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Shorties Children’s Wear
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Shorties Children's Wear Store in Leichhardt, Sydney stocks The stripey street cat, a children’s book by Peter Warrington and Rachel Williams with photos of inner west street art.
Shorties also stocks other kids books made by publishing and production house Not Quite Newtown.
Shorties opened in 2004 in Newtown by Celia Morris, owner and designer of Dragstar Clothing, to fill a need in the market for fashionable, original and retro inspired clothing and toys for newborns and children up to fourteen years old. The current larger store opened in 2017 in Leichhardt. Shorties supports handmade and handcrafted products made in small runs by local designers. https://www.shorties.com.au/
Sweets Workshop
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Emma and John opened Sweets Workshop in 2010, as an art gallery, retail shop and graphic design/illustration studio.
For the time being, their studio is closed to the public, but their online shop is always open.
Sweets Workshop showcases art, decorative objects, jewellery, giftware, Inner West souvenirs and independent publications with a strong focus on local and handmade items. https://www.sweetsworkshop.com/
BarockyChocky
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BarockyChocky prints celebrate many facets of our architectural and transport history.
They’re made by Andrew Burns, a graphic designer in love with the history of commercial art.
BarockyChocky has print sets of the heritage of Glebe, Balmain, Haberfield, Marrickville, St Peters and Tempe, Camperdown, Petersham, Newtown, and more!
https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/BarockyChocky
Well Spotted
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You’ve probably seen a Well Spotted t-shirt around the place already.
Tony Clayton makes ‘inner westie’ tshirts and the ‘suburb listing’ and many other cool t-shirts for adults, kids and bubs.
Well Spotted is committed to keeping all production as locally focused as possible. The kids t-shirts are made in Bankstown only 12km from home and Tony hand prints them all himself. I recommend reading the back story to the business too!
FreshTeaTowels
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Annie Coulthard is the artist behind FreshTeaTowels, with a studio at Little Majestic creative studios in Sydney Street, Marrickville.
There’s a great profile of Annie in TimeOut which describes her process: “After taking photos of her subjects, she reworks them digitally into the 2D, black-and-white renderings that have become her distinctive style”.
Her designs include Petersham Water Tower, Marrickville Pork Roll and Lustre-Glo garage in Sydenham. https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/FreshTeatowels
Made 590
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“The Inner West Map is one of our favourite digital print tees!
You'll find some of the most Iconic Inner West buildings - some still open and in business, and some from a memorable by-gone era! We feature the pretty in pink, 'Marie Louise Salon' on Enmore Rd, Enmore which was owned by a brother and sister duo: Nola and George Mezher. We have heard on the grapevine from previous customers of the salon that one of Nola's friends, who was a hair model in the 70's would sit in the window of the salon reading a magazine, whilst Nola worked on her hair! Such fun and flirty advertising - we love hearing stories like this!
We also feature 'The Imperial Hotel' on Erskineville Rd, Erskineville a hotspot for the past 13yrs for the LGBTI community which has recently been closed but will be reopened again! The 'Rio Milkbar' in Summer Hill that was owned by George Poulos for a whopping 63 yrs, where he made milkshakes in a shirt and tie everyday without fail!
We also feature the famous white building with red and white font on the corner of Canal Rd and Princess Highway. Yes, that's right, you guessed it the 'Dynamo Auto Electrician' a family run business who have been operating for almost 50yrs!
Of course we also get in there, the 'Oxford Tavern', notorious for its reputation as a saucy pub (and I don't mean tomato sauce!) once know for its topless barmaids, exotic strippers and those neon lights - the bar has undergone a makeover and transformed into a Southern Style urban pub, with funky cocktails!
And of course, how could we not include, 'Made590' itself.
We've been in business for 11 years (time flies when you're having fun!) and we continue to design and make clothing that is Australian Made.
We sell products with a 'design influence', that tie in with a Bauhaus/50's store theme. Product lines are select, one-off, and unique. We are cute, fun and playful! And love what we do.”