Madame Pompadour
[ 3 May 2007 ]
On an exploratory visit to the Victoria Markets, Ana & I stumbled across a shop called Madame Pompadour. It’s gorgeous — like something from a Francesca Lia Block book. It is INSANELY pink, a treasure trove of homeware, clothing & accessories. I took a whole bunch of pictures because I thought it was gorgeous. I hope you find it inspiring!
Ana in a kimono from the shop. Beautiful but a little too big for either of us. I love the stack of quilts to the left, it makes me so happy. I’ve decided that I want to do up the iCiNG Bowl like a psychedelic grandma’s house: white furniture (which I already have) with granny-esque accents (floral, patchwork, vintage lamps etc.), fairy lights, weird exotic flowers, pictures of girls my age with little to no clothing on, taxidermy & maybe a zebra-print rug. Fake, I think. Anyway…
I love that etched mirror. They had a fabulous range of clothing — camisoles, slips & skirts — which ranged in price from really good value at about $14 to really really expensive at about $200. I didn’t buy any of them, even though I really wanted to, but I did buy the below dress for $39…
It looks pretty great with black stockings & New Rock boots.
An umbrella covered with quilt patches. I love it. & look at all those gorgeous pink cushions! They’re going to look so good on my white couch.
Marie Antoinette-esque quill pens, jelly moulds, lace parasols, glorious china & a huge dresser housing it all. I love shops decorated like this, I would much rather feel like everything is an exciting discovery than just “here’s a shelf & some stuff with price-tags”. Quelle yawnfest!
Aforementioned slip dresses. GOD, they were beautiful. Hand-dyed, I think, with embroidery & bits of crochet & pearls. Seriously, amazing. I want one in sky blue & one in fuchsia.
Feathered hairclips on a little cake stand. Simple enough, right? You could do that on your dresser at home. So do it!
For anyone in Melbourne (sorry to those of you who aren’t!) — Madame Pompadour is at 145 Victoria Street, next to the markets. Tell Tara I sent you!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala 
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that store is fantastic, unfortunately it’s on the other side of the world for me ):
I live fairly close to this haven of gorgeous things but I’ve never been in. I must! It reminds me of Harem on Brunswick Street – they also offer up ancient slips that have been beautifully updated by hand. I eloped in one of those Harem slips! Ha!
Dee Dee — It’s sooo cute inside. I want to go in with a loaded credit card & nut out! I haven’t been to Harem, it sounds good. Props for eloping, haha, that’s so cool!
Those slips look absolutely amazing! and that umbrella is such a wicked idea! I might have to give something similar a go.
I wish I lived near Melbourne…
That is the cutest dress ever! I want a hairclip :[...
You described my living room/bedroom exactly even down to the fake zebra rug…......such delicious taste!xoxoxoxo
Sweet Lola, my GOD, pictures please!
Very girly! The slips remind me of Carly Harris here in Wgtn where I used to work, and Magnolia for all the little treasures. I actually saw some gorgeous pastel pink and green cake stands at Spotlight in Wgtn the other day for $30 and was tempted to buy some for my jewellery. They had scalloped-type edges which meant you could hang necklaces from them as well.
those slips look beautiful! I want one. I’ve walked past that place a few times but usually on awkward shopping trips with my brother so I’ve never had a chance to look inside.
thanks for the write up! you’ve inspired me to drag myself out there.
It is beautiful! I just wish that I could click on the pictures to make them bigger and see them in fuller detail.
Wow! That store looks so fabulous that it makes me want to fly to the antipodes just to see it! It is my dream store par absolutement!
We have a similar store here called La Cache, but it is really geared up for middle-aged women, and not for young eccentric girls :-(
The dresses and skirts look beautiful. I want!
Oh, i do the cakestand thing myself! i usually keep candy and the like on it, though. and one plate has a plastic dinosaur on it, haha.
this shop reminds me ov an entire town across state where i went on vacation. it would have been loads ov fun, if i hadn’t been trapped with my family in the midst ov a teen goth phase. eeeps, it was an awful trip— i am considering going back there on a road trip next summer and taking a lot ov pictures. :D
I have a vintage cake stand with a ballerina supporting the top tier – it’s so cute!
So much PINK! That is quite close to my idea of Heaven. Thank you for the beautiful pictures _
Gala, I love you, but when you say “naked girls” I’m assuming you don’t mean naked children. Considering that sex workers/strippers/women who pose nude for men’s magazines are often referred to as “girls” so as to appear inferior and less worthy of respect, I’d appreciate it if you changed your wording to “naked women” or something else that acknowledges the fact of their maturity.
Please don’t think that I’m being rude in posting this note anonymously, it’s just that others tend to jump on me for bringing up things like this online.
Anon. — I said “naked girls” because I think of anyone around my age as being a girl, not a woman — & I prefer to ogle females in my age bracket. Plus, I tend to think girls become women at around age 30. I have changed it to “pictures of girls my age with little to no clothing on” ;>
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thanks for the inspiration…im moving to my new place this weekend and the bedroom is going to be very lula-esque.
i am obsessed with feather hairpieces. right now i just have headbands (made from real feathers by an old hippie on haight st, sf) but when my hair grows longer i want so badly to somehow weave feathers into my hair!
rachel
p.s. have you seen the magazine “missbehave”? i discovered it a few days ago and it reminded me of you. :)
Rachel — Awesome! Glad to be of assistance. This might help you re: the feather hairpieces — the other day I saw a woman wearing a masquerade mask the same colour as her hair (white) on the side of her head — so the eyes were above her ear & feathers were shooting up above it. Looked AMAZING. Maybe you could try that!
& Missbehave? No! I haven’t! I should look it up.
i love that kimono. i have some cloth with a similar print that i was going to make into a cool skirt, but now i think i’ll add to my collection of kimonos! and i’m actually heading to melbourne in june!! i’ll have to check this shop out.
hi amy , luv 2 read yr column its just wonderful, yr 2nd cuz liz
Oh wow that store is stunning! I wish I could go there but it’s on the otherside of the world for me too!
:D I love this shop so much, everytime I go to the QV markets I go there.
I bought a red polka dot jacket for $29 the other day, it’s sooo cute.
and I love the way everything is set out in the store, to make it fun to look at xD