D Honan Is An Australian Visual artist
A Melbourne City Council email advertising a Vintage Sale at Phillips Shirt Factory in Little Lonsdale St piqued my interest. Gasp! a post industrial factory, hidden in a Melbourne laneway, not accessed by the public for aeons, selling vintage shirts and retro fabrics. Sounds like my dream come true. It was! Vast quantities of vintage
They call them thrift Shops in NYC. Jewish Thrift Shop,with lots of vintage items, good prices, around $25 US for most pieces. Salvation Army, well picked over, but cheap. Housing Works Thrift Store My favourite, staff are volunteers, including an Australian from Traralgon, manning the dressing room. Stock is good quality, some genuine vintage pieces, or
Went and saw the movie ” Advanced Style ” today , at ACMI 2 . It was screening as part of MIFF , Melbourne Film Festival . Based on a popular blog by Ari Seth Coen , the film features six elderly New Yorkers , all women , and the way they dress . Each
The thought niggled at the back of my mind like a worrisome toothache . Gasp ! I had purchased just one ticket to attend the esteemed Women Of Letters November Outing. Would i be brave enough to go solo when the time came ? Sure I had watched two other people do it . One