Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

Real life | 2 October 2010

Tack shops. You can't live with them, you can't live without them.

issue 02 October 2010

Tack shops. You can’t live with them, can’t live without them. There is no logical explanation for how compulsively these places draw you in. It is entirely probable they put something addictive in the air supply. Or would they even need to? The intoxicating smell of leather and leather soap, of soft brown suede, of waxed jackets, of hoof oil, of rubber and neoprene Hunters, ooh aah…

Sorry, I’m having a moment.

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