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• Tobacco Shift Dress from Miss Selfridge Petites
• Vintage Handbags at The Stellar Boutique
• Adidas Rom OG trainers back for new year in two new colourways
• eBay watch: 1950s Marconiphone valve-based portable record player in 'mint' condition
• Jade Marczynski Embroidery “Caravanning”
• London Calling: The Clash by Adrian Boot at Proud Camden
• Red Cornishware from T.G. Green
• 'Instant Heirloom' glitter ornaments from Anthropologie

Tobacco Shift Dress from Miss Selfridge Petites Posted: 01 Dec 2010 10:32 AM PST This Autumn/Winter season's mainstream fashion seems to have taken influence from a wide variety of retro looks, some designers with more success than others. Miss Selfridge seem to be on a winning streak, especially when it comes to sixties dress design. This Tobacco Shift Dress from their Petites range has unmistakeable sixties inspiration, providing a perfect minidress for the colder months. The sleeveless a-line shape, peter pan collar and tuxedo detailing are all pitch perfect for the decade. It's the unusual tobacco shade, however, that's won us over, providing a less seen vintage shade that's irresistible. Get it now from Miss Selfridge for £40. Find out more from the website

Vintage Handbags at The Stellar Boutique Posted: 01 Dec 2010 10:19 AM PST The best vintage boutiques can be trusted to separate the wheat from the chaff, stocking lots of products of great quality. With the advent of online vintage retailers, the days of trawling through endless rails isn't the only way to find a treasure. The Stellar Boutique is one of those rare retailers with a great eye, as shown by their latest vintage handbag range. With a great variety of bags from the fifties to the eighties, there's plenty of choice from the everyday to some hard to find designer pieces. The prices are a steal too, starting under £20. Find out more from the website

Adidas Rom OG trainers back for new year in two new colourways Posted: 01 Dec 2010 08:23 AM PST A reissue appeared back in August, but the two forthcoming reissues of the Adidas Rom OG trainers seem to have more of a 'wow' factor, at least in terms of colour. You can pre-order a pair now in either the bluebird blue with white detailing (pictured over the page) and a clean white with twilight green detailing above. Both are pretty faithful to the 1970s design, finished off with the gold Rom branding, premium leather upper and gum sole. They'll be shipped in January if you want to guarantee yourself a pair, £59 is the price for either colour. Find out more at the End Clothing website

eBay watch: 1950s Marconiphone valve-based portable record player in 'mint' condition Posted: 01 Dec 2010 07:57 AM PST A long title, but hopefully it tells you more or less everything about this Marconiphone portable record player currently on eBay. It's a stunning thing, described by the seller as a 'timeworn' and in 'as new' condition - over 50 years on, that's something. The case is in a two-tone pastel design, while the deck plays 16, 33, 45 and 78 vinyl through its valve-based audio system. Even as a piece of design, it's worth mentioning, but it's a practical item too for vinyl lovers. See a shot of it closed up over the page, with the price currently at a bargain £29.99. Find out more at the eBay website

Jade Marczynski Embroidery “Caravanning” Posted: 01 Dec 2010 07:38 AM PST   If all of the prints we've featured recently haven't quite been your thing, then Jade Marczynski Embroidery has some completely different artwork including this piece, "Caravanning". It features a hand embroidered design of a vintage caravan on a piece of vintage floral fabric, which it turns out is 1940s nightgown material. It is sold ready framed. It costs £70 from Lasso the Moon.

London Calling: The Clash by Adrian Boot at Proud Camden Posted: 01 Dec 2010 07:13 AM PST   Adrian Boot is one of the UK's best-known music photographers, having been a staff photographer at the Melody Maker and working with artists including Bob Marley and the Sex Pistols. From the 9th December, Proud Camden offers the opportunity to see his work with another of punk's big names, with the exhibition London Calling: the Clash by Adrian Boot. As we have come to expect with exhibitions at Proud, the collection includes some previously unseen images an shows a softer side of the band, as they relax and rehearse at their studio in the Gin House, Stables Market in Camden. The exhibition runs from 9th December to 23rd January at Proud Camden. Visit the Proud website for full details of opening times.

Red Cornishware from T.G. Green Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:54 AM PST Cornishware is instantly recognisable with its blue and white stripes. In a twist on the look, T.G. Green have resurrected the 'lost' Cornishware Red range from the 1950s and are putting it back in our kitchens.  As part of their long history manufacturing Cornishware, T.G. Green experimented with creating red Cornishware in the 1950s but abandoned the range when they found it hard to keep the colour consistent, hence it being described as 'lost'. The rare samples that leaked out have since become expensive collector's items. The good news for all enthusiasts of the look is that sixty years later, T.G. Green have cracked the colour and brought the range back into production. The cheerful and festive colour combination has been applied to all their traditional items and is now just a click away.  Prices start at £10 for a beaker.  See the range online via India Knight

'Instant Heirloom' glitter ornaments from Anthropologie Posted: 01 Dec 2010 05:40 AM PST It's the 1st December so time to start properly getting into the Christmas spirit. If that for you includes starting to think about decorating the tree, you may want to look at these 'instant heirloom' glitter ornaments from Anthropologie. I'm not sure that they do live up to their product name in being something that you'll pass down through the generations but, if you want a very traditional look for your tree, these should should certainly do the job. They are a set of six glass bulbs, decorated with glitter - you'll probably remember something very similar on your gran's tree. These are also described as being 'age-stained', presumably to make them look like something you've dug out of the family attic. The set comes in a retro-looking box and costs £24.  Buy them online

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