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Aussie Life

Aussie life

13 May 2023

9:00 AM

13 May 2023

9:00 AM

I’m a long-time devotee of the op shop, as anyone who has seen my wardrobe will confirm. I’ve spent many happy weekend afternoons browsing through what the ABC’s Nineties classic The Late Show immortalised as ‘stacks of slacks on racks’.

These racks were crammed together in small dark shops smelling of mothballs.

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