Category: Homeware

We recently featured some retro-styled aprons from Anthropologie – now here’s some from the UK – these retro adult aprons from ZPM.

There’s a good number available, with the two featured here being the Home EC and the Fifties Kitchen, both featuring colourful 50s-style graphics on a cotton apron, coated for protection and with adjustable neck and waist ties.

All are priced at £21.50.

Find out more at the ZPM website

Can the kitchen apron be cool? It can if it’s one of these cool retro-styled aprons from Anthropologie.

There’s a wide range of styles available on the site, most in retro styles or made from retro-styled cloth. Typical is this 50s-style Raindrops apron. At first glance you probably think it’s a dress – on the contrary, it’s to protect your clothes, but without compromising your style.

Fitted, with a button collar and made of 100 per cent cotton, you can pick this particular style up for $38 (around £19). But if it’s not to your taste, check out the full range at the Anthropologie website.

Find out more at the Anthropologie website

Paul Smith has a pile of items for sale for Mother’s Day, most of them pretty forgettable except for this great throwback item – the Paul Smith Tea Cosie.

Yes, the tea revival starts here (or there). As long as you have a pot (and everyone should), you can stick on the Tea Cosie and keep your brews warmer for a little bit longer.

Designed to look like a bunch of cherries, it’s got a 36cm circumference and is 17cm in height. It’s made of 100% wool of course. Yours for £40.

Find out more at the Paul Smith website