Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Ruspa Table Lamp

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The Ruspa Table Lamp was designed by the Italian architect and designer Gae Aulenti for the company Martinelli Luce in 1968.

Best known for her work on large-scale museum projects, including Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Contemporary Art Gallery at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Aulenti also turned her hand to interior design. Perhaps this heritage goes someway to explaining the price of the Ruspa Lamp (I did a double-take when I first read it myself), which is currently on sale for £2796.95.

I suspect this won’t be a realistic purchase for most of us, but if you do have the money and want a classic table lamp, it can be ordered online from Made in Design.

Categories / Women's Fashion

Some Like It Hot dress by Big Beautiful Barbara Brown

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Retro reproductions of good quality are hard to come by, and even then it can often seem like you’ve only found the same thing everyone else has. For truly rare reproductions, Big Beautiful Barbara Brown is the perfect shop.

With many reproduction vintage dresses from the 1920s – 1950s, there’s something perfect for almost every occasion. Bound to be a big hitter is their range of Marilyn Monroe dresses, beautifully made to copy the icon’s looks. This Some Like It Hot dress is a great copy, made from duchess satin and with a great fit.

This dress costs £65, and like all their others is made to order by hand.

Find out more from the website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Habitat Enshi 50s-style shelving unit

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Habitat’s latest range includes a shelving unit that’s reminiscent of the 1950s – the Habitat Enshi shelving unit.

Designed by Bethan Gray and constructed from dark stained oak, the unit is a mix of shelving and closed storage units for the items you want to show off, as well as the ones you want to keep away from public gaze.

Standing just over 6ft (189cm) high, the unit sells for £799. But note it does require home assembly.

Find out more at the Habitat website

Categories / Women's Fashion

Pernod Suit by Jaeger

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The sixties and tailoring go hand in hand, but it’s not just for the boys. While formal menswear continues to take inspiration from the decade of the Mod, retro women’s suits are harder to come by. This Jaeger Pernod suit takes great inspiration from the decade to make sleek formalwear with lasting style.

The pernod suit combines a simple pencil skirt with a great signature jacket style. With bell sleeves, a single button on a high boat collar and an unstructured waist, the jacket makes this retro to a T. In an eye-catching shade of silk linen, this is quality and style to keep.

It’s available from Jaeger for £400, though each piece is sold separately.

Find out more from the website

Categories / Men's Fashion

Fred Perry 60s-style silk scarf

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A few years ago, you could pick up a classic 60s Tootal scarf for a £1 in most charity shops. Then the scarf became fashionable again, Tootal reissued the original designs and now Fred Perry is muscling in with its own silk scarf.

Very much in the mould of the original design but with a higher quality silk finish, the scarf has a period paisley pattern on one side (along with an embroidered Fred Perry logo), while the reverse has a striped design, should you fancy a change.

If you want one round your neck this autumn, the scarf retails online for £39.

Find out more at the End Clothing website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Kay + Stemmer mid-century Rose dressing table

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Admittedly, we did feature a Kay + Stemmer design over the weekend, but we were so impressed with the newly-discovered Rose dressing table, we felt obliged to feature it straight away.

Typically Kay + Stemmer, it oozes mid-century style despite being a modern design. In terms of specifics, the dressing table is made of walnut, packing two deep drawers with cutaway front, a hinged top revealing a mirror and additional lined storage and a build quality and style that should take some beating.

It doesn’t come cheap at £3,950, but this timeless design should give you great service for many years to come.

Find out more at the Benchmark website