Do you need quality brands like RM Williams, Akubra, Levis, Blundstone and Rossi at a great price?

Your lifestyle demands quality, style, comfort and reliability and that’s why you trust these iconic brands, RM Williams, Akubra, Levis, Blundstone and Rossi. Blowes Clothing is your online solution to purchase and ship your boots and clothing world wide.

You can view the extensive range Of RM Williams Boots and Clothing online, along with Akubra Levis, Driza Bone, Levis and Blundstione; or contact us for special request and custom made boots. Blowes was established in 1936 so you can rest assured that the service you receive is a match for these great products you purchase online.

As we also have three retail stores some product can be sold out before we have time to update the website, in the rare case this may happen we will contact you immediately to rectify the problem.

All our prices include GST which will be deducted for all overseas purchases.

Uniquely Australian Clothing

For those who demand the best in what they wear, the stock found here at Blowes Clothing will certainly not disappoint. Every item and every brand has been picked for its comfort, reliability, style and quality. Selling items from well-known clothing manufacturers such as Akubra and Blundstone, our store is guaranteed to provide you with items that will last you a lifetime. And, when you add in the sale prices of products such as RM Williams boots, you end up with a store in which you can dress up in the proper Australian way without having to spend an absolute fortune. Our extensive range of clothing covers men’s, women’s and children’s designs so that you can purchase items for the whole family to protect them well against the harsh natural elements. First opened in 1936, the Blowes Clothing store has been selling high quality products such as RM Williams shoes for over half a century. You can trust in us that we know superior craftsmanship and materials when we see them. In fact, we are happy to sell quality shirts, pants, and shoes to anyone, adding to the many satisfied customers that we have built up over all these years.

Dress Up in Comfort and Style

If you are looking for a piece of clothing or two that will last you for years, have a browse through our online catalogue. With everything from Akubra hats to Driza-Bone raingear, we can suit you up regardless of whether you are riding your horse around the cattle ranch or catching the bus to work. In fact when purchasing brands such as RM Williams Australia from our factory outlet or online store, you can be sure that the size will be right, the style will be perfect and the price will be very pleasing indeed. Have a look at our selection today and see if there is anything there that catches your eye. Clothing is shipped for free within Australia, while those items sent overseas will incur a small flat rate delivery charge. As well as this, if you purchase something such as RM Williams jeans from our catalogue, and find that something is wrong, we have a handy refunds and returns policy to help set things straight again. With a vast collection of clothing, plus a number of customer service policies to assist you, there is no better place to purchase your clothes from in this Great Southern Land.

The RM Williams Story

RM Williams was a Jack of all trades and also a master of them as well. RM Williams was the quintessential Aussie all-rounder was a bushman, camel boy, bricklayer, businessman, tea grower in New Guinea, builder, horse breeder, grazier, explorer, miner, tycoon, raconteur, well sinker, stockman, avid reader, author, drover and the list could go on. RM was born in1908, he grew up quickly and from an early age learnt to handle horses on his father's property at Belalie. He left school early at age 14 but became an avid reader, including the works of Tolstoy.
After leaving home to see the world he took on jobs wherever they were available, and learnt numerous skills in his travels including:

• Building while helping build a church in Victoria
• He learnt to handle camels from Afghan cameleers and worked as a camel boy traveling between Western Australia and Oodnadatta
• He worked as a Dingo scalper
• Sunk Wells

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Helped establish a mission on the Western Australian Goldfeilds where he learnt a number of skills from the indigenous people in particular their bushcraft, cutting mulga, burning limestone, how to find water and track animals. He was later quoted as saying “The mastery of these Aborigines over their environment has been the inspiration of my life”

Whilst working sinking wells in the Northern Flinders Ranges RM Williams met a man they called “Dollar Mick” Mick knew how to make pack saddles and with RM perfected the art of boot making with a single piece of leather. They worked from a pattern cut out from a kerosene tin. Later RM described dollar Mick saying. 'Mick was better at stitching than himself. For two years we entertained travelers with our products and our camp fire was a meeting place for people from far and near. Dollar and I remained friends for life'

In the North life was Hard for RM, his wife Thelma and there young family, they endured many challenges including harsh dust storms and unbearable sand. All the while surviving mostly on Rabbit and Kangaroo meat.

During the early 1930s RM returned to Adelaide for work. He had been employed for a short time at Sidney Kidman's Eringa Station. In 1934 he opened a workshop at 5 Percy Street Prospect, Adelaide. His remarkable skills of boot making and leatherwork would now reach there full potential. The business soon developed into a huge concern, now supplying not only the Australian market it also exported its merchandise overseas. Sending boots and other articles to England, USA, Europe, Canada, Falklands Islands and Indonesia. With clientele including the King of Nepal and former US President Bill Clinton.

Apart from his successful business RM Williams also delved into mining at Tenant Creek, in 15 years this mine produced 80 Million Pounds worth of Gold! It’s said that RM 'used to stagger down the street to the bank with the bags of gold, a shotgun on each side'.

RM Williams wrote several books, including:

• The Bushman's Handcrafts, in 1943, which was reprinted 15 times.
• Saddle for a Throne in 1952 and
• Beneath Whose Hands in 1984. This is 'a history of my many failures and my few successes, and having had both I have learnt some wisdom'.
• I Once Met A Man in 1989,
• A Song of the Desert in 1998
• Australian Bush Classics in 2001 and
• Animal Stories in 2002

RM died on 4 November 2003 at the age of 95 on his property in Queensland.