Polly & Prince are a company who specialise in sourcing boutique accessories and homewares from UK manufacturers. With their ethical credentials and excellent handmade craftsmanship, their wares already have a leg up on the high street.
Thankfully, there’s lots of great looking retro gems to be had too, like this Cotton Dolly bag. Available in nautical stripes as shown, or in a pretty floral version, the clutch bag is cute and versatile. It’s also pretty reasonably priced at £39.99.
Remember the Mixa? It had the looks of a traditional cassette, but the functionality of a modern-day USB drive, offering up mix tapes for a modern era. Well, it’s back with a few improvements as the Mixa 2.
The main improvement is the USB connector – it now ‘slides’ in and out, which means when it isn’t in use, it’s hidden away inside, maintaining that old school cassette look. There’s also a choice of coloured Mixas and a new box for your fakey tape.
Aside from that, everything’s the same – including the 1GB of storage for music, photos and videos, complete customisation of the sleeve, some stickers and the price – which is still £19.99.
If you’re going for a 1930s or even an industrial-style look for a room, these Club pendant lights could be just the thing to finish things off.
They’re inspired by the Coolicon lamps that were produced in Britain in the 1930s and used extensively in public buildings including bus and train stations and many markets right up until the 1980s.
Take your pick from colours including powder blue, antique bronze and cream as well as various sizes, with a standard size coming in at a very affordable £26.50.
If you to buy a chair as an investment as well as for its looks, the Cassina limited edition Charlotte Perriand LC3 armchair.
Charlotte Perriand worked with Le Corbusier and original examples of her designs from the 1920s usually command a hefty price. All too often, reissues are traditionally not such great investments, but this one is – because it’s limited to just 500, each one registered with the Le Corbusier Foundation and featuring a poweder blue frame plus brown leather and linen cushions.
Aram is taking pre-orders for the chairs right now – but you’ll have to shell out £3,845 to get on the list.
A 60s classic that’s still likely to cause a stir in 2008 – the Verner Panton VP Globe light fitting.
First seen in 1969, it is a composite globe structure in transparent acryl-glass plastic that features five reflectors in hollowed-out aluminium with coloured lacquered white, blue and orange inside. They are suspended by three steel chains, with the whole fitting held in place by black fabric wire.
Available in small and large sizes, prices start at £999.
Find out more at the Lollipop Shoppe website
Publique Living utilise veneer in several of their products, but their Veneer Bowls have a particularly retro look to them.
The bowls are square, measuring 12 inches by 12 inches and are made from thinly sliced wood veneer. They are big enough to use for a fruit bowl although perhaps stylish enough to have on display empty.
They are available from Greener Grass Design in a choice of Maple or Zebrawood (presumably a striped wood) veneer, priced $50 (approximately £26).
