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Alice Euphemia
Karen Rieschieck and Caroline Price's Alice Euphemia dresses the hippest Melbourne girls. Art-school cheek abounds in local labels Claude Maus, Mad Cortes and Sydney's Michelle Robinson. The cabinets in this intriguing girlie space shelter Lost in the Wood 's collectable kidult pins, glam savage jewels by Alexander McQueen -anointed William Llewellyn Griffiths, and Wolfgang and Vincent's heart-unfastening silver keys. Check also for exhibitions by artists/designers/illustrators.
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Chalk N Cheese
Make your little darling look just like you did when you were little, by buying them the same clothing styles. Chalk N Cheese brings the city's sympathy for vintage to kids, with gorgeous button-neck skivvies, tunics and scarves. The limited but stellar range is beautifully made, so clothes will likely last until the next time '60s and '70s styles come round into fashion.
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Chambermaid
An inspired retailer. High St, Armadale: once the place to shop for a chesterfield or bid at Sotheby's, picturesque High St's core demographic has recently got a whole lot hipper.
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Chiodo
Chiodo subverts classic male fashion, so that army-style khaki shirts are deliciously embroidered with pink tulips. A business shirt will be perfect except for that inside-out piece, designed to reference the construction of garments. Chiodo is clever, cheeky and chic, and accessorises with fab local designers. The postmodern shop fitout (shirts displayed on a table made from stacks of shirts) is worth a squiz too.
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City Hatters
For those dapper gentlemen thinking of attending the Melbourne Cup, stop at City Hatters, downstairs at Flinders Street Station, before taking the train to Flemington Racecourse. Top that outfit with a bowler, fur felt, pork pie or that Australian icon, the Akubra. You can also pick up a simple cap to keep the sun off your face.
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Collette Dinnigan
Looking for a special-occasion frock? Look no further. New Zealand-born, Australian-claimed and internationally renowned Collette Dinnigan dresses celebrities every other day for premieres and parties. Signature delicate lace gowns and underwear, as well as shimmering satin pieces, celebrate the feminine form.
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Douglas & Hope
Douglas & Hope carries its own range of quilts and cushions. Made in Melbourne from pieces of vintage fabric, the quilts are so soft and dreamy that it's hard to resist curling up on them and going to sleep in the store. Overseas and local designer clothes, sympathetic to the soft-edged smart aesthetic, embellish the racks.
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Gwendolynne
A favourite for special-occasion dressing with a particular kind of Melburnian (soap stars and footballers' wives need not apply), Gwendolynne Burkin's historically referenced, precision-cut clothes are darkly feminine and seriously elegant. This back-street Fitzroy salon does nothing to distract from the general air of affected mystery.
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Hunter Gatherer
Hunter Gatherer takes the work out of trawling through numerous racks of mothball-scented clothes. Run by the welfare organisation Brotherhood of St Laurence, Hunter Gatherer filters through its 26-odd op shops to bring you the hippest secondhand gear. It also stocks its own vintage-inspired label. All profits go to programmes to assist low-income families, the elderly and unemployed.
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Le Louvre
This is a Melbourne institution, and as with most institutions, many of us are too scared to step inside. Behind the classic and enigmatic façade, moneyed women are measured up for the likes of Westwood, Givenchy, Stella McCartney and Galliano. Society lady Lillian Wightman founded this treasure in 1935; it's now run by her daughter, Georgina Weir.
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Tl Wood
Teresa Liano and Christopher Wood have been outfitting Melbourne's style conscious from behind the scenes for many years. Their long-awaited love-child label gives us what we want (and really, really need): classic, stylish ladylike clothes, using the loveliest silks and wools, and cuts that flatter the female form, which are surreptitiously attention grabbing.
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