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Five 1970s-style table lamps at La Redoute

Five 1970s-style table lamps at La Redoute

1970s-style wall murals by Bobbi Beck

1970s-style wall murals by Bobbi Beck

Lego goes pop art with Robert Indiana’s Love

Lego goes pop art with Robert Indiana’s Love

Categories / Art and Photography

Crayola Letter Art by The Letteroom

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The Letteroom specialises in personalised gifts, which isn’t that unusual, but their Crayola Letter Art is something a bit different.

Housed in a white wooden box frame, it consists of a capital letter made entirely from Crayola crayons of different lengths and colours. You get to pick the letter obviously, but you can also chose between multi-coloured crayons, shades of pinks or shades of blue.  It would make a good  gift for a child or an adult nostalgic for childhood.

Buy it directly from The Letteroom for £37.50

Categories / Women's Fashion

Navy Vintage Floral Swimsuit from Topshop

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Retroswim_normalThe summer holidays are just around the corner and if you're not quite sure that you want to flaunt yourself in a micro bikini, you can still look hot by the pool in this cute Navy Vintage Floral Swimsuit from Topshop.

The floral print chimes perfectly with the flattering retro-style cut which offers great coverage of stomach and thighs with a flattering (and flattening) shape. Curves are further enhanced with padded cups and frill detailing on the neckline and sides and there are detachable halter neck ties should you need a little more support.

The swimsuit csts £30 from Topshop here.

Categories / Design and Interiors

Irisa mid-century style range at Barker and Stonehouse

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The new Irisa range from Barker and Stonehouse is a contemporary collection inspired by retro style.

The range includes a dining table and chairs, as well as an accompanying sideboard and even a TV table. Made from a mixture of oak and oak veneer, the furniture echoes the looks of mid-century designs with their simple lines and tapered legs. 

Prices start at £85 for the dining chair. 

See the range online

Categories / Food and Drink

1950s-style Herbbs Tea Towel from Zara Home

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This Herbbs tea towel from Zara Home offers another bright and colourful retro tea towel design to add your collection and at a bargain price too.

The tea towel depicts a design not dissmilar to New House Textile's Herb Garden design which dates back to the fifties. Like that design, this cotton tea towel is decorated with an illustration showing pots full of herbs. This design is given a contemporary twist by the use of bright pop colours. 

The tea towel costs a bargin £5.99.

Buy it online

Categories / Homeware

Waldorf Sofa

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The Waldorf Sofa is part of Heal’s classic designs range.

The shape of the sofa takes its inspiration from designs of the 1930s, with its semi-circular ends and cutaway arm details. The sofa is available in a range of fabrics, so if the floral pattern pictured here isn’t to your taste then they may have something more to your liking in-store.

It is available exclusively to Heal’s and is currently in the sale with a starting price of £1,596 reduced from £1,995.

Categories / Women's Fashion

Stripe Bustier Bikini from Urban Outfitters

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The 1970s was undoubtedly a decade of indulgent luxury, with the birth of the disco era and the popularity of decadent holidays in the Riviera sunshine. With that comes a striking fashion aesthetic that's captured well in this Stripe Bustier Bikini from Urban Outfitters.

The two piece manages to capture a contrasting hyper-femininity at the same time as creating a structural silhouette, capturing that later seventies love of daring shapes. The mix of stripe directions highlights the seaming structure, while the lines are kept clean and simple enough to carry the design.

It's available now from Urban Outfitters UK for £35.

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