A Rosie Touch: Tarlo and Graham

Shiftazine loves Melbourne…especially Fitzroy.
When shiftazine’s feet hit the pavement of Gertrude Street after a too long an interval, it was like being home.
The store fronts, the contents inside the store fronts, the ‘too many things to love’ stuff that jammed the fashion stores,
let alone the galleries, the cafes, object’art and tat stores, all filled shiftazine’s giddy glaze.

It was like wearing rose tinted glasses, as even the posters on walls, the wallisms, and the graffiti were all worthy of a gallery exhibition.

There is one store amongst the kaleidoscope of this area which stands alone in its sense of style and curation.
Tarlo and Graham sits closer to Smith Street than Brunswick Street.
It occupies a fine Victorian building, which has seen better days, but still generates a sense of grandeur.
It is within the ever changing landscape of this establishment that excites and inspires.

Behind the counter a delightful rosy haired woman, called Rosie greets you.

It is her eye and deft touch that takes these disparate pieces from past times

and combines them into a tableau of the contemporary.

It is not just the object, full of its own history, that will bring the ambience to a space,
it's the way one creates a dialogue between the arrangements of objects and furnishings, and Rosie has that touch.  

Tarlo and Graham 202 Gertrude St, Fitzroy VIC 3065 Phone: (03) 9417 7773