The best denim stores in Oz
Hate buying jeans? Here’s our pick of the boutiques across Oz that turn the jeans-shopping punish into a pleasure.
August 22, 2012
Hate buying jeans? Here’s our pick of the boutiques across Oz that turn the jeans-shopping punish into a pleasure.
QLD: K.O.M.A
Shop 2, 30 James St, Fortitude Valley, (07) 3852 5219.
The K in Kontemporary Old Modern Art is a nod to Ksubi (the store is a branch of the brand). With modern art upstairs, the staff know their wide-legs as well as their Warhol.
SA: Right Hand Distribution
22 Ebenezer Pl, Adelaide, (08) 8359 3557.
A great range of men’s labels (and women’s Nudies). The highlight? A Union Special 43200G sewing machine – the kind that hemmed all jeans pre-1968 – so head here for alterations that have the finish of real vintage denim.
VIC: Nobody
396 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, (03) 9419 3700, nobody.com.au.
Six years ago, these guys set up shop in an old mechanic warehouse – which remains its flagship. Browse the Cult Skinny range (the True Blues are modern classics). It’s a denim addict’s happy place.
NSW: Denim Co. By General Pants Co.
Shop 31-33, Ground Floor, Queen Victoria Building, (02) 9264 2842, George St Sydney, generalpants.com.au.
Located in Sydney’s iconic QVB, this is no ordinary General Pants store – there’s nothing but wall-to-wall denim goodness, from Cheap Monday, Levi’s, Insight, Wrangler and more. Not sure what to buy? Book online for an instore session with an expert.
NT: Epiphany Boutique
Shop 2, 18 Knuckey St, Darwin, (08) 8941 8470.
The only spot in the whole territory to get your mitts on Nobody jeans. They’re also the exclusive stockist of cult Californian label-of-the-moment, AG Adriano Goldschmied.
WA: Subway DC
36 King St, Perth (08) 9481 7301, subwaydc.com.au.
The place to make all your model-off-duty wannabe dreams come true, with skinnies and loads more from Nudie, Neuw and Dr Denim.
ACT: Soho Designz
Shop 7, 70 Bunda St, Canberra City, (02) 6230 6630.
With all the colours of the rainbow and a broad range of washes from Twenty8Twelve, RED Valentino, Maison Scotch and Lisa Valli, Canberrans are set.
TAS: Sodium
86 Murray St, Hobart, (03) 6224 2442.
Names range from the familiar to the hard-to-find and they offer inhouse alterations.