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
