Categories / Retro Men's Fashion, Retro Women's Fashion, Sportswear

Puma limited edition Argentina 1978 trainers

Puma_argentina More retro footwear from Puma, this time a reissue of the Puma Argentina – and they’re very limited.

The original shoe was released in 1978 as a ‘thank you’ to the 10 Argentina players that wore Puma during their World Cup win. The trainers themselves were picked up on the terraces in Europe, before fading away. They’re back now in blue and in very limited numbers – just 240 pairs worldwide, each one sold with a limited edition fanzine of the history of the Argentina national side.

If you want ot pick a pair up, you can for £65.

Find out more at the End Clothing website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Metro coffee table

Holding_tables I do like this Metro coffee table – mid-century design with a modern twist.

The table could be quite useful either as a coffee table or as an occasional table. And there’s that lower shelf, which means even more storage – or somewhere to hide your magazines. It should be hard wearing too, as it’s made from solid yompa wood, which is incredibly hard and able to withstand plenty of knocks.

The only downside is the price – £345 seems a bit steep.

Find out more at the Holding Company website

Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Vinylux Bowls

Smoothbowl250Vinyl products by Brooklyn artist Jeff Davis have been featured here before, but now his range, including the Vinylux Bowls, are available from a UK stockist, Pop Guru.

Helpfully, Pop Guru will let you pick the record you want for the bowl.  Already in stock are titles by the Beach Boys, the Byrds, Jefferson Airplane, Sly & the Family Stone and the Rolling Stones.  If none of those are to your taste, unlike most DJs, they do take requests. The bowls are suitable for serving dry snacks, but with a credible choice of artist, you won’t have to worry about needing to cover up the record’s label.

Available in either a Smooth or Stepped finish design, they cost £20 each.

Categories / Homeware, Kids

Retro Traffic Duvet Set

27r500olilNew online store Oli doesn’t offer much that is hugely different from what is already available in catalogues or on the high street, but we did spot this Retro Traffic Duvet Set.

With its brightly coloured pictures of VW Beetles, Minis and camper vans, it is a tad more stylish than the Disney characters or football team duvets sets usually offered for kids’ rooms. And it is never too early to introduce youngsters to the classic vehicles of the past.

The duvet set costs £15 and matching curtains are available from £25 at the Oli website.

Categories / Cars and Bikes

Honda to reissue classic 1960s CB750 motorcycle

Hondacb750 Apparently Honda is going retro, reissuing its classic 1969 CB750 motorbike in virtually identical form to the original.

According to a report in Motorcycle News (not my regular read, I was tipped off), the company has enviously eyed the success of other retro bikes like the Triumph Bonneville and fancies a piece of the action. The only change is the engine – the old one wouldn’t pass emissions laws, so a new air-cooled engine is in development.

The first prototype should be shown off at the Tokyo Motor Show in October. And if you can’t wait that long, check out the picture to the right, because if it is identical, that’s what it will look like.

Honda Motorcycles website

Categories / Gadgets and Tech

Lexon’s Mini-Dolmen retro-style clock radio

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Yet another retro-styled radio, this time from the US – Lexon’s Mini-Dolmen retro-style clock radio.

Not as obviosuly retro as the recent Bush radio, this one takes the traditional radio shape and gives it a modern makeover – mostly by use of bold colours. For your money you get AM/FM reception via the telescopic antenna, along with an alarm – if you can stomach those bold colours at 7am.

Available now online, you can grab one for $49 (around £25).

Find out more at the Unica website