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Wonka Bar Handbag by Helen Rochfort

Posted on 23rd July 2009 | Leave a comment

Helen Rochfort's retro styled bags take some of the most recognisable images from our collective childhoods, from pop culture to the sweet stand, and make them into fantastic accessories.

It's not just the imagery that has kitsch credentials, taking a great classic shape as the starting point. The metallic frame of the bag, along with the old fashioned clasp make these instantly vintage looking. This Wonka Bar version's images are taken straight from the original film and fit perfectly with the playful overall look.

It costs £79 from her online shop.

Find out more from the website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Pinch Pendel sofa

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Another piece from Pinch Design to lust after: the Pendel sofa. It’s a neat little two seater, designed to fit into a compact space and its curves recall the designs of someone like Finn Juhl. However, it’s been freshened up for the twenty-first century by the beautiful wildflower print upholstery.

The Pinch website suggests it could be used in a hallway or in a bay window. I hadn’t considered I needed a sofa in either of those spaces until now, but now I’ve seen it, I know I won’t feel satisfied until I do! I had better start counting my pennies however, as the sofa costs £2295.

Buy it from the Liberty website

Categories / Cars and Bikes

Bowery Lane Bicycles – retro-styled city bikes

Posted on 23rd July 2009 | 1 Comment

We're not sure if they sell to the UK as yet, but if you are in the US and on the look out for retro-styled city bike, you might want to check out Bowery Lane Bicycles.

The idea is to produce a well-made, vintage-style city bike without it costing a fortune, which is what you get with the Broncks above. Available with a black or raw finish, the bike offers a Dutch-style designwith classic sprung leather saddle, cork handles, chain guard, fenders, kick stand, rear rack and that eye-catching wooden crate for carrying your bits and pieces.

The bike is produced in New York City using eco-friendly parts and techniques (including solar energy in the factory), selling for $595 (around £359). Check out over the page for an image of the other cycle in the current range, the Breukelen.

Bowery Lane Bicycles

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Categories / Kids

Alice Melvin’s ‘Cut out and dress Mr and Mrs Peg’ dolls

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If you want your kid to do something other than stare at a monitor all day, Alice Melvin's 'Cut out and dress Mr and Mrs Peg' paper dolls could be the answer. They are also a slice of pure nostalgia for the adult involved, two dolls for you (or your child) to cut out and dress in one of the two old fashioned outfits that is included for each doll in the set.
Melvin is an illustrator, book designer and artist and both the dolls and the outfits, including the bathing suits pictured above, are charming. If you like the style of her work, she's due to have her second children's book published by the Tate in September this year.
The set costs £5 from her online store

Categories / Women's Fashion

Jaeger London Wing Collar Cropped Tux

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Jaeger London may have made their biggest waves with high powered 80s fashion, but they've come past this dated workwear look to make luxurious pieces with broad retro influence. This Wing Collar Cropped Tux is a great example of their fashion forward pieces' vintage inspiration.

While twenties and thirties fashion is usually flapper dresses, this jacket's art deco influence is a great non-literal interpretation of pre-war design. Straight, striking linear patterns combine with a rich light mink shade to great effect. The end result is a luxurious statement piece that could become a classic.

Get it online from My Wardrobe for £299.

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Categories / Watches

Axcent Tank 70s-style LED watch by Daniel Jakobsson

Posted on 23rd July 2009 | Leave a comment

Not just a name, the Axcent Tank LED watch is built like an armoured vehicle too.

Designed by Daniel Jakobsson, the Tank is also built like a 1970s digital timepiece too, that retro-style LED display peaking out from that chunk of stainless steel on your wrist, available with a natural finish or in gold if you want some added bling, both with a mineral glass screen and water resistance to three metres.

Watchismo sells the Axcent of Scandinavia watch range, with both of the above available for $139 or £84 if you prefer.

Find out more at the Watchismo website

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