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                <title>Now Open: Adore Beauty Has Launched Its Biggest Store Yet at Melbourne Central, Complete With a K-Beauty Shop and a Fragrance Bar</title>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliza Campbell]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Adore Beauty's largest store yet has opened at Melbourne Central, complete with a dedicated K-Beauty shop-in-shop and gift bags for the first 1,500 customers.</p>
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                <title>Aesop&#039;s Fragrant Fables Perfumery Has Turned Its Sydney CBD Store Into a Living Library of Scent</title>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliza Campbell]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Suspended pages, amber glass, incense and raw ingredients fill the Pitt Street store until Sunday, November 1.</p>
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                                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Suspended pages, amber glass, incense and raw ingredients fill the Pitt Street store until Sunday, November 1.</p>
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                <title>MECCA&#039;s Born Creative Workshops Bring Poppy Lissiman, Tiffi and Soraya Boularas to Bourke Street in October</title>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliza Campbell]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 06:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The $20 sessions at MECCAVERSITY run over three Thursday nights, and the ticket price is fully redeemable on MECCA products on the night.</p>
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                <title>It Girl Designer Cecilie Bahnsen&#039;s Whimsical ASICS Sneakers Are Back for Spring 2026</title>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Haymun Win]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>These sculptural kicks are landing in a pair of muted tones.</p>
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                                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These sculptural kicks are landing in a pair of muted tones.</p>
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                <title>This Just In: Boobie Lane, a Larger-Than-Life Installation Celebrating Boobs in All Shapes and Sizes, is Headed to a Historic CBD Laneway</title>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jade Solomon]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The massive installation celebrates boobs in different shapes, sizes and skin tones, making representation not often seen in the industry impossible to ignore. </p>
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                                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The massive installation celebrates boobs in different shapes, sizes and skin tones, making representation not often seen in the industry impossible to ignore. </p>
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                <title>Now Open: Print and Colour-Loving Homewares Brand Kip&#038;Co Gets Its First-Ever Physical Store on Fitzroy&#039;s Gertrude Street</title>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliza Campbell]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>The colour-mad bedding-and-homewares label has marked 14 years in business with its first bricks-and-mortar shopfront.</p>
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                                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The colour-mad bedding-and-homewares label has marked 14 years in business with its first bricks-and-mortar shopfront.</p>
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                <title>The Best Nail Artists in Melbourne</title>
                <link>https://concreteplayground.com/australia/design-style/best-nail-artists-melbourne</link>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Haymun Win]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>These 15 artists know how to dress digits.</p>
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                                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These 15 artists know how to dress digits.</p>
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                <title>Sydney Founders Work in a Historic Industrial Warehouse Under the Harbour Bridge</title>
                <link>https://concreteplayground.com/australia/design-style/sydney-founders-work-in-historic-warehouse-under-sydney-harbour-bridge</link>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Haymun Win]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>It also houses an espresso cafe with a colourful criminal past. </p>
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                                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It also houses an espresso cafe with a colourful criminal past. </p>
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                <title>The Best Australian Fashion Brands to Know Right Now</title>
                <link>https://concreteplayground.com/australia/design-style/design/australian-fashion-designers</link>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Haymun Win]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>From emerging names to established favourites, these fashion designers down under are worth watching.</p>
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                                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From emerging names to established favourites, these fashion designers down under are worth watching.</p>
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                <title>Design-Led Weekend Open House Melbourne Returns, Offering Rare Access to Hidden Spaces, Private Homes and Infrastructure Icons</title>
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                <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hudson Brown]]></dc:creator>
                <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <description><![CDATA[<p>Indulge your inner stickybeak, as this long-running annual event grants access to some of Melbourne's most beautiful, usually off-limits homes and spaces.</p>
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                                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Indulge your inner stickybeak, as this long-running annual event grants access to some of Melbourne's most beautiful, usually off-limits homes and spaces.</p>
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