An old school bag in an old school cloth – the APC Prince of Wales satchel.
Ideal for a day bag, it’s made from a soft Prince of Wales check fabric, along with a black interior and detailing of suede and steel, plus an adjustable strap.
You can check it out online, priced at £115.
Red Hot Ruby is a new Brighton-based boutique, specialising in designs influenced by 50s Americana, with both mens and womens t-shirts, along with accessories – which includes this Trashy Novel clutch bag.
Looking like a book from a distance, this box-shaped bag has a gold clasp and red satin lining, sized at 9 x 7 inches, so enough room for your essentials.
You can pick it up online for £34.50. And while you’re there, check out the t-shirt designs too.
Find out more at the Red Hot Ruby website
Not just a highchair, the Stokke Tripp Trapp grows with your child – and it is celebrating 35 years of use.
Designed by Norwegian Peter Opsvik in 1972, it offers a seating solution for a growing child – as your child grows, the chair’s height and depth can be adjusted to fit – so he/she is always the right height for the table. And you save money on furniture.
Available in 10 colours with co-ordinating cushions, it retails for around £100.
Not an obvious Verner Panton light, but that’s because the Verner Panton Moon ceiling light is one of his earlier creations.
It actually dates from 1960, consisting of 10 ring-shaped aluminium blades positioned so they can move. Which created a lighting effect as well as light as the some beams pass through while others reflect again the blades.
Available online, this space-inspired fitting retails for £524.
Find out more at the Utility Design website
On what’s becoming something of a gadget day (unintentionally, I assure you), we have yet another of those retro camcorders from Sanyo – the DMX-CA8 Waterproof.
Yes, before the last one made it to the UK, the DMX-CA8 Waterproof launches in Japan – with the promise of hitting the UK in mid-May. In truth it’s very different to the recent CG9 – this one is built for elements, working underwater for an hour at a time.
It also has an 8MP sensor for movies and stills, 5x optical zoom and a ‘Face Chaser’ function for better shots of your fellow swimmers. No news of a price as yet.
Coming in September is the latest fashion collaboration from Fred Perry – the Terry Hall-inspired V-neck sweater.
It’s based on the one that Hall wore in a copy of The Face (the first edition), a late 70s version with oversized Laurel and a deeper V, but keeping the original shape.
It will be made in pure British lambs wool in a choice of black or maroon in a quantity of just 500. And that’s a worldwide figure – so expect demand to be high when it officially launches in September.
