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• Lock & Co Panama Hat & Box
• Ready Steady Go! TV show re-created in London for one night only
• eBay watch: 1970s Jensen Interceptor MKII
• Lego Drinks Bottle
• Vintage by Hemingway at East End prints
• Conran Fabric archive at Surface View
• Pond Street Kids Rug
• Smash Hits Guitar Shelf

Lock & Co Panama Hat & Box Posted: 12 Apr 2011 11:16 AM PDT A straw hat is a classic bit of summer kit and you won't find a finer example than this Lock & Co Panama Hat produced exclusively for Pedlars. Lock & Co have been outfitting the great and the good from their St James Street store since 1676 and currently hold two royal warrants making them the choice of discerning gentlemen everywhere although this timeless style works just as well for women, giving summer florals a bit of edge. The real deal doesn't come cheap - one of these beauties will set you back £165 - but if you do decide to buy then it's definitely worth investing an extra £10 in a Lock & Co hat box to ensure the longevity of your purchase. Check out the hats and boxes on the Pedlars website.

Ready Steady Go! TV show re-created in London for one night only Posted: 12 Apr 2011 08:48 AM PDT Part of the previously-announced Ray Davies Meltdown event, Ready Steady Go! is, as you might expect, the return of the TV show of the same name. Taking place at London's Southbank Centre on Saturday June 11th, it aims to re-create the original 1960s show in some way, featuring original acts from the era alongside contemporary artists specially chosen by Ready Steady Go!'s original editor, legendary TV producer and Dusty Springfield's manager, Vicki Wickham. Special guests include The Animals' Eric Burdon, Paloma Faith, Labelle's Nona Hendryx, The Manfreds, Sandie Shaw, The Ronettes' lead singer Ronnie Spector and more to be announced soon. Whether it works perhaps depends on those acts yet to be announced - and perhaps booking Cathy McGowan for the night. Tickets are priced from £20 if you fancy it, with tickets available now for members or from Thursday for the rest of us. Ready Steady Go! at the Southbank Centre Via Modculture

eBay watch: 1970s Jensen Interceptor MKII Posted: 12 Apr 2011 06:21 AM PDT It's an icon of an era and was once the car to be see in for the man (or woman) about town. 40 years on and this Jensen Interceptor MKII is still a car that turns heads. Dating back to 1971, with just under 90,000 on the clock and a whopping 6,276cc engine, this particular Interceptor has apparently had £5,000 spent on it over the last nine months and has a good paint job, with just a couple of blemishes. Aside from that, most of what you see is original and tested, including the electric aerial, cigar lighter, boot interior light, under bonnet lights and door open lights. The air-con should be fine with a bit of work too. On top of all that, this tax-exempt drive has had a full service, change of oil and new filters. Check out the photos for a close-up inspection and if you like, the opening bid is £3,000. Find out more at the eBay website

Lego Drinks Bottle Posted: 12 Apr 2011 04:43 AM PDT   There is no shortage of products out there for the Lego aficionado, the latest of which is this Drinks Bottle. We've had storage bricks, storage heads, torches and lunch boxes and whilst some may be suffering from Lego fatigue, the classic style and block colours have some mileage yet. This latest addition to the range is these colourful plastic bottles with Lego figure heads as the bottle top, which will certainly brighten up a packed lunch or picnic. In addition they are phtalate and bisphenol free  making them a safer option to store your beverage in. You can pre-order the bottles from Firebox here.

Vintage by Hemingway at East End prints Posted: 12 Apr 2011 02:56 AM PDT East End prints is offering a range of Vintage by Hemingway designs: typography-based designs, taken from Wayne Hemingway's Land of Lost Content archive.  There are 21 different designs to select from ranging across styles and decades (with a small overlap with the designs offered by the Surface View collection we featured a while back). Each design is available as a print or on canvas and as a variety of sizes.  Prices start at £25 for a 30cm x 40cm fine art print.  See the range online

Conran Fabric archive at Surface View Posted: 12 Apr 2011 02:47 AM PDT Looking for some great 1950s and 1960s patterns for your walls? Take a look at the newly launched Conran Fabric archive collection at Surface View. The collection uses designs by Terence Conran and his contemporaries drawn from the archives at the V&A. The example pictured shows a classic slice of Fifties style and was designed by Conran for David Whitehead Ltd in 1952 (you may remember the oven glove we featured last week based on a design produced by the same company). The collection is based around eight different designs from the Fifties and Sixties, catering to all design tastes.  The designs are available on print or canvas and prices vary dependant on size and format, starting at £120 for a 800 x 1000mm print.  See the range online

Pond Street Kids Rug Posted: 12 Apr 2011 01:48 AM PDT   The Pond Street Kids Rug by the Designers Guild has a retro look that has clearly been inspired by Scandinavian folk art. Decorated with a folk art style tree, the rug is made from 100% hand-tufted acrylic. Although intended for children's rooms, it isn't so childish that it couldn't work in other rooms too. The rug measures 150 by 180cm and costs £195. Buy it online from the Designers Guild.

Smash Hits Guitar Shelf Posted: 12 Apr 2011 01:45 AM PDT   You may have given up all dreams of being a rock legend and settled into a steady life of respectability, but that doesn't mean that you can't indulge in some fun home accessories such as this Smash Hits Guitar Shelf. The shelf, designed by Rocket, is in the shape of a guitar, in a choice of either black or orange matt lacquer finish. The shelf is enhanced by vinyl wall decals with suitably rock n roll messages. It costs £145 from Found Home Store.

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