HMV?

Tandy, well thats American so can be expected I suppose.

You know like when you visit some place and you just dont expect something to be there. But if it wasnt there it would be even weirder.

You know what I mean?

Nah. Its too hot

I really miss NEXT and have already emailed them to see if they'll deliver to Australia. I have to dress smartly for work, and in Brisbane it's really difficult to buy quality work clothing at a reasonable price. When I need some new suits, I'll be getting them off eBay from people willing to post to Oz.
I'm take size 8 trousers and can't find any clothes small enough (and as for knickers, don't get me started presume all of us with small bums are supposed to go commando ). Bras tho are shipped from the UK from the excellent Bravissimo - can't praise 'em high enough and took four days to get here!

NEXT are being pestered by all angles and I've just added Bravissimo

HMV = His Master's Voice (although I think they're trying to get from the dog looking into the gramophone).

I think that I've got to the point where I'm more familiar with the Aussie names. I can see me in the UK later this year asking where I can find the nearest Bunnings.

Another American brand found in the UK and in Victoria is obviously Safeways (which I occasionally call Tescos).

Dont know if anyone has metioned Peacocks yet , cheap & cheerful

Nicky

They have opened a NEXT in North Perth Region.

and there are those who beleive Perth is a backwater!!

I miss TESCO (please let them buy Coles) NEXT M&S, Monsoon, Mothercare

Cheers

Birdey

There was a shop selling Next stuff but it is in the process of closing down. They started to sell all sorts of UK stuff but demand dropped off and the owners have had to close it.

Hell, is that the one in Joondalup? Gone already?? AHHHHHHHHH
At least we have a Gucci shop in town now eh? That'l do for all me regular clothes buying!

Yes thats right. I will leave the Beckhams to shop at Gucci I think.

I'm still trying to think of a shop! There's nothing that springs to mind.

Me too. How about the local butchers?

I presume you havent lived here long, we missed the likes of Next, Tesco, River Island and a couple of others at first, then you realise that the shops here are all just as good, and slightly cheaper, for clothes anyway, lets face it, its all made in China, and is more or less the same stuff, regardless of whichever country or shop you actually give the money to.

The cheap chinese stuff is just as good here as the cheap chinese stuff in the U.K. In Brisbane (CDB) anyway I cannot find quality suits at a decent price - I can find good quality stuff, but don't want to pay $500 for a work jacket. My QLD female workmates all agree that dressing smartly is very tricky in Brissie. So I miss NEXT not for casual clothes, or even dressing up stuff - but for decent work wear that fits me - and has a size 6 for my teenage daughter too!

Mothercare deliver They're listed - I'm working on the others