Categories / Art and Photography, Books

Book ‘Classic’ print by Craig Kirk

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Your book shelves may have one or two questionable titles residing on them that you'd rather your house guests didn't cast their eyes upon. Detract away from the acres of trashy holiday reads with the Book 'Classics' print by Craig Kirk on your wall.

The 3-colour giclée print features the spines of 10 classic novels you really ought to have read. From Brighton Rock to 1984, all the staples of every vintage bookworm's collection are here, with each title featuring it's own understated motif. With this simple, stylistic artwork adorning your wall, you will no doubt be forgiven for the odd Mills & Boon.

Book 'Classics' is £30 from Unlimited Editions. See the website for more details.

Categories / Women's Fashion

Polka Dot Shift Dress from River Island

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With the summer truly in full swing, simple and stylish frocks are always the order of the day to keep cool in more than one sense of the word. This Polka Dot Shift Dress from River Island is an ideal choice, with plenty of mid-sixties chic and practicality combined.

The shift cut instantly creates a mod-style silhouette, with a sleeveless cut and high neckline providing balance to the more feminine A-line skirt and mini hemline. Finished in a light green polka dot, the addition of a contrasting bow detail at the bust adds that youthful feel of the mid-sixties with ease.

It's available from River Island for £39.99.

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Categories / Women's Fashion

Sadie Flower Headband from Boohoo

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With festival season in full swing, the high street has once again turned to that most iconic of events in music festival history, Woodstock, for inspiration. That's ideal news for lovers of the hippy aesthetic of the late sixties, with pieces like this Sadie Flower Headband from Boohoo on the market.

The headband is simple but unmistakeable in its vintage inspiration and looks, taking the feel of genuine flower headbands without the trouble of the inevitable wilting. The result is a truly hippy-inspired look that doesn't veer too far into the clichés that many sixties retro items can fall for.

Get yours from Boohoo for just £5.

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Categories / Design and Interiors

1960s-style Large Bow Lamp at Made.com

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You'll be paying the best part of £1,500 for an authentic Flos reissue of the Arco floor lamp, so this variation on the theme, going by the name of the Large Bow Lamp, is quite an attractive proposition.

Of course, this isn't a replica of the 1962 Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni classic, but it does offer the look for a fraction of the price. In this case, you get that same hanging lamp, sat on a marble base, the lamp itself made of stainless steel and chrome. It is able to adjust in reach, but stands around 198cm tall and 172cm wide in total.

Great for reading or just for dramatic effect in a room. Usually, this particular version sells for £199, but if you order off Made in the next five days, you can get one for just £99.

Find out more at the Made.com website

Categories / Art and Photography

Marilyn limited edition silkscreen print by Richard Duardo

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He's perhaps best known as a printer, working with the likes of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, David Hockney and Keith Haring in the past. But Richard Duardo is also an artist in his own right – and this Marilyn limited edition silkscreen print is one of his pieces.

The work of the 'West-Coast Warhol' (as he's known) are colourful pop art-style prints of pop culture icons – and they don't get much more iconic than Marilyn Monroe. The print is from a signed limited edition of 100, sized at 37x 24 inches, available framed or unframed.

If you want the unframed version, it sells for £320.

Find out more at the Art Republic website

Categories / eBay watch

eBay watch: Vintage Sirram complete picnic set

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If nothing else, we are at least topical. So on a warm day, we've found the perfect accessory – this vintage Sirram complete picnic set.

The seller's description isn't overly detailed, so I don't know if everything is original. I suspect it all is – it all fits and it all matches, which is always a good start. That includes two flasks, various containers, cups, cutlery and plates.

Condition looks good, with the possible exception of the case fasteners. They probably just need a good clean though. £35 is the current bid price.

Find out more at the eBay website