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Cat and Bird: Recycled in Melbourne

Cat and Bird: Recycled in Melbourne

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This blog is like a little library of my op-shop experiences in Melbourne, Australia. I'll endeavour to go to a different one around melbourne each week. commenting on the quality, variety and rarity of clothes and items, music, atmosphere, local food and pt (public transport.)

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  • Yooralla OpShop, Carlton

    Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 23:43

    It's big wide windows, facing out into Elgin St, Carlton, are crowded with old electrical appliances, dvds, vhs tapes, vases and pillowey fur coats. This jumble of items is a fitting precursor to the op-shop with a grungy-country vibe.It's a big, mos...

  • Emils Shoe Repairs, Windsor

    Posted on Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 23:19 in shoes, vintage, windsor, expensive, doc martens

    Yes, I know it's an unlikely title for a vintage shop, but Emils shoes at the Windsor end of Chapel St has an impressive display of second hand boots and shoes.Doc Martens are being embraced again as fashion from the nineties is coming back. An older...

  • Josie\'s Opportunity Shop, Balaclava

    Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 21:27 in kitsch, leather jackets, balaclava

    Josie’s is a Carlisle St cultural institution. It’s not pristine and it’s not particularly “vintagey”. In fact it’s utterly disorganised and cluttered, but it’s charming and a clash of old world, kitsch and the 80s. “Josie,” I assu...

  • hardrubbish and nana vintage

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 01:00 in free stuff, vintage, odds and ends

    Essentially, I'm not sure if you can classify things you find in hard rubbish or items given to you by your Nana as "vintage," but there is certainly a generous dosage of secondhand somewhere.Someone stacked some old stereos near the wheelie bins at ...

  • Salvation Army Op Shop, Balaclava

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 00:40 in furniture, balaclava, new store, salvos, homewear

    This is a new location for the Salvation Army Op Shop in Balaclava. It's a big space in a converted garage, facing the St Kilda Town Hall on busy Carlisle St. The old store was on the corner of Inkerman St and Brighton Rd. At 4am (I used to drive to...

  • can you recycle recycled clothes?

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 21:31

    I've written a blog about recycling second hand clothes (well, my failure to do so) on I op therefore I amCheck out the post, but more importantly, check out the blog. It's a collective, Melbourne based blog on op-shopping. Lots of great articles and...

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ViaCityLoop

5 stars Andy

Awesome writing style and cool topics!

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