cat and bird: recycled in Melbourne
Blog URL http://recycledmelbourne.blogspot.com/
Located South Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Tags fashion, vintage, opshops, review, melbourne, music, clothes, culture, city
A comprehensive vintage and op-shop experience in Melbourne, Australia. Reviews and tidbits from the second-hand underbelly of the city and suburbs.
Latest Blog Posts
- St James Op Shop, Tooronga on Nov 21, 2009 in tearoom Tooronga op-shop smell
St James' occupies a little space off the tram line in central Tooronga. It's posh, but a little shabby. With old wooden fittings and grand old green carpets with little white arrows speckled through them. On a rainy but sticky afternoon a volunteer...
- St James Op Shop, Malvern on Nov 20, 2009
St James' occupies a little space off the tram line in Malvern. It's posh, but a little shabby. With old wooden fittings, lettering on signs and grand old green carpets with little white arrows speckled through them. I went there on a rainy but hot a...
- 197 Greville St, Prahran on Nov 16, 2009 in no name shoes vintage Prahran fur
This is the vintage store with no name (well ... apparently no name). There are beautiful things in the cluttered oval windows and the store has some handsome, handmade pieces inspired by the 1950s.The store is marked only by 197 on the glass pane ab...
- name the nameless opshop on Nov 16, 2009
does anyone does know the name of the "nameless opshop" below ... let me know in the comments below. speculation on what it would be named, or what you would name it is also welcome!
- St Vincent De Paul Op-Shop, Newport on Nov 10, 2009 in fail furniture Newport
.... And a failed journey to the Anglican Op Shop, Newport. There are times when I deeply resent not having a car. Walking through the blistering heat in suburban Newport, where there are no other signs of life on a hot afternoon would have to be one...
- Vinnies, Coburg on Nov 9, 2009 in Brunswick furniture joan collins
The store is a large complex, with dark blue walls and large square windows facing out into Sydney Rd. Everything is nicely separated, long racks of women's clothing in the front, men's clothing on the right and furniture and home-wears in the back a...
- Salvation Army Op Shop, Brunswick on Nov 8, 2009 in salvos Brunswick 90s lace organ
Salvos in Brunswick. It's a spacious store divided into two neat halves. Furniture, cupboards, bookcases on one side. Horizontal racks of clothes on the other. It's a fushion of different styles, I tried on faux fur jackets to "bossa nova" style jazz...
