Remember the Fiat 500 by Diesel? We featured it a couple of months back, but suspected it wouldn’t be made available in the UK. We were wrong.
Yes, you can now get your name down for a limited edition Fiat 500 by Diesel in the UK, but you have to do it online. Fiat is offering 10,000 of the limited editions to UK buyers on a ‘first come first served’ basis, with the option of configuring to your heart’s content and (we presume) home delivery.
We have featured Oluce previously, most notably for its range of Joe Colombo-designed lights and lamps. But they don’t just specialise in a vintage designs, they also offer a nice line in retro designs too – like the Oluce Fiore suspension lamp.
Very much in the 60s space age style, the Fiore (designed by Marco Romanelli and Marta Laudani) is a mix of chrome and blown glass, with a choice of seven or 13 bulbs for the diffused light. If you’re after that 60s/70s look, it’s hard to beat.
Prices start at around £700.
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They say you can’t judge a book by its cover – but I think we know what we’re getting from Cook Now Dine Later by Catherine Althaus and Peter Ffrench-Hodges.
Yes, this is 60s dinner party territory. But not only that, according to the preface, this is a book that will ‘appeal to any bride who intends to go on working after her marriage.’ And one with a strong stomach too. The food in here is pretty astounding – we’ve tried to find a recipe we might be able to keep down, but so far haven’t dared go near one.
Oki-Ni has the exclusive on selling Over The Stripes t-shirts outside of Japan – and that collection includes this Sid Vicious Too Fast t-shirt.
Featuring that distinctive Sid Vicious profile, the shirt also features a few classic Vicious touches and a rear print with ‘1979’ and ‘Too fast to live too young to die’ in contrast print.
The limited edition t-shirts themselves are made from 100 per cent Japanese cotton and are sure to be collectors’ pieces in the future (if you look after them). And if you’re not a Sid Vicious fan, other t-shirts in the range feature Andy Warhol, David Bowie, Michael Jackson, John Lennon and Kurt Cobain. All retail for £59.
Everyone knows about Andy Warhol’s connection to music, but only now has it been brought together in one volume – Andy Warhol: The Record Covers, 1949-1987 by Paul Marechal.
Everyone from Count Basie, Tchaikovsky, Aretha Franklin through to Lou Reed, Diana Ross, John Lennon and the Rolling Stones have benefitted from Warhol covers – in fact, 50 covers were actually produced by the man, all reproduced here (front and back) alongside over 100 additional illustrations, related works and background.
For both music and arts fans, it’s a must. And it is available now in hardback for £30.
Not 30s style, this is a genuine 1930s design – the Sistrah T3 table lamp.
The Sistrah lights were designed by C.F. Otto Müller in collaboration with Karlsruhe Technical College in 1932 and are still made today with the original tools. The light comes from a two-tier clear glass ‘bell’ and a glass hood, all mouth-blown in the traditional way. And that distinctive stand is made of solid, nickel-plated brass, while the heavy base is nickel-plated cast steel.
If you’re looking for that 1930s period look, this is pretty much perfect – and yours for £425.
