Categories / Women's Fashion

Kupang Embroidered Camisole by Monsoon

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African influence in the late 1960s counter-culture fashion best manifested itself via elaborate embroidery and daring colour palettes. This Kupang Embroidered Camisole captures the vintage interpretation of globalised fashion with flair.

The fitted shift shape's simplistic structure allows the complexity of the embroidery shine, coupled with bright spring colours and graphic border prints. In a light cotton it is ideal for Spring while being cut neatly for a sixties silhouette.

It's available from Monsoon now for £35.

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Categories / Bags, Women's Fashion

Printed Shopper by Diane von Furstenberg

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Diane von Furstenberg's keen eyeor late 20th century vintage touches extends throughout her lines to this day, and this Floral Printed Shopper is a perfect example.

The vintage-look floral print is reminiscent of her very own original 70s designs. The tote is sizeable enough to be practical, while remaining perfect for making a statement in bold red and white. Finished with a sturdy leather handle, this is a chic seventies-look piece is well worth the investment.

Get it from Matches Fashion for £215.

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Categories / Architecture, Design and Interiors, Men's Fashion, Women's Fashion

BFI issues The COI Collection: Design for Today DVD set – 20th century fashion and design

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The BFI is currently releasing rare and historical documentary films made by the Central Office of Information on DVD, with the upcoming COI Collection: Design for Today DVD set looking to be an essential purchase.

Released on 22nd March 2010, it's a two disc set, one covering architecture and design from days gone by, the other looking at fashion during a similar era. That first disc offers upDesigning Women (1948) in which Joyce Grenfell takes us through the dos and don’ts of home furnishing; Brief City (1952), modernist architecture and design on show at the Festival of Britain; Design for Today (1965), Hugh Hudson’s day-in-the-life of British design, and Peter Greenaway’s Insight: Terence Conran (1981), showing Conran at the height of his success.

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Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

M&S ‘Folk’ vase

M&S Folk vase

If you saw this in someone's home, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a vintage number. Surprisingly this Folk vase is actually manufactured by Marks and Spencer and is part of their new Spring 2010 collections.

With its interesting shape and coloured glass, the vase has a definite late 60s/70s look. It's just one selected from their collection, all with the same retro feel. The range spreads across homeware, from cushions to rugs, so its worth a browse if you like the style of this piece. 

This vase costs £9.50 with the rest of the vases in the range being similar reasonable prices. 

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Categories / Design and Interiors, Kids

Robot stickers by Lauren Moriarty

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As you know, we do love a good robot on this site. And these robot stickers designed by Lauren Moriarty are a great addition to the selection we've featured. 

A reflection of the fun, graphic products she designs, each pack contains four different types of robot along with their faithful robot dog companion. The stickers are suitable to apply directly to glass or plastics and can also be used on wood or metal with a little bit of pre-treatment. 

To give an idea of size, each pack is 17.5cm high. They come in a choice of seven bright colours and, at £2.95 per pack, it's worth snapping up a few to add some Robo-style to your home.  

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Categories / Men's Fashion

Clarks Originals x Pretty Green desert boots

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When he's not stropping about at the Brits craving attention, Liam Gallagher is still plugging away with his clothes label. But he seems to be using a different tactic in 2010, teaming up with established labels. At least, that's if the Clarks Originals x Pretty Green desert boots are anything to go by.

It's a bit 'spot the difference' to be honest, although you've probably spotted the Pretty Green tag on the side, as well as the colour co-ordinated stitching/sole and a minor tweak to the laces. It might even have a slightly slimmer profile, but that's not clear from the early shots. What we do know is that this is essentially the classic Clarks desert boot with a twist, coming in three colours – 'champagne' (above), black and brown.

The price we've heard is £99 (a bit up on a standard pair), with a shelf date of July 2010.

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