Wasteland: a cultural oasis in the worlds most isolated city
Posted by charmedquark | April 12th, 2009
Wasteland is a store located upstairs on King street that houses a rich variety of art and culture from Australia and around the world.
It’s a ‘concept’ store, similar to Colette in Paris, featuring sculpture work by George Kustorkov originally made in the 1970′s for ‘Cardin Salon International’, a full length mural wall by Sydney artist Ben Frost, mannequins designed by anna sui and a black mickey mouse gesturing rudely, the store is an experience in itself. Can’t begin to guess at the startup costs of this.
For those of you interested in fashion, Wasteland houses a selection of premium brands such as Marc by Marc Jacobs, Martin Margeila, See by Chloé, M by Missoni, Ksubi, Commes Des Garcons, Junya Watanabe, American Apparel, Sass & Bide, Tina Kalivas, Mala Brajkovic, April 77, American Apparel, Les Bijoux de Sophie, Mawi, and Junk Deluxe.
They’ve also got a space for artists and a gallery showcasing them on their website also.
Sounds like an expensive joint to me.. however on their website they say: “Wasteland is more a destination than just a store because of the variety of stock we sell. There’s something in the store for everyone, and there’s no attitude at Wasteland, you can spend $15 or $15,000; everyone leaves with the same carry bags… and that’s the rule!”
Support Perth culture, check it out and spend some money. They have to make a return somehow.
May 16th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
It smells really, really strange in Wasteland! The smell kind of puts me off going there, that & I will never be able to afford their goods!
May 16th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
really? I didn’t notice a smell there but I didn’t stay long.. things were sooo pricey. I hope I get so rich that one day I’ll be able to afford it. But by then I’d probably be wearing boring old people clothes