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• 1960s-inspired Peter Pan Stripe Top at New Look
• 1960s Levi's Type III trucker jacket
• 1950s Marianne Westman-designed Picknick chopping boards
• eBay watch: 1970s Blessing tulip-style space age alarm clock
• Midcentury-style Sanna Chair by Room & Board
• Rhodesia Was Super! limited edition serigraph by Derek Yaniger
• For sale: 1970-designed four-floor house in Antrim Grove, Belsize Park, London

1960s-inspired Peter Pan Stripe Top at New Look Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:20 PM PST Sooner than you think, the cold and wet weather will disappear, leaving some fine spring days for us to enjoy. The perfect time for wearing this Peter Pan Stripe Top at New Look. Inspired by the 1960s, this retro-styled top has that distinctive 'Peter Pan' collar, cropped three-quarter length sleeves, a stretch fit and of course, this white stripes across a blue background. Made of 100 per cent cotton, it sells online for a budget-friendly £8.99. Find out more at the New Look website

1960s Levi's Type III trucker jacket Posted: 23 Jan 2011 01:04 PM PST I guess you could call this a wardrobe classic, with this Levi's Type III trucker jacket still looking good over 40 years after it's introduction. Introduced back in 1967 as a jacket for the working man (as the name suggests), it's a rugged classic denim jacket in unwashed dry raw denim, with a slim profile, two chest pockets, button cuff, waist adjusters and a big 'E' levi's red tab near the pocket. £175 secures you one. Find out more at the Oi Polloi website

1950s Marianne Westman-designed Picknick chopping boards Posted: 23 Jan 2011 12:43 PM PST Back in July, we featured the reissue of a classic - the Marianne Westman-designed Picknick homeware range. Originally designed in 1956, it's a Scandinavian mid-century classic that still looks shaper today. If you invested in that, you'll no doubt be keen on owning these newly-launched Picknick cutting boards. Like the rest of the range, the design features food laid out for a picnic, this time on a wooden board that's been laminated and available in a choice of three designs and sizes. Prices start at £20.47. Find out more at the Scandinavian Design Center website

eBay watch: 1970s Blessing tulip-style space age alarm clock Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:46 AM PST Judging by the brisk bidding so far for this item, the Blessing alarm clock is an item in demand. Straight out of the 1970s (as you might have guessed), it was made in (West) Germany, with a block and white colour scheme, circular colour scheme for the numbers and that tulip-style base. All of that in a clock that stands around seven inches tall. As we said, plenty of interest already, although that interest has only resulted in a bidding price of £23 so far. Find out more at the eBay website

Midcentury-style Sanna Chair by Room & Board Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:31 AM PST No, this isn't actually a mid-century design, although the midcentury-style Sanna Chair by Room & Board isn't a million miles from the Hans Wegner CH25 armchair. Love the slope and love the angled wood frame, which is 'mocha-stained' and available in a variety of colours for the rayon / polyester / cotton boucle mix upholstery. But more than that, we like the fact that this will pass for a classic, but comes in for much less. $699 to be precise, which is around £437. Find out more at the Room & Board website

Rhodesia Was Super! limited edition serigraph by Derek Yaniger Posted: 23 Jan 2011 11:08 AM PST Apparently, 'Rhodesia is Super' was a travel slogan for holidays to the country (which is obviously now Zimbabwe) back in the 1970s. It's also the inspiration for this Rhodesia Was Super! limited edition serigraph by Derek Yaniger. It's a four colour silk screened serigraph, printed on heavyweight archival paper and measuring 17 x 24 inches. But above all, it features those great, vintage-style cartoon images. The print sells for £65, with part of the profits going to the Zimbabwe Agricultural Welfare Trust. Find out more at the Korero Books website

For sale: 1970-designed four-floor house in Antrim Grove, Belsize Park, London Posted: 23 Jan 2011 10:56 AM PST I've got this dream that one day, when I have some more money to my name, I'll go house hunting and find a house with an interior straight out of Terence Conran's The House book ('70s version) - just stuck in time, with all the furnishings of the era intact. I might have found that house online, with this 1970-designed four-floor house in Antrim Grove, Belsize Park, London From the outside, you can tell it's a bit quirky and very much of its era, the kind of place you'd imagine featuring in a 70s cult TV series. Inside, it's even more so, with some great examples of period furnishings. Those four floors contain four bedrooms, two bathrooms (and a further toilet), a reception, family room, kitchen plus a private garage and garden. But check out the interior shots - I don't think it's someone going for 'retro', I suspect it's all original fittings, right down to the wooden floors and ceilings. But there's one problem. The price. A sought=after location means it's very high, £1,695,000 high. I hope for that they're throwing in all those furnishings. Find out more at the Rightmove website

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