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10 of the best 1970s-style watches

10 of the best 1970s-style watches

Five of the best vintage Adidas trainers reissues

Five of the best vintage Adidas trainers reissues

Vintage and 1960s t-shirt designs by Mr B’s Soulful Tees

Vintage and 1960s t-shirt designs by Mr B’s Soulful Tees

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Cook’s Conversion Table tea towel by Utility

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We introduced you to 1940s-inspired retro emporium Utility last year. This Cook's Conversion Table is a new addition to their charming tea towel collection.

As practical as it is stylish, the Cook's Conversion Table tea towel is invaluable to any cook braving the confusing world of weight & volume conversions. It's pretty nifty for drying your dishes too. Like all of their tea towels, it's handmade and printed in their Brighton studio on high quality cotton and is available in either plain white or striped.

The Cook's Conversion Table tea towel is £9.50 from Utility in store or by mail order. See the website for more details.

Categories / Retro Men's Fashion, Sportswear

1970s Adidas Dragon trainers get a blue or green reissue

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Looking for a lightweight running shoe? You're in luck as there's another two reissues of the Adidas Dragon trainers, this time in a blue and a green.

Not exactly a rarity (the Dragon was last reissued a recently as January), the latest reissues of this 1970s gem are a mix of suede and mesh for the upper, with contrast stripes, heel and tongue, padded collar, mesh lining, gold branding and a substantial sole unit.

Check out the other colour option over the page. £56.99 is the price.

Find out more at the Size? website

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Categories / Design and Interiors

Linea Charlie midcentury-style armchair and stool at House of Fraser

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There really are some cracking midcentury-inspired designs on the high street right now, with this Linea Charlie armchair and stool at House of Fraser being up with the best of them.

It's a very stylish 1950s-inspired chair that's exclusive to the store, offering a high back design (with buttoned detail), angled contrast legs and curved arms. There's even a matching stool, for when you want to kick back.

Various colours available (although the green is the most stylish to these eyes), with the chair priced at £299 right now, the stool at £99.

Find out more at the House of Fraser website

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eBay watch: A pair of 1970s Guzzini Sirio space age table lamps

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Not just one lamp, this auction is for a pair of Guzzini Sirio space age table lamps.

Designed back to the 1970s (as you might have guessed) and the work of design duo Lampa and Brazoli for Guzzini, each lamp is comprised of two half-spheres, spaced slightly apart and held together by chrome 'bolts'. They even fix to the wall, with the auction including original clamps for that, said to be 'rare'.

Condition is 'good', with no cracks in the lucite and just minor traces of use. Right now, the price for the two is just 62 pence.

Find out more at the eBay website

Categories / Cars and Bikes

1970s space age cars up for sale at RM Auctions

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Cheers to Andrew for flagging up an auction that's going to get lovers of space age motors drooling – the RM Auctions motoring sale at Villa d'Este event on the shores of Lake Como in Italy.

The lots range from classic cars to legendary concept cars of the 1960s and 1970s, which are the property of the Bertone museum and the items we are flagging up. Above, you'll find the 1970 Lancia Stratos HF 'Zero' and over the page, you'll find a 1974 Lamborghini Bravo, a 1980s Lamborghini Athon and a 1967 Lamborghini Marzal – the last of those apparently driven by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace at the start of the 1967 Monaco GP.

Want one? Estimates for the concepts range from 60,000 Euros through to 1.5 million Euros for that Marzal. See more images (and more motors) from the auction, which takes place on 21st May. Compared to those prices, the catalogue is fairly cheap at 70 Euros!

RM Auctions website

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Categories / Design and Interiors

Cassette Tape Decal + Hook at PBteen

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Want to liven up your wall with a retro twist? You can with this Cassette Tape Decal + Hook at PBteen.

Not one cassette, you get a set of three decals and one metal hook – that representing the unravelled tape, if you hadn't guessed. There's another little twist too – it has a a dry-erase surface so you can add your own mix titles or notes on the surface.

When you're bored of the title you can stick up another and if you get bored of the decals, you can remove without any surface damage. Currently in the sale, it's now priced at $39, down from $79.

Find out more at the PBteen website