Macarthur Square has changed a lot since opening its doors to the public.
There have been major extensions among other changes. But some things have stayed the same.
One of them is a business that opened in 1985 on the top floor of Macarthur, Today’s Man Menswear.
And it’s still in the same spot 40 years after the Scundi brothers first opened the business.
Last Friday the South West Voice popped in to have a chat to one of the brothers, Johnny Scundi.
“It’s been a good experience,’’ he says.
“We get people coming in with their kids, you know.
“Dad will get a suit, and the kids will get suited up for a wedding, that kind of thing.
“Over the years we’ve served politicians, sports people, but you can’t go mentioning them,’’ he says.
But we asked him again and again and eventually did get some names of Western Suburbs Magpies players getting suited up at Today’s Man before the merger with Balmain Tigers.
“Sure, like Paul Langmack, Bobby Lindner, they all came here back in those days,’’ says Johnny.
Talking of famous people, the store also provided employment for locals, especially young people at school or university.
One of them was Daniel Fenech, who has gone on to produce a movie called Christmess, which was shot around Campbelltown, and a documentary, The Blind Sea.
Fenech runs production company Brick Studios, but has always stayed in touch with the Scundi boys at Today’s Man.
But back to men’s fashions, and we ask Johnny Scundi if men’s taste in clothes has changed a lot over the past 40 years.
“No, not really, men still like to look smart by wearing a nice sports jacket, that kind of thing,’’ he says.
