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Categories / eBay watch, Men's Fashion, Music, Sportswear, Women's Fashion

eBay Watch: Adidas/Y-3 FAC 51 Hacienda trainers

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Remember the Adidas/Y-3 FAC 51 Hacienda trainers we featured a month or so back? We wondered if anyone would be willing to pay the £345 price tag, even if there are only 250 pairs worldwide. Well they would.

All the trainers were quickly snapped up – and that’s led to brisk business on eBay. This pair has already beaten the £345 price point and have a ‘Buy It Now’ of a whopping £1,000. Yes, for a pair of trainers.

There are around four pairs up for grabs in total, so if you missed out at Selfridges and have the cash, you know where to go.

Find out more about the Hacienda trainers at the eBay website

Categories / Watches

Original Commodore LED watch

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Looking for an original vintage watch? Well, if the 70s is your thing and you’re a fan of classic gaming, the Commodore LED Watch could be your thing.

It’s available from the Retro World site as newly-discovered old stock, so in mint condition and boxed. For your money, you get a chunky steel bracelet with red screen and bright red LED display, which appears when you press the button on the side. And of course, that classic Commodore logo.

If you want one, get in there quick as they’ll not be around forever. The watch is priced at £170.

Find out more at The Retro World website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Graham & Brown Hemingway wallpaper range

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Wayne Hemingway has always been a designer unafraid to take inspiration from the past – and he’s certainly used the 60s and 70s s a template for the Graham & Brown Hemingway wallpaper range.

There are some very bold designs available – some that should brighten up a room, other that might be good for a feature wall. The two featured here are typical of the range – the geometric Funk wallpaper and the full-on 70s-inspired Wood Effect.

Check out the full range at the Graham & Brown website, with prices ranging from £15 to £25 per roll.

Find out more at the Graham & Brown website

Categories / Design and Interiors, Toys and Games

Pac-Man carpet

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Ideal for a retro gamer’s room – the Pac-Man carpet.

Which just about sums up what it is – a carpet sized at 210cm x 310cm, made of 100 per cent wool and with a design from a Pac-Man screenshot. It’s also exclusive – just two have been made.

Which inevitably means a high price – £1,095. But it does include shipping.

Find out more at the Our Childrens Gorilla website

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Categories / Design and Interiors, Music

W2’s Jimi Hendrix Blue Plaque mug

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Hendrixweb Up and down the country, English Heritage has slapped a Blue Plaque on just about anywhere anyone famous has lived – or indeed done something interesting. And in a bizarre bit of merchandising, English Heritage has teamed up with W2 to merchandise these plaques – with the end product typified by this Jimi Hendrix Blue Plaque mug.

There isn’t just Jimi Hendrix in the range and there aren’t just mugs – you can get tea towels too, along with a whole of famous names, from Freud and Karl Marx through to John Lennon and Oscar Wilde, each with their plaque’s details replicated.

Not a bad purchase if you happen to be a fan of the person concerned, probably a bit niche for the rest of us. The fine bone china mugs sell for £10, tea towels for £6.

Find out more at the W2 website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Eames reissued Eiffel DSR chair

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Eames_dsr Another timeless Eames design – the Eames Eiffel DSR chair.

Dating back to 1956 (which amazingly means this is now over 50 years old), the DSR was a clean and simple design, using fibreglass-reinforced plastic, with a welded chrome base (presumably based on the Eiffel Tower) and rubber shock mounts to connect the seat and base. This reissue is more from recyclable polypropylene, but look exactly like the original.

You can pick one up from the Conran Shop, priced at £174.

Find out more at the Conran Shop website