Brisbane’s Fallow fashion boutique
|The perfect balance between shiraz and parmesan is what came to mind when we met Nat Denning, a fashion retailer and Michael, a retail shopfitter, who have combined to create Fallow, one of Australia’s most stylish and unique boutiques. Stocking the best of Australian and international labels including Friedrich Gray, Claude Maus, St Augustine Academy and Chronicles of Never, this boutique is a gem, hidden behind an anonymous door in Brisbane’s uber-hip area, The Valley. Fallow oozes style with a harmony of antique furniture and modern fashion. It is a rare retail space that has a soul and is an inspiration to those who come across it.
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anonymous said | 30 October, 2008
Nat Denning is definitely not a ‘perfect balance between shiraz and parmesan’, that would be way too boring. Instead I’d say she’s the perfect balance of absinthe and chocolate. Definitely more of a rock chick than anything…
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pkam said | 10 October, 2008
definitely a treasure
even their front door is inconspicuous, painted black on the upper level of an otherwise boring building and adorned with a deer rack for a door handle