Categories / Books, Women's Fashion

Shopping For Vintage by Funmi Odulate

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Vintage fashion is everywhere right now, going hand-in-hand with the retro-inspired fashions on the high street. The great thing about it is that you can pick up individual pieces at very cheap prices – if you know where to look.

And a list of places to look can be found in Shopping For Vintage by Funmi Odulate. It offers a look at the work of over 70 leading designers from the last 120 years, key fashion pieces from each decade, tips on the kind of places to find it and how to haggle down a price when you do.

There’s also an exhaustive list of the names and addresses of vintage outlets all over the world, as well as vintage fashion fairs, websites, auction houses and flea markets.

The book is available now in hardback, priced at under £8 at Amazon.

Categories / Retro rooms

Retro Rooms: Els Willems

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Retro Rooms moves across the world once more, stopping this time in Groningen in the Netherlands, at the home of Els Willems.

Below (and over the turn) are some photos of Els’ house, which she describes as a "canvas of fifties stuff". And there’s even a picture of her 25-year-old VW Transporter too.

If you want to send us some images of your retro home or retro room, email them to us at [email protected].

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

Adidas Originals windbreakers

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I’m not sure what the weather’s like where you are, but where we are it’s been pouring with rain for more or less the last week. Time for a jacket to deal with the elements, like these Adidas Originals windbreakers.

Available in a range of colours (including the navy blue and "Brazil" green and yellow above), they’re lightweight jackets with contrast zips, two front pockets, the usual Adidas detailing and that all-important hood (which can be removed if you wish). I’m not sure if these are straight archive reissues or just retro items, but they definitely look straight out of the early 80s.

You can pick one up now in a choice of sizes for around £55.

Find out more at the End Clothing website

Categories / Art and Photography, Gadgets and Tech

Pop Cam – snap your own pop art

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Never mind creating your own pop art, you can just snap it with this Pop Cam.

The miniature camera uses 35mm film, taking four mini pictures of a subject in rapid succession, arranging them all in different hues on a 6-inch x 4-inch print when you get your film processed – creating a pile of your very own pop art.

And best of all, it’s cheap – just £9.99.

Find out more at the Hawkin’s Bazaar website

Categories / Men's Fashion, Music, Women's Fashion

Dusty Groove Jazz Standard t-shirt

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Dusty Groove is one of our favourite record stores – and if you dig deep enough, you’ll find some interesting non-music items too, including this Dusty Groove Jazz Standard t-shirt.

The design is a classic late night jazz recording session and is an ideal alternative for the jazz fan who doesn’t want to go the whole way with the shades and beret (or if it’s a bit warm for a polo neck sweater).

Available in a range of sizes and printed on 100 per cent cotton, it’s available for a very reasonable £6.50.

Find out more at the Dusty Groove website

Categories / Music

Anarchy In The UK in the Sunday Times

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Sunday newspaper giveaways are usually sorry affairs, but Anarchy In The UK in the Sunday Times looks worth the cost of the paper.

It’s being given away to celebrate 30 years of punk apparently, with volume one available on Sunday May 13th and volume two to follow a week later.

The tracklisting for volume one is Volume 1 track list Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK (original demo), The Damned – New Rose, Blondie – Hanging On The Telephone (live), The Stranglers – Peaches (live), Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World (acoustic version), X-Ray Spex – Germ Free Adolescents, The Buzzcocks – Boredom (live), Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers – Roadrunner, Theatre of Hate – Do You Believe In The Westworld? and The Adverts – Gary Gilmore’s Eyes (live).

Find out more at the Sunday Times website