Johnny Bee Goode
Zink & Sons
Gastav A. Zink migrated to Australia in the late 1880s, where he established himself in Sydney. In 1895 Gastav opened G.A. Zink & Sons Tailors at 112 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst. The store remained in this location until the widening of Oxford Street in 1905.
In 1927 a fashionable art deco shop front was built by Sidgreaves Shopfitters and was featured in many magazines. Such a shop front fitted in a popular style was considered a flamboyant extravagance during the difficult years of the Great Depression but Zink & Sons proved to be a thriving business at the time, regardless of the adverse circumstances.
In the 1940s, Zink & Sons’ clientele was huge. On Saturday mornings there would be a queue of thirty people outside its doors, there were about a dozen employees working on the two floors and two mezzanines of the shop with “ready to wear” sales on the ground floor and Tailoring on the first floor. The top floor two bedroom flat was occupied by Thomas Zink, Gastav’s grandson.
In 1989 a permanent conservation order, under section 44 of the Heritage Act 1977, was placed on the building of Zink & Sons, due to its heritage and artistic value.
Zink & Sons
Gastav A. Zink migrated to Australia in the late 1880s, where he established himself in Sydney. In 1895 Gastav opened G.A. Zink & Sons Tailors at 112 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst. The store remained in this location until the widening of Oxford Street in 1905.
In 1927 a fashionable art deco shop front was built by Sidgreaves Shopfitters and was featured in many magazines. Such a shop front fitted in a popular style was considered a flamboyant extravagance during the difficult years of the Great Depression but Zink & Sons proved to be a thriving business at the time, regardless of the adverse circumstances.
In the 1940s, Zink & Sons’ clientele was huge. On Saturday mornings there would be a queue of thirty people outside its doors, there were about a dozen employees working on the two floors and two mezzanines of the shop with “ready to wear” sales on the ground floor and Tailoring on the first floor. The top floor two bedroom flat was occupied by Thomas Zink, Gastav’s grandson.
In 1989 a permanent conservation order, under section 44 of the Heritage Act 1977, was placed on the building of Zink & Sons, due to its heritage and artistic value.