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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

Fred Perry Bateau Neck Dress

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Fred Perry's designs have gone far beyond the classic tennis wear and polo shirts we all know so well, especially with their latest womens collections. With a strong retro feel to each piece, this Bateau Neck Dress is a perfect example of the flair seen throughout.

This dress takes a whimsical sixties vibe and applies it to a casual jersey dress. The detachable contrast coloured neck and red buttons add a mid sixties vibe that's irresistably mod inspired, while a classic A-line mini dress provides the perfect canvas.

Get it online from ASOS for £75.

Find out more from the website

Categories / Art and Photography, Gadgets and Tech

Trip Man – buy a classic Olympus Trip camera for under £40

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Some years back, I wandered into a dusty old secondhand camera shop and on the advice of the owner, bought an as-new Olympus Trip for around £20. It didn't let me down and is still in fine working order. You can do much the same at Trip Man.

The Trip was around from the late 60s through to the 80s, famously advertised by David Bailey, it was a fully automatic 35mm film camera that was both compact and solid, with a great quality f2.8 Zuiko lens and sold at a price everyone could afford. But above all, it looked very cool – and still does today.

Trip Man is still selling reconditioned Trips and accessories, maintaining that low price point, certainly compared to some of the recent Lomo cameras. The one above is a Trip 35 with white leather finish, selling for just £39.50. Just pick up some 35mm film and you're away.

Find out more at the Tripman website

Categories / Watches

Bamford offers the Tag Heuer Monaco Bespoke watch

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It's one of the most famous watches ever made and will be forever associated with Steve McQueen, but you can now pick up a Tag Heuer Monaco watch that's exclusive to you, using the online Bespoke service at Bamford.

It's still the watch made famous by McQueen in the Le Mans movie, the world's first square-cased chronograph and the first watch with a microrotor for automatic rewinding. But you can now customise just about every detail of this 40-year-old watch online, including every detail on the dial and the strap stitching to suit your own colour tastes. Better still, you can do it all online for free to test all the different colour combinations.

But once you get to the checkout, it's far from free – around £5,000, no matter what you choose.

Find out more at the Bamford website

Via Selectism

Categories / Men's Fashion

Anthony Peto Deerstalker hats

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Deerstalker

Bizarrely, I remember this style of headwear being popular with casuals for a short time in the 80s, but I suspect the Anthony Peto Deerstalker hats will probably appeal to the country squire in all of us today.

Faithful to the classic 'Sherlock Holmes' Deerstalker, but with a modern twist, the Anthony Peto version is made of wool in a choice of black, blue or the grey above, complete with adjustable earflaps, peak and cotton inner lining.

Four sizes to choose from, all priced at £65 at Oki-Ni. The same retailer also has some colourful, high-end pork pie hats from that same designer too.

Find out more at the Oki-Ni website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Ilovedust Eames DCW chairs project

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Here's an interesting project from Ilovedust involving the ever-appealing Eames DCW chairs. The top image shows a bespoke customisation they've done of a pair of the chairs. Ilovedust have taken an 1956 TV interview between Arlene Francis and Ray and Charles Eames as their inspiration, pulling out key words and statements. These have been worked up into graphics shaped by fashionable typography and imagery from the 1950s and then hand applied to the surface of the chairs. 

For something that can be bought, the same graphics have been used to produce a limited run of faux suede cushions, available in either blue or green and costing £33 through Click for Art. Finally, there is also a print available: more details of that on the Ilovedust blog. 

Find out more about the project from the Ilovedust blog or purchase the cushion through Click for Art

Categories / Food and Drink

I heart Tintin mugs at the Bloomsbury Store

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Tintin mug

For fans of what is arguably Belgium's most famous export, The Bloomsbury Store is currently stocking a wide range of Tintin merchandise including everything from figurines to posters to next year's calendars to these I heart Tintin style mugs. 

The porcelain mugs are available for a variety of the well known characters naturally including Tintin but also Snowy, Haddock, Castafoire and the Thompson Twins. You can buy them individually for £7.95 or a set for £31.80.  

See them online