Dorothy Perkins has teamed up with the Woodland Trust for a range of clothing and accessories, with a percentage from each item going to the charity for its tree-growing plans.
We like this Plant More Trees shopper, with its 70s-style nature design on a turquoise organic cotton bag.
It costs just £6 – and £1.50 of that goes to the charity. Just £5 allows the Woodland Trust to plant a tree – so if four of you buy one, that’s a little extra greenery on the planet.
Larger size specialist Evans is doing this 60s-style Crochet Dress – and they’re doing it cheap.
Available in purple and yellow, it has a square neck, jersey removable lining and is made of 100 per cent cotton. It was on sale for £50, but has just been reduced to £20 – so if you like it, a good time to pick it up.
In just about every classic movie from the 50s to the 70s, there was always someone dashing about in a raincoat. Despite the weather, they’re not all that common now – although Topman has just started doing a Trench Coat.
It’s very much the classic Trench, made of 100 per cent cotton, double breasted buttons, epaulettes, cuff buckles and a belt waist.
Available now, you can pick it up for £70.
Find out more at the Topman website
These Chroma cushions from Eleven Twenty Five are a nice twist on the traditional target design.
The image is actually the work of artist Miller Updegraff and pitched as ideal for a children’s room – or indeed any room that needs brightening up. Each is made of 10oz bull denim and with the cover removable.
Diferent colour schemes are available, which you can check out at the website, with each of the large cushions retailing at $170 (around £85).
Find out more at the Eleven Twenty Five website
It’s not winter yet – but give it a few weeks and the weather will certainly take a turn for the worse. And you’ll need to be kitted out in something cool, like this Nom De Guerre Reefer Jacket.
This coat from the New York-based collective is every inch the future classic, a nice twist on the classic pea coat in black, fitted and predominantly made of wool. It also features a Cupra lining, one internal and two external handwarmer pockets and an adjustable cuff.
Not cheap – £375 at selected UK retailers.
Find out more at the Oi Polloi website
Piaggio has a new scooter model on the market, claiming the Vespa S is a direct descendent of its 50 Special and Primavera.
The idea, apparently, is to appeal to the Italian youth who may have heard tales of those older models from their parents – and indeed the fun they had riding them in the late 60s and early 70s.
Saying that, it does look not unlike a modern Vespa, with the addition of the rectangular headlight, trimmed-down mudguard and sporty rear light. There’s a choice of 50cc and 125cc and a variety of colour-schemes, each with its own accessories – with prices at 2,500 Euros for the 50cc and 3,200 for the 125cc.
Find out more at the Official Vespa website (translated from Italian)
