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Pro-Ject unveils Charlie Brown-themed Peanuts T1 BT turntable

Pro-Ject unveils Charlie Brown-themed Peanuts T1 BT turntable

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

Heidi Seeker personalised cardigan

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Heidi Seeker offers some great alternative clothing and they've come up trumps again with this fantastic personalised cardigan which would allow anyone to feel part of a Pink Ladies style girl group.

These cotton cardigans, with leopard print shoulders, are perfect for some fifties styling – to be worn with a pencil skirt, pedal pushers or a sundress. The best bit, of course, is that you can get your name flock printed onto the back, onto either a leopard print or polka dot heart. Available in black or pink, it costs £40.

Buy it from the Heidi Seeker website

Categories / Homeware

MidCentury Armchairs from The Modern Warehouse

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This fabulous armchair is one of a pair available from The Modern Warehouse in London. MIdcentury specialist, The Modern Warehouse, sells an ever-changing range of vintage furniture, lighting and art.

They sell online and also at open evenings at their warehouse in East London. The chair shown here is typical of the quality of their pieces. One of a pair of 1950's Italian stye armchairs. The frame is beautifully sculpted solid oak with soft blue upholstery.

Priced at £1295, find out more about the chairs and see the rest of The Modern Warehouse's range at their website.
Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Sylvia Chalmers’ Fruit Design from Classic Textiles

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Sylvia Chalmers was a textile designer from the 50's, and twelve of her stunning designs have now been reproduced by Classic Textiles.
The designs have been launched with permission from Sylvia Chalmers' surviving relatives, and is printed by the Centre for Advanced Textiles. The Centre for Advanced Textiles, is a research hub based at the renowned Glasgow School of Art which offers research and bespoke printing facilities.
Classic Textiles also sell fabric by textile greats Lucienne Day and Robert Stewart. The printed fabrics are 100% linen and costs £75 a metre, unfortunately quality doesn't come cheap.
Find out more at Classic Textiles.

Categories / Design and Interiors

Christian Girard 1969 table lamp for Azimut Industries

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Cool, quirky and very much of its era – the Christian Girard 1969 table lamp for Azimut Industries.

Named after the year of its design (1969), the lacquered steel lamp is actually quite a clever little thing – the light sits on top of that domed lamp magnetically – which mean you can slide it around the base for the right angle. Loving that car-like light too.

Take your pick from various colours (including period-authentic orange), with the lamp selling for £132.

Find out more at the Made in Design website

Categories / Homeware

Richard Sapper Jubilee Kettle for Alessi

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An 80s design with a modernist look, now reissued in 2009 – the Richard Sapper Jubilee Kettle for Alessi.

Jubilee because the design has celebrated 25 years of production, first designed in 1983, with this version a collector's piece for 2008 (although it's only just gone on sale in 2009). For your money you get Alessi's first-ever designer kettle, this time a limited edition (numbered), with a stainless steel mirror polished finish, a brass whistle and contrast black handle.

Ok, it's not the most convenient kettle to use, but it's certainly one of the most stylish.  Yours for £110.

Find out more at the Panik Design website

Categories / Bags, Music

Adam Ant limited edition jute bag from Schuh

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For fans of late 70s punk, early 80s new romanticism or just plain quirky bags, this Adam Ant limited edition jute bag from Schuh might well be up your street.

It's a limited edition beige fabric tote (just 5,000), perfect for use as a reusable shopper or a general everyday bag. And with that large image of good ol' Prince Charming himself (in his Adam and the Ants era), the bag will probably be a talking point too.

Get one while you can, priced at a ridiculously cheap £1.99.

Find out more at the Schuh website