Tables don't get much more minimalist than the Pietro Chiesa Fontana coffee table.
A modernist classic dating back to 1932, the Fontana has remained timeless purely down to that simplicity – cured and ground 'float' glass in various sizes, but all with that same straightforward shape.
It's exhibited in the MOMA in New York and you can have one in your home too from around £700.
Very gradually, the winter gloom seems to be lifting and thoughts are turning to summer days ahead. Perfect for a picnic in the park is this 1950s-style cropped top. With a sweetheart neckline and button through front, the pretty stamp and postmark print evokes the bygone glamour of foreign travel.
It's priced at an extremely reasonable £15.75, leaving plenty of change for ice creams.
Buy the top from the ASOS website
Daniel Heath makes beautiful hand printed wallpaper inspired by the circus. Pieces of whimsical Victoriana, they are as fantastic as claimed in the sample of High Wire shown here. His other designs are no less fanciful: The Greatest Show on Earth illustrates the famous P.T. Barnum surrounded by the tools of his trade, whilst Fantastic Jumbo, as you may guess by the name, features some very well trained elephants and an extravaganza of show ponies and stars. The beautifully faded looking blue, green or sepia colours complete the retro look.
At £250 a roll, it's not the cheapest way of introducing a spot of old-fashioned glamour into your home, but it is possibly one of the most crowd pleasing.
See more details at The Shop Floor Project
Edith Head’s no-nonsense style guide from 1967, How to Dress for Success, is being reissued by V&A Publishing. Head was arguably Hollywood’s most famous and influential costume designer, responsible for the clothes in over a thousand films including Roman Holiday, The Birds and Sunset Boulevard.
Illustrated using Head’s own delightful line drawings, the book contains witty advice on life’s perennial problems such as exactly how to look younger and slimmer and just how to attract and keep a man. In a chic lilac cloth binding and priced at only £8.99, it offers invaluable inspiration for replicating that vintage Hollywood look.
Graziela Preiser’s bright and fun designs for children were deservedly popular in 1970s Germany, where they were reproduced on bed linen, clothing and crockery. Today’s kids can now also benefit as Graziela’s daughter has begun re-issuing the designs, starting with ‘1,2,3’ pictured here. The most stylish nurseries can have it as a cot bumper or a duvet set, or it’s available as a wall organizer. Prices start at £32.
Graziela’s archive of work can be viewed on her website with the opportunity to vote for which pattern should be re-released next.
Find out more on the website By Graziela
Mode Merr's retro reproductions are always worth a look, thanks to their wearability and accuracy of styling. Their dress designs never fail to impress us thanks to the truly versatile pieces which tread the line of dressy and casual so well.
The Original Vamp Dress is one of a number of new designs, and is well worth a look. Easily adapted to suit rockabilly, pinup, or psychobilly wardrobes, this dress keeps it simple and sassy. The figure hugging material, and sexy off the shoulder neckline avoid making this trashy thanks to the block colours and kneelength hemline.
Get the dress in either colour online for just $62.
