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Categories / Watches

ABS Icon Wrist Watch – perfect timepiece for the vintage gamer

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If you love the blocky graphics of vintage computer games, chances are you’ll the Icon Wrist Watch from ABS.

This Korean-made timepiece wouldn’t look out of place on the wrist of any 8-bit games character, including Mario himself, but even if you don’t care for consoles, the simple styling and lack of extra features means a minimalist cool that’s certain to catch the eye.

If your Korean is up to it, you can buy this online from Funshop for the equivalent of £42.

Find out more at the Funshop website

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Categories / Design and Interiors

Sven Ivar Dysthe Planet chair

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Some seriously 60s looks and that’s no coincidence –  the Planet chair by Sven Ivar Dysthe was designed back in 1965.

Designed as an elegant and functional armchair, it rotates as you’d expect, but it has something more – a patented mechanism that allows you to tilt the seat forwards and backwards. Complete freedom if you like.

A range of finishes are available, all retailing for around £669.

Find out more at the Varier Furniture website

Categories / Food and Drink

Tala retro Jam Making Kit

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Looking for a new hobby in the new year? You could start making your own preservatives with the Tala retro Jam Making Kit.

Based on the original kit and packaging from the 1950s, this kit has everything you need for starting out in jam-making, including a thermometer, funnel, paper discs, rubber bands and a jelly bag. All you need is the fruit and sugar.

Available online, it retails for £21.95.

Find out more at the Conran Shop website

Categories / Men's Fashion

Baracuta G9 slim limited Punk Edition Harrington jacket

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Harrington_punk Baracuta continues to bring out slight variations of its classic Harrington – this time with the G9 slim limited Punk Edition Harrington jacket.

So what’s new? Well, not a lot in truth. The jacket is a slimline G9, widely available in most cities. The difference here is the packaging, which includes three ‘punk’ badges and a box (in pink) that’s designed to look like an old punk album cover.

Whether these limited editions will be collectors’ pieces of the future is hard to say, but if you want to take a chance – or you just like the jacket – it retails for £155 online.

Find out more at the End Clothing website

Categories / Men's Fashion, Women's Fashion

The Affordable Vintage Fashion Fair in Sheffield and Leeds

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If you’re on the look out for some vintage clothing that isn’t going to cost the Earth, you might want to take a look at The Affordable Vintage Fashion Fair.

It takes place Saturday 9th February in Sheffield (Sheffield Hallam Union, The Hubbs, 6 Paternoster Row) and on Sunday 10th February in Leeds (Leeds university, Riley Smith Hall, Lifton Place), both events kicking off at 11am (or 10:30am for trade).

Expect a cross-section of vintage/collectible fashion and a good number of stalls – over 30 in Sheffield, possibly more in Leeds for what’s described as the ‘ most affordable vintage fair’. Admission is £2 for the public, £4 for the early bird trade.

Find out more at the Vintage Fashion Fair MySpace page

Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

Alessi 1920s Sylvia Stave cocktail shaker

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Not just an incredibly stylish object, but a practical one too – the Alessi 1920s Sylvia Stave cocktail shaker.

Its modernist looks date back to the 1920s, the work of Swedish designer Sylvia Stave and in production between 1920 and 1930 by the C. G. Hallbergs company of Stockholm. And now its available again via Alessi, complete with that mirror polished steel exterior and a 100cl capacity if you want to shake up a quick Martini.

Available to buy online, it’s yours for £155.

Find out more at the Utility Design website