So out and about on one of my shopping odessy’s the other day I came across this sweet little shop called ‘This Law.’
I’m declaring a new law myself: you have to visit this shop.
Opened in December 2007 by Cecelia Hagarty and Justin Entwistle the shop stocks their own lable ‘Szou’ as well as other Melbourne designers such as Marko Maglaic, Joachim & Anna and Black Mouse to name but a few.
Their signature style is the gorgeous 1960’s and 1970’s leather jackets that Cecelia takes as a base, and redesigns, fits and embelishes to make them new again.
For $280 I think they are gorgeous, she only uses the best quality jackets she can lay her hands on so the leather looked fantastic. If you have your own leather jacket you’d like cropped or ‘re-designed’ they offer and in-house customisation service for $150, where Cecelia will work with you to re-create it to perfection.
This is the little baby I wanted but sadly it had just been put on layby. Sniff…..
Cecelia told me that 1970’s vintage leather was their specialty, so you can find tooled bags, boots, shoes and wallets.
I’m not that familiar with 1970’s vintage myself, but Cecelia seemed to know her stuff and was quite rock and roll for someone with 2 bubbas in tow.Although it’s not an era I would normally wear, I was so taken with her enthusiam for the shop and the jackets she is creating I thought it was worth sharing with you all. The shop also only promotes independant designers, and in keeping with the indie theme only plays independent, local music as well.
Sweet.
This Law
314 Victoria St Brunswick 3056
PH: +61 3 9381 4282