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- Trooping the Colour Espresso Mugs
- Carola Dress by Max C
- My Way Coat from French Connection
- eBay watch: 1950s Morris Minor Traveller
- Our Adventure is About to Begin Wallpaper
- Vintage Tomytronic Sky Attack Console
- Street decanter by Orrefors
- Roisin Cafferty Child of the 80s coaster
- Homemaker bookcase by Liam Treanor
| Trooping the Colour Espresso Mugs Posted: 31 Oct 2011 01:22 PM PDT Serve up your morning caffeine hit with a side of British heritage in these Trooping The Colour Espresso Mugs. These little cups & saucers are adorned with mid century modern poster designs from London Underground advertising trooping the colour. Each saucer features a different design and each cup helpfully tells you the nearest Undeground station to go and see the ceremony, all presented together in an attractive commemorative box. The set of four Trooping The Colour Espresso Mugs are £32.99 from the London Transport Museum shop. |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:44 PM PDT
Sharp silhouettes and mod styles are always appealing for lovers of sixties fashion, but if you're after something more traditional and feminine from that decade's design, dolly dresses are always worth a look. This Bow Front Dress from Max C is a great look at a lesser seen 60s style. The chiffon style fabric is ideal to create a flowing silhouette, with the cuffed elbow length sleeves and short swing skirt finishing off the shape. The addition of a bib front with its contrast coloured bow works ideally with the vintage look colour palette of both options. Get yours from Oasis now for £40. Find out more from the website |
| My Way Coat from French Connection Posted: 31 Oct 2011 12:43 PM PDT
This Autumn/Winter season, the high street's coat lines are once again relying on heritage fabrics and vintage inspiration. Providing plenty of choice for retrophiles, this My Way Tweed Coat from French Connection is one of the most stylish we've seen. The luxe grey tweed provides the ideal fabric for a timeless design, with plenty of retro design points from the collarless cut to the side-placket fastening. The A-line skirting creates a cool silhouette that's adaptable to a variety of early twentieth century aesthetics, from 40s to 60s looks. It's available from French Connection now for €234 Find out more from the website |
| eBay watch: 1950s Morris Minor Traveller Posted: 31 Oct 2011 08:15 AM PDT Not quite a perfect example, but it will take very little work to get this classic 1950s Morris Minor Traveller is pristine condition. It's a great example regardless, especially for a runaround vehicle dating back to 1958. It's also in a rare shade - 'birch grey'. According to the seller, this Minor is in 'great' condition, with no rust and a solid example all-round, with the wood 'beautiful and newly varnished'. It's also got leather seats, with the sale also including two spare seats, perhaps to cover for the driver's seat being a little worn.Downsides? Not too many on the face of it, but note that the chrome bumpers have some minor pitting but 'polish up OK', while the paint has the odd mark to deal with. It does have an MOT to September 2012 though and with a bit of effort, could be a star of a classic car event. |
| Our Adventure is About to Begin Wallpaper Posted: 31 Oct 2011 04:56 AM PDT
The wallpaper features typical Ryan paper cut imagery of vintage bird cages, whose doors have been opened and the birds are flying across the paper. Look closely at the design and you will see that some of the birds are carrying a word from the design's title in their beaks. The wallpaper is available in three colours: Sky Blue, Chalky Violet or Afternoon Green. It costs £50 per roll from the Mini Moderns Shoppe. |
| Vintage Tomytronic Sky Attack Console Posted: 31 Oct 2011 04:53 AM PDT
Originally released in 1983, the game was inspired by the original Tron film. The aim of the game is to guide your tank and destroy enemy aircraft flying overhead. Like the Donkey Kong game we featured a few weeks ago, this is undoubtedly on sale for a good whack more than it cost in the 1980s (even taking into account inflation!), but rather than trawling ebay or vintage shops, it could worth it for the ease of buying it from Urban Outfitters. It costs £70 from Urban Outfitters. |
| Posted: 31 Oct 2011 04:00 AM PDT
This Street decanter by Orrefors is an excellent starting point for the budding high class retro lush. The art deco-style decanter is inspired by the Manhattan street network, resulting in the stylised geometric crystal cut design, and is finished with a square, black stopper. Fill with your tipple of choice, grab a chair and get lounging. £199 from Skandium. There's also a matching ice bucket and tumblers available in the range. See the website for more details. |
| Roisin Cafferty Child of the 80s coaster Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:37 AM PDT How do you know when the children of a decade are all grown-up? When you start being able to buy coasters proclaiming their age, such as in the case of Roisin Cafferty's Child of the 80s coaster. The coaster shows a space invader alike shape, marked with the words 'child of the 80s'. Cork backed, it's surely the perfect thing for protecting your table from Malibu, or another Eighties-style mixer. Cafferty is a greeting card and gift designer and this design is also available on a card. The coaster costs £3.50. Buy it from Yourindies |
| Homemaker bookcase by Liam Treanor Posted: 31 Oct 2011 03:36 AM PDT The name gives away the era that influences Liam Treanor's Homemaker bookcase. This design looks the 50s, the decade responsible for the Ridgway ceramics range that shares its name. Liam Treanor is a new talent, graduating last year, with all his designs sharing this clean and minimal look, associated with mid-century style. This case is made out of birchwood with a colourful choice of finishes: take your pick from white, yellow, blue, grey, or the lime green pictured. The bookcase costs £350. Order it online |
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