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Prime is located in the central business district of Melbourne.

 

 

They have a small selection of LVC, Naked & Famous, as well as TSPTR and some Red Wings.

 

 

For LVC they have a jackets, jeans and Ts.

 

 

Unfortunately they are unable to special order in any LVC stuff.

 

 

They have some of Naked & Famous' new models too. But none of their MiJ jeans, which I would have been interested.

Anyway, small shop, worth checking out. It's right next to Nudie and just around the corner from Corlection, so might as well.

 

One thing that I find very interesting is that almost everybody in Melbourne stocks Red Wings, but no one currently has an account with the higher end American makers.

Bonus pics!

 

Anthony by his lonesome doing some freehand chain-stitch embroidery at the P&P birthday party:

 

 

Pickings & Parry in Fitzroy, Melbourne, who just celebrated their 3rd birthday:

 

Originally stocking mostly work-trad clothing and accessories when they first opened, they've gradually come to stock more Japanese brands.

They have select pieces from brands such as Sugar Cane, Tailor Toyo, Indigofera, John Lofgren, Merz b. Schwanen, Tanner Goods, Nigel Cabourn, etc.

Aero and Stevenson's Overalls are featured, but the selections are extremely small.

 

 

Anthill Workshop is co-located to provide denim alteration & repair services - more photos in my post earlier in this thread.

It even has a barber shop built into the back-half of the shop space.

 

Overall, P&P is nicely curated and quite a holistic experience...even if the prices are a bit higher than overseas RRP and the selection across the brands is somewhat small.

Worth dropping by to have a look if you're in the neighborhood. 

Oni x Tanuki:

 

More on my blog.

Just thought i'd weigh in on this one...

 

Whilst i can't speak for how other stores approach their sales, i can only say that we have little interest in selling somebody something that doesn't work for them. The way is see it we're here to provide a service, and one that extends beyond giving you the ability to try on something on that you'd only seen on the internet. If the fit isn't right, particularly on raw products, it really is to nobody's benefit to try & convince them it's going to work. On the odd occasion we have made a sale that's 'on the fence' so to speak fit wise, we were clear up front that it may not work out post wash - thankfully it's always worked out for the best and nobody's come back disappointed.

 

Every store is going to have their own way of doing things, but we feel honesty is the best policy and we'll always give an opinion on a fit. If we're going to sell you something we want you to enjoy it, otherwise what's the point?

 

Totally agree with your sentiments here...

But in some East Asian societies, you simply do not 'disagree' or 'critique' a customer...just not the done thing.

So even if a shirt or a pair of pants may not fit in terms of measurements or body shape, it is almost taboo in many circumstances to tell the customer, especially if they are a bit older or of higher social status.

It is hard to understand looking from the outside, but rest assured there are likely no malicious motives behind this type of behaviour.

^You'll find that this is very much culture related. Same type of servicing in most clothing shops in Chinese-influenced societies.

Which are the others? Only been to Corlection, P&P, Godspeed so far.

^ Godspeed has webshop:

http://www.godspeedstore.com/

Online in 15 hours~

Very lucky in Melbourne at the moment, as Ant at Anthill Workshop has just set up a dedicated denim repair and customization workshop, adding to available resources for Australian enthusiasts. His space is located at the back of Pickings & Parry in Fitzroy.

 

Ant was nice enough to show me through his newly minted rooms:

 

Ant can do almost anything with denim pants and jackets, and has lots of experience working on them.

Chain-stitch embroidery, chain-stitch hemming, full inseam tapering, darning, sashiko hand-stitch, etc.

You name it, he can probably do it.

 

 

Being a denim head himself Ant is pretty particular about the details of any stitch work, as well as the materials he uses.

I felt pretty safe leaving some of my denim goods with him for alteration & embroidery - he takes the time to measure and pin the individual garments whilst worn on your person, and is really enthusiastic about the work he does.

 

 

Ant's got access to a growing collection of vintage machinery too. Some really exciting stuff for the local scene, I think.

The workshop will officially launch in it's current location this Thursday evening at a co-hosted party with P&P - more photos to come.

I hope to show you some of his work here soon.

^ Yeah, getting the hem shortened as we speak.

 

Oni collab coming out tomorrow in Australia. I'm hoping to see these in person on Thursday.

Review is up!

https://indigoshrimp.wordpress.com/2016/09/27/tanuki-inc-japan-retro-regular-straight-rr1-review/

 

TL:DR Compared with other Japanese jeans, the main differences are the more European cuts and the custom denims. The construction of the jeans are pretty competent. No glaring faults to complain about.

If you are a full-time Full Count fan or Flat Head fanboy though, probably nothing here will convince you to break habit.

Reviving an old thread. I hope to visit most of the shops here in Australia, and put up some photos and details as a resource for us Aussies.

 

First up is one of my local stores here in Melbourne: Godspeed

 

 

Place is run by Martin, who has been a denim head for some years and also has spent a bit of time living in Japan.

Some cool stuff here, like TCB, Tanuki, Railcar, Radiall, Rats, etc...

 

 

Also there is a denim repair/alteration service with specialized machines: tapering, darning, chainstitch hemming & embroidering.

 

 

Well worth checking out in here in Fitzroy, Melbourne. They have a web-shop too - just google Godspeed store.

Unless it's some serious diarrhoea I think you'll be ok.

Yeah, I'd be a 36. On paper, they'll fit a little looser than the JB high tapered cut, which is my current favourite.

The measurements on the Journeyman looks great, a true high-rise too!

Hope they will make it with some interesting denims in the future.

Received my TCB 505 today. The waistband is significantly darker than the rest of the jeans. It looks like they used different denim on that part. Tag size is 34 but I measured 32" laying flat...

Maybe they really have some issues? I don't know. Not decided what to do with them.

 

b_F, the kitties turned out to be bad kitties?

You should review this pair while you still have it!

 

These wrong measurements aren't good - might as well be missing the back pockets for all the good a pair of 32" will do for someone who needs 34.

 

Waistband with a different fabric, if indeed so, is pretty ridiculous. 

 

Aren't a couple of the folks here chummy with TCB or are retailers?

With all the things seemingly going wrong, I wonder what TCB has to say?

^ What happened over at DB?

Hello again!

It's funny b_F, nowadays I'm much more open to weird and modern denims!

I think denim is whatever we want it to be... A strict sense of reproduction when it comes to military or workwear has lost its appeal to me.

I like brown and blue wefts.

Never tried grey, maybe someday.

^ Thanks for the information and response 

No hard feelings I hope - we go way back to mynudies after all.

Would be keen to see other Daaifau products in the future.

^ They're both North Western American style, and the founder worked with the Vibergs for a time too.

To my eye no more the same as White's are to Wesco.

Truman Boots sample sale now, quick quick quick.

What leather conditioner do you guys use on your boots? I am looking for one that will not darken ro alter the shade of the leather

 

For feeding the leather (as opposed to polishing) I would recommend something that doesn't contain wax for most shoes.

Mustang Paste is good, but it doesn't need to be horse oil necessarily - mutton tallow, beef tallow, I used to use emu oil...anything with very high animal fat/oil content is fine.

For the past couple of years I've been using Bill's (Tender Co.) mutton tallow - highly recommended.

 

If there is too much wax in the feed, the wax would decrease the penetration of pigment dyes and cause build up of wax layers when you later on try to polish your shoes with a shoe creme/polish like Saphir.

Um, did anyone save that IG photo, the link's not working due to the account becoming private...

https://instagram.com/p/BKCAv1EgK6K/

I think it's important that people share their opinions honestly, so many thanks for the folks who have shared positive and negative experiences.

It's interesting that the above issues highlight the usefulness of local retailers and trying on expensive clothes before we buy.