Categories / Retro Men's Fashion, Retro Women's Fashion

Aristocrat Eyeglasses at American Apparel

Aristocrat

So often across fashion trends, the focus shines so much on the ladies that menswear gets entirely forgotten. If you're finding retro gents apparel is lacking, unisex styles can be a treasure trove, especially in accessories.

These Aristocrat Eyeglasses are a great sixties/seventies look pair, with heavy frames and clean sharp lines. The squared shape gives them a sleek, masculine look, while gold accents and framing add the flashy seventies feel. They come fitted with clear non-prescription lenses, but might just be worth adding your prescription to for regular wear.

Get them from American Apparel for £60.

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Categories / Design and Interiors

Eero Aarnio 1960s Cognac XO armchair

Cognac

The original is near-impossible to find and to be honest, the reissue of the Eero Aarnio Cognac XO armchair isn't much easier to source either.

It's not actually a straight reissue of the 1966 Cognac V.S.O.P. chair (hence the slight name change), this version is bigger and 'more ergonomic', but still hads that distinctive fibreglass frame and some upholstery in a Tonus fabric in your choice of colour.

Of course it isn't  cheap, with prices around the £4,000 mark, but there's no denying it's a head turner.

Find out more at the Design Eero Aarnio website

Categories / Retro Men's Fashion, Sportswear

Adidas Spezial – 1970s trainers reissued

Spezial

An interesting footwear reissue from Adidas – the Adidas Spezial trainers.

Originally from the 1970s, they were designed as a rather niche handball shoe, but have moved on to become a casual classic and a great all-rounder. This reissue is available in two colourways (one above, the other over the page), both with premium suede uppers, oval laces, gold Spezial detailing and a gum sole.

Limited numbers, they're yours for £55.

Find out more at the End Clothing website

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Categories / Art and Photography, Design and Interiors

Liquorice Loops 60s-style kinetic mobile by Ivan Black

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Ivan Black's Liquorice Loops is a little piece of art for your home that looks like it has come straight out of the sixties. Not only because of the look of the curved laminate pieces but also because it plays with kinetic art, which is seen as reaching its golden age in that era. It's constructed using a combination of magnets and ball bearings so that the loops will start moving with a slight blow onto the piece. 

It measures 30cm high and costs £160. It's just one of the kinetic objects offered by Laikingland, so if you like this there's plenty more to explore. 

Buy it from the Laikingland website

Categories / Homeware, Kids, Music

C60 cassette wallpaper from Mini Moderns

C60 wallpaper

Two favourite things meet in this wallpaper: a love of the humble cassette and a love of Mini Moderns' designs. Mini Modern's latest design for kids (or grown-ups who haven't quite grown up) is the C60 wallpaper. The pattern repeats a variety of different tapes, bringing back fond memories of carefully creating and listening to mix tapes with names such as 'summer hits' or 'party mix'.

The image shown is in the chalkboard and gold option but, if you are extra keen to encourage your kids to pay homage to this lost technology, it also comes in the customisable 'colour me' option. Both versions cost £38 per roll. 

Find out more online

Categories / Homeware

Vintage Plate Clock

Kitch-kitchen-clock

We’ve seen vintage plates given a new lease of life as cake stands but here is a more unusual idea, the Kitsch Kitchen Plate Clock.

Not only is the clock face made from an old floral patterned plate that your granny would probably live, but the hands have been made from spoon handles and the pendulum from a tablespoon.

The clock costs just under £40 from Stylish Life.