Another whacky chair for your retro living room – this time something that’s ideal for your space age pad – the Specter armchair.
It screams comfort and is made from a rich and dense micro fibre, along with a solid core foam cushion and chrome plated steel base.
The one downside for me is that I can’t find it available in the UK. But if you’re in the US (or are willing to pay the shipping costs), you can pick it up for around $600 (just over £300).
Nice article over at the Bridalwave website for anyone looking for a retro look for a registry office wedding – but be prepared, it doesn’t come cheap!
The dress isn’t actually a wedding dress, but this Moschino Jacquard Cocktail Dress should provide just as much impact. it retails for £805. The 60s vibe is matched by these Giuseppe Zanotti’s ivory button pumps, retailing for $450 at Saks Fifth Avenue and a sparkly diamante headband, which is a more affordable £20 at Monsoon. The flowers can be picked up locally.
Now you’re all set for that proposal!
Via Bridalwave
Hopefully you saw our feature on the vintage London Transport greetings cards from Umpen Editions recently. Well, it’s not the only new range for 2007, they also have the Lucky Numbers birthday cards.
The cards are available in ages 0-13, plus 16, 18, 21 and every decade from 30 through to 100. If the typeface looks familiar, it’s probably from some 60s-based merchandising or advertising, with the numbers referencing the colourways and decorative typefaces of 1960s pop Victoriana.
Simple, but very stylish and effective. The cards should retail for around £2 each. Check out the Umpen Editions website for your nearest stockist.
You can pick up just about anything for your living room in wood, from record decks, TVs and radios through to sideboards and wood-effect sofas and. And you can now add armchairs to that list – or more specifically, the ILVA Curve wooden armchair.
Built to fit into your designer living room rather than for comfort, the Curve armchair is in a walnut veneer that should match your expensive vintage sideboard, with a chrome frame for matching most room accessories.
The chair is actually in the sale, retailing for £198. If you want something that offers a little more comfort, there’s also a black leather version for £250.
I can’t honestly say these are particularly fashionable, but if you’re after a pair of novelty trainers, they don’t come much more novelty than these Royal Elastics Resi Warhol trainers.
Based on Warhol’s famous banana, they feature an upper of two tone cracked leather, molded rubber outsole and extra thick foam sockliner, not to mention a Warhol signature on the sole. You can buy them online for $125 (around £65).
Find out more at the Royal Elastics website
Via Complex
Art Meets Matter is celebrating the 50th anniversary of London’s Royal Court Theatre with a range of mugs featuring some of the theatre’s most talked-about productions.
There’s a diverse selection available, but the most obvious one to pick up is the play that opened the theatre all those years ago – Look Back In Anger by John Osborne, arguable the play that marks the starting point of modern British drama.
Not badly priced at £8.95 each.
Find out more at the Art Meets Matter website
