australia :: melbourne :: shopping

[MoreFire]

Grats from me, too of course! All the best for you two..

Has your gf a fashion affinity, too? Sounds like you did a lot of shopping - any actual purchases?

I am currently stuck between visiting Paris or London.. You would recommend Paris, then? Kinda near to my university (2hrs train)... But on the other hand - Layers London should be amazing!

[fenrost]

dont forget that london has the Library as well, but still can not compete with paris stores.

The cultures are so different it's hard to say really? London for parties, Paris for food and art?

+1, depends what's the reason of traveling , shopping or?

also, I heard that EM just received a truck load of PH this afternoon. Probably the largest buy this AW10.

So Chin, run down please.

[conqueror]

yeah, i'm from england and although i like the country i (personally) just find london too depressing and expensive as mel mentioned. out of the two, i would rather go to paris anyday.

[melvin7]

I enjoyed London but if I was given a choice to come back I would have to say Paris... purely because of the food and culture. We're big eaters and we were so frustrated trying to locate good food without going to a fine dining restaurant. The only memorable food in London for me was L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon... and that's french

I guess for me London felt kinda the same but just bigger and with cooler buildings than Sydney.. when I travel I would like to get lost in the city and try as much 'local' food as possible.... we're not big on night life/parties either so yeh...

Layers' space looks HUGE. It's located in Soho right in front of Yohji's... Can't wait till that opens.

As for actual purchases - my gf copped much more jawnz than I did... She got some MA+ derbies, Ann D sneaks and a couple of RO/MMM stuff. I bought Yohji pants, a knit by Lost&Found and a pair of Ann D mandals (not the ones with the ankle straps). The pants by Yohji pretty much wiped out my shopping budget

L'Eclaireur on rue Herold is probably the best store on the planet. I can spend all day there... which we kinda did haha.

[melvin7]

oh oops... so not used to that yet!

[wept]

shit Tyro, you just brought back a flood of memories with that Dinotopia picture. I would rep if i could.

[fenrost]

just noticed, happy birthday dji!

[wept]

Happy Birthday Deej

[melvin7]

happy birthday d!!! hope you're soaking it up!

[DJI]

thanks guys, appreciate it. today was actually the first day I've had to work on my birthday, it always fell on the school holidays in the past.

[MoreFire]

Cheers mate! Hope you have at least a nice drink this evening with your friends.

[eversuns]

Happy birthday DJI

in other news, what the fuck just happened in next top model, that was pretty terrible, attract ratings for next season?

pretty disgusted by that mistake.

[Chin]

happy b'day dji!

didn't have time to look through all harnden today, will go again soon. let me just say it's a tweed heaven.

[penis]

dji happy birthday

so many celebrations in this hthread right now lol

booked my tickets to hk via kl 23rd jan - 15thfeb, any you guys gonna be there? HOME im looking at you

[Raw Selvedge]

Happy Birthday D!

Get a lot of _7 goodies?

[kuugaia]

Haha I've been calling my brother's fiance his 'girlfriend' for years...I don't think it ever sticks. But I do like the word 'fiance'.

Happy Birthday D!

If anybody gonna be in Japan in Dec or early Jan, hit me up.

[notsicknorwell]

congratulations Melvin

[Ivans On High]

anyone had a solid look through the PH at Eastern Market yet?

[Raw Selvedge]

where's the best place for chinese / asian fried noodles? Casual eating, noodle bar style.

Not sure about fried noodles in particular but my fave asian casual eating places are Pacific BBQ on Lonsdale St, Dessert House in the arcade in Chinatown, and Rose Garden on Elizabeth. I think Rose Garden would be your best bet for fried noodles though. Unless you're looking for an actual noodle bar that specialises in noodles, then I don't have a clue haha

[DJI]

yeah Rose Garden is good for noodles, don't really rate Dessert House all that much. haven't tried Pacific BBQ's noodles but their roast duck is the best I've had in melbourne.

had some particularly sucky char kway teow in box hill south today, unfortunately I don't have the time to drive into box hill town centre for lunch on most of the days I'm working here...

[penis]

ramen king in box hill is really really good

that dave and camy (?) place in box hill is aight too, the age rated it higher than it deserved though...

but for cityy not really sure. dumpling king on swanston has great noodles imo.

[MoreFire]

fenrost - I remember you once offered the LUC knit shoes of a friend of yours, right? Is this him?

The barcode knit is tempting... Any experience with the piece?

Just bought some RAF wool pants off YOOX. We'll see how they turn out...

[Raw Selvedge]

yeah Rose Garden is good for noodles, don't really rate Dessert House all that much. haven't tried Pacific BBQ's noodles but their roast duck is the best I've had in melbourne.

had some particularly sucky char kway teow in box hill south today, unfortunately I don't have the time to drive into box hill town centre for lunch on most of the days I'm working here...

Come to think of it, I havn't been to dessert house for like a year I think lol. I just remember them having large portions and decent stir fried stuff. I pretty much always get the same thing and Pacific BBQ, char siu and soy sauce chicken with rice. Always need the ginger/spring onion sauce. I really liked the garlic roast chicken at Rose garden, char siu isn't as good as Pacific and last time the drenched my rice with the stock/sauce so I could only eat just over half of it coz it was too salty .

When I was younger, I always went to Grand Taipai bakery in Box Hill. Really liked their sticky rice with fried stick in the middle. They also make great taro cakes and chestnut cakes, if you're after something kinda different for a birthday cake.

[fenrost]

fenrost - I remember you once offered the LUC knit shoes of a friend of yours, right? Is this him?

The barcode knit is tempting... Any experience with the piece?

yeah, thats him. shoot him an email, i am sure he will be happy to answer.

*edit:, uhm, nope, i haven't handled them..

[MoreFire]

Already in contact with him... Seems like it would fit, still awaiting measurements though.

He mentioned that the technique might be similar to the 'pulled-yarn' knits of recent collections. What exactly is that approach, if you dont mind me asking?

[fenrost]

Already in contact with him... Seems like it would fit, still awaiting measurements though.

He mentioned that the technique might be similar to the 'pulled-yarn' knits of recent collections. What exactly is that approach, if you dont mind me asking?

uhm, sorry, i am not sure to be honest, as i am still unfamiliar with luca's work, however, matt will be happy to elaborate I guess, his a luc fan, or you can ask raymondchiu / humancrack.

[fenrost]

btw dave, there was 4 ph tweed coats i heard. and they were all gone on the first day... gutted i dint even had the chance to see them

[fenrost]

yes chin, show your balling purchases.. including the 3 ccp boots/shoes

[Chin]

will show them in a different way rob

tyro,I got a tweed coat,a tweed hat and a leather jeans.BIG damage to my bank acc...

there are amazing greeny/gray tweed jacket and dark gray twill wool blazer/long blazer you would love.go before the racks get empty.

there are a number of pieces still at em,worth a look

[fenrost]

the last time i spoke to stephen in regard of elena dawson, is that the delivery will occur after paris fashion week, they needed certain materials and fabrics for EM's orders, that's why it's being pushed, as EM are the only store that ordered her menswear, so rejoice to some of us, i guess, as menswear aw10 has been a drought.