The Rolling Stones 1981 USA Tour

The 1981 USA tour by The Rolling Stones was the highest grossing tour event that year although originally Mick Jagger was reluctant to tour at all. Interestingly, the band played a 'low-key' warm up in Massachussets billed as Little Boy Blue and the Cockroaches. The L.A. Coliseum show featured on this fantastic vintage concert jersey t-shirt included a little known artist on the bill - Prince - who (according to Wikipedia) was booed from the stage after only two songs. Versions of this t-shirt appear regularly in vintage collections and feature in quite a few publications about vintage rock t-shirts. Each individual city & venue was printed on the back of the shirt and sold at the appropriate location. An added bonus is an actual 1981 tour program!

Black 60's Suit with Brocade & Ruffled Tuxedo Shirt

Just arrived! This fabulous 2-piece wool (or wool mix) 60's era suit featuring wonderful brocade trim on the jacket and trousers. The jacket fits a size 40 (approx.) and the trousers are a generous 35" waist (can be adjusted) with 31" inside leg (plenty of extra in the hem). The shirt is a vivid blue 70's era poly/cotton with black trim ruffle & cuffs.

80's Suit & 70's Floral

Vintage 1980's grey flecked wool-blend 2-piece suit. Candy stripe poly/cotton dress shirt & red polyester tie.

Original 1970's floral 2-piece velvet skirt & jacket set.

Blue Patterned del Monti Suit

A great looking patterned blue wool blend 2-piece suit from the late 70's by del Monti. Great for the bigger guy. 44 jacket and fits a 38" waist (can be taken in).

Aurora Cinema Opens this Thursday!

Much excitement in Fitzroy St as the old George Cinema finally reopens as the new Aurora - this Thursday, March 10th!!

Think About Your T-shirt!!

Thought I should reprint a quote from Australian Fashion Journal from last year. The article was actually describing how fashion labels manage to churn out so many lines EVERY YEAR in the mad scramble to grab as many sales with cheap garments feeding the public's desire to have more things, more often & for less. It got me to thinking what the real cost is of your chain store t-shirt. Think about this & maybe glance inside and take a look at the label next time.

"Fashion houses now offer up to 18 lines a year to feed our addicition for fast, affordable fashion. But this means that factory workers are often exploited; forced to work below the minimum wage, for up to 15 hours without a break and without job security. These workers usually can't even afford to purchase the clothes they sew.

Cheap clothes are also damaging to the environment - the pesticides used to grow the crops are harmful to the soil they are grown in and the water sources around them. Clothing company Seasalt estimates that almost 8,000 chemicals are used in the making of one cotton shirt."

Another link here to greenchoices.org with some more thoughts and ideas.

Nardis of Dallas

Wonderfully simple brown cotton 40's era shirt/wiggle dress by Nardis of Dallas.

Link to the Nardis of Dallas trademark application