Well, the temperatures are dropping (round here anyway), so it might be time to keep the heat in your head – with something like the Stussy Stanley Beanie.
Yes, an 80s name with a distinctly 70s design, ideal for when you’re on the piste – or simply waiting for the bus. Three colours available, all with that distinctive diamond pattern and bobble and good for any head (one size fits all).
Available now, it sells for £24.
For music aficionados, you can’t beat a vintage-style valve audio system – and the Logic3 Valve80 offers it up on an affordable, iPod-friendly unit.
It’s not a bad looker either, with a metallic stand and those glass valves nestling up to your iPod or iPhone – and you can use it with a CD player or vinyl decks too, with up to 80w of ‘warm’ valve-based audio produced through the matching speakers.
Available from December, it sells for £299.
It might look like a space age design, but the Santa & Cole Cadaques armchair actually dates from around 10 years earlier.
1959 was the year of its introduction, the work of Federico Correa, Alfonzo Mila and Miguel Mila, the Cadaques (and matching sofa) was designed for lounging – specifically in the seaside town of Cadaques (hence the name).
It’s sat on walnut-coloured beech legs, with simple (and easy to maintain) hand-swen upholstery keeping you supported. Looks good and feels good – what more could you want? Well, maybe a drop in the price – currently retailing for £2,350.
Find out more at the Nest website
It’s always good to see a bit of leather on a radio – and Pure doesn’t disappoint with the Pure Evoke Mio.
Not just leather, there’s even a bit of suede (effect) thrown in too, with a colourful finish only adding to the overall retro effect. As a radio, it’s not bad either – DAB and FM reception, an OLED display for your info, 30 presets, an alarm, timer, connectivity for your iPod and a whopping 24 hours of battery life per charge.
Available before Christmas, it sells for £149.99.
It’s one of the most famous screen cars of all time – and James Bond’s Lotus Esprit could be yours.
The car stole the show in the 1977 flick The Spy Who Loved Me, not only for its ability to speed around the Italian scenery, but for its ability to dive underwater and fire missiles. Sadly, you can’t do either of the last two (it was all special effects), but if you want to whizz about the country in a Roger Moore slacks and blazer outfit, this is the car for you.
The car itself was stripped of its movie extras (like the missile button and periscope screen), but was later painstakingly restored at great cost to the movie spec, all those buttons and gadgets going back where they belong. Check out the gallery for loads of images, then speak to your bank manager – it’s expected to sell for between £100,000 and £120,000 at the Olympia, London on 1st December 2008.
I’ve just realised that we have never featured the Vico Magistretti Eclisse 1960s table lamp on the site – despite one being sat on my bedside table for many years.
Designed by Vico Magistretti for Artemide back in 1967, the lamp offers up an understated charm and variable amounts of light, courtesy of that sliding shade, exposing as much brightness as you require.
The casing is powder-coated metal, with a choice of white, orange and silver for the finish. Yours for £76.
Find out more at the SCP website
