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• Understudy Blouse by Mode Merr
• Military Dress by Bettie Page Clothing
• Heritage London bus mug
• Crosley clock radio available from Urban Outfitters
• Add some psych to your life with the Syd Barrett colouring book
• Switched On Set is back with a bang
• Bianca Hall 'From Here to Eternity' Bus Blind Prints
• Pantone Christmas Cards
• eBay watch: 1970s Guzzini Sorella space age table lamp in black
• Pantone retro-styled women's city bike range by Abici

Understudy Blouse by Mode Merr Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:14 AM PST One of our firm favourites on Retro To Go, Mode Merr have come back to the market flying this month with a vamped up new website and plenty of covetable clothes to help the relaunch. One of our favourites, thanks to its versatility and undeniable vintage charm is this Understudy Blouse. Made from a stretch jersey fabric, the top clings to curves to create an ideal separate for your fifties and early sixties looks. With a peep hole neckline, pointed collar and ribbon fastening, the decolletage is key on this one. With a slim long sleeve and fitted cut, however, you can be sure the silhouette is kept classic throughout. The Understudy Blouse is available from Mode Merr for $62 in a wide range of sizes. Find out more from the brand new website

Military Dress by Bettie Page Clothing Posted: 06 Dec 2010 10:09 AM PST While a more subtle military influence is all the rage in mainstream fashion at the moment, there are times when our retro wardrobes call for something altogether more literal. This Olive Military Dress from Bettie Page Clothing takes the trend at face value to create a wonderfully kitsch dress straight from the forties and fifties wardrobe. The structured tailoring makes a real impact, creating a bombshell hourglass silhouette on any frame. With a square neckline, double breast buttons and cutesy pleating at the hemline, the dress has plenty of military details to boast about. The rest is kept classically vintage themed, with wide shoulders and a slim pencil skirt cut creating a killer late forties look. Get it online from Bettie Page Clothing for $134, also available in grey. Find out more from the website

Heritage London bus mug Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:53 AM PST Looking for a reasonably priced gift for a secret Santa or a stocking filler? You could do worse than looking at the Heritage London range which includes this bus mug. The mug features an illustration by Fiona Howard and has the same retro feel as her other work. It features a simplified outline of a red London bus, contrasting nicely to the cream of the mug. There's also a black taxi available in the same range.  Made from earthenware and completely microwave and dishwasher safe, the mug costs just £6.  Buy it from Marks & Spencer

Crosley clock radio available from Urban Outfitters Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:47 AM PST More retro-style electronics from Crosley, this time a clock radio alarm clock. Available from Urban Outfitters, this is fashioned to look like a vintage design. Cased in red plastic, it does what it says on the box. There's a classic clock face, a large AM/FM radio dial and that all important alarm. If only getting up in the morning was so simple.  The clock costs £55. Buy it online

Add some psych to your life with the Syd Barrett colouring book Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:12 AM PST Remember the Joy Division colouring book? Of course you do. Well, the people behind that effort (Piper Gates Design) have produced a second instalment of what's being called the 'doomed poet' series with the Syd Barrett colouring book. Yes, that's right, you can spend the cold winter evenings adding some colour to images of the Madcap Syd and the 60s-era Pink Floyd line-up. There's a four-page cover and eight pages of colouring fun, as well as a free Arnold Layne 7-inch sleeve, which can also be coloured in. Each copy is signed by the artist and the run is limited to just 45 copies. Grab one via eBay while you can, each one is available on a 'Buy It Now' for £15.99. Perfect Christmas gift fodder. Another image over the page. Find out more at the eBay website

Switched On Set is back with a bang Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:40 AM PST We've neglected it for a while, but Switched On Set is back and being regularly updated once more. For the unintiated, it's the modern flipside of Retro To Go, with pretty much the same subject matter covered, only without the retro - just interesting, art, design, homeware, gadgets..etc etc. So if you like the idea of a Paul Smith chess set, the return of the Boombox for the modern era, a DJ-friendly BPM watch or a Christmas lights tower, it's all there and more. You can follow on Twitter too - check out @switchedonset or simply add to your RSS reader. Switched On Set website

Bianca Hall 'From Here to Eternity' Bus Blind Prints Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:28 AM PST   Bianca Hall's "From Here to Eternity" prints are the latest design to follow the classic bus destination blind style. Available in a choice of three colours (red, blue or black), the print references the 1953 Burt Lancaster/Deborah Kerr film as well as conveying a romantic sentiment that make it an ideal gift for your partner. The print is sold framed in a black wood frame. Buy the bus blind print from the Kiss Her website, priced £125.

Pantone Christmas Cards Posted: 06 Dec 2010 03:26 AM PST   If you want your choice of Christmas card to reflect your impeccable design taste, then these Pantone Christmas Cards should hit the spot. The design features tasteful graphic snowflakes set against one of four Pantone colours. Choose from the metallic shades of Silver 877c or Gold 871c, or the very Christmassy colours of Red 032c or Green 354c. The cards are sold individually, priced £2 each, from Nineteen Seventy Three.

eBay watch: 1970s Guzzini Sorella space age table lamp in black Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:02 AM PST We featured one of these in white some time back, but now there's a rare 1970s Guzzini Sorella space age table lamp in black being offered on the eBay site. Designed by Studio Tecnico Harvey for Guzzini back in 1972, this space age design got even more notoriety for its extensive use in cult 70s series Space 1999 - see over the page for a picture of it there. You can see why it was used, even today it looks ahead of its time. This particular example is in black and described as being in 'very good' condition, although there is a tiny hairline crack to the base, which is pictured on the site (should you want a closer look). Saying that, right now it's just 7p, which is an absolute steal. Find out more at the eBay website

Pantone retro-styled women's city bike range by Abici Posted: 06 Dec 2010 12:37 AM PST So0me weeks back, we featured a Pantone men's bicycle in red, which was (and still is) available at Heals. Well, Made in Design has gone one better than that - offering up this entire Pantone retro-styled women's city bike range by Abici. Impressive designs they are too - each one is handmade in Italy, with the vintage-style design, steel frame, a tan leather saddle, retro head lamp and of course, a Pantone shade and branding. Look out for the Pantone name and the specific Pantone number relating to the colour. 14-0848 is pictured above, with another example, 627C, pictured over the page. £761 secures you one - see all the colours at the site Find out more at the Made in Design website Via Switched On Set

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