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Keith Haring Dancing Figures Lego set

Keith Haring Dancing Figures Lego set

Categories / Women's Fashion

Selema Dress by Diane von Furstenberg

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Among the designer houses there are only a few who are reliably retro season after season. Chiming with a vintage-look aesthetic once again is Diane von Furstenberg, with a new line including this Selema Dress.

Featuring a floral print that manages to be both current and retro, the cut of the dress takes cues from a sixties and seventies aesthetic. The collarless high neckline and casual loose cut tap into a Eastern-influenced kaftan style, always associated with a late sixties chic.

It's available online in the UK from Matches Fashion for £346.

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50s Style Swimsuit by Red or Dead

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For all shapes and sizes, 1950s style swimwear is always a hit for flattering the body and looking timelessly attractive. Plenty of our best known high street brands are getting in on the act, including Red Or Dead who bring us this 50s Style Swimsuit.

The one-piece is a streamlined shape that creates an instant set of 50s-look curves, doing away with the idea that a swimsuit is a frumpy and practical item. The white buttons and trim help to add to the retro look, while the thick halter strap ensures support up top.

Get it online now from Oli for £62.

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Categories / Men's Fashion, Sportswear

Adidas Forest Hills trainers get colourful reissue

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Not long after one colourful makeover comes another colourful reissue of the classic Adidas Forest Hills.

Still the classic tennis shoe turned terrace favourite of the 70s and 80s and still with its NASA-developed footbed, but this latest reissue turns up the colour – crystal blue and electric yellow if you want the official description, along with a touch of white for the stripes.

£59.99 will secure you a pair. Another shot over the page.

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eBay watch: 1960s combined radio and magazine rack

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Interesting combination of home design and home audio – this radio and magazine rack, which is said to derive from the 1960s.

Sadly, the seller is limited with information, but it does have a 'Gazzetta' motif if that means anything to you and might even be as as old as the 1950s. But regardless of that, it has room at the back for your magazines (presumably the Radio Times of old), a mesh (presumably) speaker front and a fully working radio, with stations accessed by a twist of one of those knobs.

Not exactly up there with modern audio kit, but at 99 pence, it's a quirky item that should work in the right room.

Find out more at the eBay website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Etoile Home’s 50s-inspired Dorothy, Betty and Tiki rugs

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Etoile Home have just introduced the Dorothy, Betty and Tiki rugs, inspired by 1950s patterns. 

Produced in collaboration with Rug Designers, the rugs all feature bold patterns, evident in the leaf design of Betty, shown on the left hand side of the image and in the florals of the Tiki and the Dorothy design, shown on the right. The rugs come in various colour combinations and are all hand-made from 100% wool. 

The patterns get their distinctive names after the aunts of Etoile Home's founder, Shani Beadle. You'll be seeing more of these ladies over the coming months as the prints will be rolled out on other products.

Prices start at £680 for the Tiki rug and £699 for the Betty and Dorothy rugs. 

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Categories / Design and Interiors

The Captain’s Pattern: new St Jude’s fabric designed by Jonny Hannah

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Another interesting fabric design courtesy of St Jude's, The Captain's Pattern designed by Jonny Hannah. 

A while back we showed you Hannah's print for the Museum of British Folklore and this fabric design celebrates some of the folklore and customs of the sea. There's mermaids, deep-sea divers and vintage tattoo-style designs, all interspersed with images of anchors and executed in his trademark style. It's a two colour design (either red/blue or blue/blue) printed onto heavy weight cotton. 

The fabric costs £38 per metre or you can buy it as ready-made cushion covers for £32. 

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