by Jodi Panayotov In a world of retail store weary shoppers and cyber shopping threatening to take over the real thing there are still some boutiques in Brisbane where fashion is an art form in every sense, originality and quality rule and to visit them is an experience in itself. Eschewing the mainstream and cookie cutter malls they mostly tuck themselves away from the main streets, without discernible signs and in a couple of cases behind closed doors altogether. Fallow Visitors to Fallow must first take the original 1960's staircase of Cameron House to the next level, where a foyer with a couch and an antler-handled door await. Pull the door open and a windowless dim lit brick walled room with black furniture, glass cases of edgy jewellery and sparse racks of exquisite clothes looks as if it awaits the arrival of Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Fallow is the brainchild of Brisbane fashion queen Natalie Denning who also owns Bessie Head. Violent Green Shops come and go on the Ann St precinct of indie fashion boutiques but Violent Green, signed by a smudgy VG, remains (as does its micro Elizabeth Arcade boutique).
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