Not everyone who travels light wants to wear outdoor/hiking/safari type clothes - some like to be a bit more dressy and glam.
There are a few stores out there that cater for you! Check out these three.
Travelling light is all about layering and this is where label metalicus specialises -layer upon layer as you like. Their one-size-fits-all clothes, mostly polyamide, polyamide/wool, and polyamide/cotton in terrific styles and colours, are worn over their basic long tees, and most shapes will find something to flatter.
Hedrena's line is all in pure wool - from jackets down to knickers! They have slacks and skirts and use a rainbow of colours in their many styles of tops. And being pure wool it is perfect for hot or cold weather - just ask sheep how they survive Australia's climate!
The best thing with Hedrena is all their product is made in Australia, as is the bulk of metalicus' - how good is that?
Bigger size store ts (size 14-24) has put out a new travelling light range - based on leggings with mesh/net like tops and skirts in nylon/elastane/polyester which can be layered any which way. They have a nice black pant in a heavier fabric which would need to worn on the plane and not packed in your bag!
All the above fashions are quick drying - rinse out overnight and they're back in your bag ready to wear.
Oh - and metalicus has a sale on right now!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
The retail rip-off
Let me say to start with that I try to help Australian industry - in the supermarket I will always buy Australian over foreign imports even though it usually costs more. But when we wanted to buy binoculars for our trip to Africa, well there is only so much you can take!
From a store in Melbourne our chosen brand cost $350 a pair. Why can I find the same binoculars on the internet for $160? There are limits to my support for our retailers when this happens. A retailer here could buy online, put on 100% mark-up and still charge $350! There's something wrong here. We've all heard the complaints of Gerry Harvey, Myer etc about people buying online but they need to come out with a decent reason for this price difference. GST is only 10% so that accounts for only a small part. They may have to pay a higher wholesale price due to smaller quantities but that still can't make up for such a big difference.
And I am so sick of being told that we can't buy certain things in Australia as there is no demand for them! I buy woollen socks online because I cannot find the style I want here - the usual store defence is "we can't stock everything" so they stock only the plainest, safest styles.The optician gave me the same story last week about glasses frames.
I'll still support our food producers but everything else? Only when retailers stop ripping us off!
From a store in Melbourne our chosen brand cost $350 a pair. Why can I find the same binoculars on the internet for $160? There are limits to my support for our retailers when this happens. A retailer here could buy online, put on 100% mark-up and still charge $350! There's something wrong here. We've all heard the complaints of Gerry Harvey, Myer etc about people buying online but they need to come out with a decent reason for this price difference. GST is only 10% so that accounts for only a small part. They may have to pay a higher wholesale price due to smaller quantities but that still can't make up for such a big difference.
And I am so sick of being told that we can't buy certain things in Australia as there is no demand for them! I buy woollen socks online because I cannot find the style I want here - the usual store defence is "we can't stock everything" so they stock only the plainest, safest styles.The optician gave me the same story last week about glasses frames.
I'll still support our food producers but everything else? Only when retailers stop ripping us off!
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