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GPO STORE :
Level 1, GPO, cnr Bourke & Elizabeth St, Melb.
(+ 61 3) 9662 2012
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FITZROY STORE :
225 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy
(+ 61 3) 9486 0010
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The Cloakroom Incident
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It felt like a big night; it looked great, Yin and the rest of the art department had done a good job. Good crowd. No major incidents.
There seemed to be lots of people in, I sensed ticket sales on the door must have been good.
About two o’clock I bumped into Morris and he told me all the overheads were covered and I knew they wouldn’t be counting the bar takings till the end, so I was in good spirits.
I was up on the balcony looking down over the crowd on the main dance floor and spotted Oscar and Donna standing beside the stage, I hadn’t had a drink all night, and thought I’d let them know about the money and perhaps we’d have a drink to celebrate a job well done.
I’m pretty sure I picked up a bottle and three glasses from the upstairs bar.
When I got to the bottom of the staircase I noticed a big queue for the cloakroom. I must’ve been annoyed the cloakroom staff weren’t managing to keep things moving. I saw two people at the front of the queue going mad swearing at someone inside.
I went inside and Morris was already in there trying to take control, barking instructions at the guys, speaking calmly to the punters.
I asked him what the hell was going on and he told me they’d fucked up the ticket system, and that the woman in charge had panicked and done a runner.
In a couple of minutes it was clear they couldn’t match tickets to coats. I remember feeling a bit sick and then thinking the staff might all run off, I think Morris sensed that too, I remember at one point he gathered them all together.
The punters were getting hysterical at the front of the queue. The noise level was unbelievable.
People right at the front could either see their coats or were telling me they could remember where they’d been hung up.
I let a group of sober ones inside to find their coats. Not long after that the double doors were pushed in and the boldest from the queue were inside pushing and grabbing . The next stage was chaos, drunk people, hysterical people, scared people looking for coats and jackets.
Donna and Oscar arrived about then and we all rolled up our sleeves. I can’t remember too much about the next hour or so, but my clearest memory of the whole night is turning round and making eye contact with a young woman putting on a tartan coat; three quarter length, sky blue.
From her movements I knew straight away it wasn’t hers. She looked a bit unsteady on her feet. She pulled the lapels tightly around her throat, lowered her face slightly and raised her eyebrows at me, like a child begging for an expensive toy. I turned away. I turned back a couple of seconds later, she was gone.
I was in Corniche about three months later and I saw the coat hanging up, £1,750. It was a very impressive item, beautifully made, tiny stitches, silver lined, thin belt and silver buttons that I remembered noticing on the night, quite magnificent.
Even after all the hassle on the night and the work Donna and Oscar had with the insurers and all the compensation claims I remember being pleased for her. I bet she loves that coat, it really suited her. |
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NEW SEASON WOMENS FASHION
New women’s fashion going in every weekend at the moment, some of this weekends highlights are the cotton peppercorn tree dresses, the superb new wool skirts and tops and a new collection of knitted wraps.
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NEW COLLECTION OF
BACKING CLOTH PAINTINGS
A taste of the paintings that came from half of the January, February, March backing cloth. Stewart is working on an idea that involves the other half for his Craft Victoria show next month.
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NEW ZAISHUS
the new spacecraft zaishu is now in store, two new prints, bamboo and jasmine and an old favourite corea. The botanical theme is continued into two geometric designs from the spacecraft library.
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newsletter design by casey
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