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Keith Haring Dancing Figures Lego set

Keith Haring Dancing Figures Lego set

Five 1970s-style table lamps at La Redoute

Five 1970s-style table lamps at La Redoute

Categories / Women's Fashion

Azalea Wedge Shoes from Monsoon

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With the promise of dry and sunny days for the coming months, it's about time to start shoe shopping in earnest. If you're a fan of seventies footwear there's a myriad of choice currently available on the high street, like these fabulous Azalea Wedges from Monsoon.

This pair don't shy away from going all out in the pursuit of retro style, with a stacked platform and wedge heel that'll give you plenty of height. The peep toe slingback is a classic upper, with the addition of a floral vamp detail giving something unique. Finished in a rich cream these are ideal for poolside posing in your kaftan.

Get them now from Monsoon for £60.

Find out more from the website

Categories / Homeware

Dupenny Antique Burlesque Chairs

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If your longing for Dupenny’s burlesque print wasn’t satisfied by their wallpaper, teatowels or ceramics, then perhaps the latest addition to the range will do the trick.

The Antique Burlesque Chairs are vintage wooden chairs that have been expertly upholstered in the slightly risqué burlesque fabric. There are two types of chair available; Him which has arms and Her which is without arms. Both cost £695.

Buy the chairs as a pair or individually online at the Dupenny website.

Categories / Homeware

Hideaway Dressing Table

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The Hideaway Dressing Table from Dwell looks like something you would find in a 1920s boudoir, but given a mid-century makeover.

It is a self-contained unit with a chair and mirror that tuck neatly away when not use – ideal for modern homes that are short on space. Whilst the idea itself looks older, the unit’s curved front and walnut exterior, give it a decidedly mid-century look.

The Hideaway Dressing Table can be yours for just under £600 from Dwell.

Categories / Design and Interiors, Travel

Visit London greeting cards by Hello! Lucky

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Okay, we've featured a lot of retro-styled London designs recently, but this Visit London greeting card by Hello! Lucky has got to be one of the most charming.

The letterpress design shows the capital looking idyllic, complete with neat townhouses, cute scooters and plush cars, alongside sights such as the Eros statue and Tower Bridge, all executed in a striking black, red and white colour scheme. Hello!Lucky have offices in both London and San Francisco and this card has been designed for them by San Francisco team Lab Partners (you may remember them from their Ode to Pears print), which may account for the tourist's view of the city as show on the cards. 

A set of six cards costs £10.20. 

Buy them online

Categories / Books, Women's Fashion

Scarves by Nicky Albrechtsen and Fola Solanke

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If you were interested in the Ascher pop up studio we featured earlier in the year, this new book on Scarves by Nicky Albrechtsen and Fola Solanke should provide plenty of fashionable inspiration. 

Published by Thames and Hudson, the book looks at 250 examples of women's scarves designed and produced over the course of the twentieth-century, especially when scarves reached the height of their popularity in the Forties and Sixties. The 304 page book contains pieces by huge fashion names ranging from Paul Poiret and Elsa Schiaparelli to Gucci, Zandra Rhodes and Hermes. Through its colourful photographs, the illustrates a slightly different take on fashion in the last century. 

The book is currently on sale for £19.75 from Amazon.

Categories / Bags

Puma Originals vintage-style bag range

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Puma has gone back to basics (and to the past) with its new Puma Originals bag range.

Out of the Puma archive come four designs, the Reporter bag above, with the Portable Bag, Grip Bag and Flight Bag all pictured over the page. All pretty much follow the same formula of a two-way zip, adjustable handle, various pockets and that 'used print' logo (which might not be to everyone's taste.

There's a choice of three colour options for each, the blue we have pictured, plus green and black and black and white options. Available directly from Puma, prices start at £25.

Find out more at the Puma website

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