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'trash pop culture, hot rods and rock and roll', this cool cat coughs up clothing and ac-
cessories for all genders and ages (including baby punkwear) in several shades of New-
town black.
NEWTOWN OLD WARES
( 9519 6705; 439 King St; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun; Newtown)
Yearning for a vintage Cilla Black
poster, a safari suit or a Blaxploitation lamp? This funky antiques store covers the cool
and the kitsch from 'deco to disco': old transistor radios, TVs, telephones, jukeboxes,
barstools, vinyl couches…perfect for pottering about.
ANTIQUES
BEEHIVE GALLERY
HANDICRAFTS
Newtown)
If it's homemade, it has a home in this store, which stocks quality fashion, jew-
ellery, and arts and crafts from around 100 artisans. The walls are peppered with interest-
ing pictures of Sydney scenes - good souvenirs.
FROLIC
( 9519 9895; 461 King St; 11am-6pm Wed-Mon, to 3.30pm Tue; Newtown)
Funky tees, sunnies,
hats, vintage dresses - Frolic specialises in 1950s to 1980s secondhand men's and wo-
men's clothes, and also stocks several local brands. Masquerade as a local with a New-
town Jets T-shirt.
CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES
QUICK BROWN FOX
of fast-looking, tanned vixens snapping up funky vintage fashions that veer from 'hello,
boys!' cuteness to indecent -exposure sexiness. Catchy patterns and fabrics, chic boots
and bags.
CLOTHING, ACCESSORIES
EGG RECORDS
town)
There's something a bit too cool about this secondhand and new music store, but it's
the perfect place to, say, complete your collection of 1980s David Bowie 12” singles, or
pick up a Cramps T-shirt or a Gene Simmons figurine.
MUSIC
