer offbeat designs in stores across in Collins Street is home to
ties with names such as the city, including Fitzroy. Miss Louise, a favourite with
Duchamp, Vivienne Westwood Kinki Gerlinki stocks a Melbourne’s well-heeled
and Zegna. Down the hill, appealing range of retro women. A collection of finely
H&M has a good range of clothing. H&M and Marcs stock crafted, handpicked men’s and
smart casual gear. Out of the a good range of casual gear women’s footwear can be
Closet, opposite Flinders Street for women. found at 124.
Station, stocks groovy vintage Peter Alexander has several Crumpler bags are the
wear. They also have a store branches throughout the city brainchild of a former bicycle
in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. centre and is well regarded courier who saw a market
Nearby is Dangerfield, a for a range of sleepwear, for comfortable, durable and
Melbourne label, which while Smitten Kitten offers funky shoulder bags. They
promotes edgy rock ’n’ roll imported lingerie, jewellery come in a variety of styles
style. Everything from 50s, and exotic accessories. and types to suit everything
60s and 70s fashion to the Bridge Road, Richmond from laptops, to videos to
latest trends are available here. has numerous discount fashion homework: a Melbourne
Brunswick Street is a good outlets. Another favourite design icon.
place to browse for vintage label for fashion accessories –
clothing, and Chapel Street, from handbags to jewellery
South Yarra is great for and shoes – is Mimco. Outdoor Gear
jeanswear and designer labels. To stock up on ski equipment
and apparel, rock-climbing
Children’s Clothing gear, tents, sleeping bags,
Women’s Clothing
In their Collins Street store, the maps and designer outdoor
The CBD is the centre for popular Australian brand Seed clothing, head for the Hardware
haute couture in Melbourne. Heritage offer high-quality Lane and Little Bourke Street
Alannah Hill’s fashions are clothing for newborns, children precinct. There are numerous
feminine and sophisticated. and teens in a range of playful shops with good quality