Categories / Design and Interiors, Retro rooms

Retro Rooms: Kelly Bryden

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Our Retro Rooms feature moves back to the US, with Kelly Bryden offering us a glimpse into part of her house in Wilmington, Delaware. The best way to describe it is to leave it to Kelly – and don’t forget to see over the turn for additional images.

If you want to see your house, room or collectables on this site, just send over a couple of pictures and words of explanation to [email protected] and we’ll show the world!

Over to Kelly…

"In the 10 years that I have owned my home, I have always wanted to redecorate this room, but never put much effort in to it due to the fact that we rarely used it.  It is a large room with a very large window and I feared that it couldn’t be re-done without spending a fortune.  Since my husband collects vintage glass and ceramic-ware, I thought that adding some shelving would be a good place to showcase his "finds", as well as give the room some much needed warmth and personality."

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Categories / Women's Fashion

Fred Perry Jessica Ogden range

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Fred Perry
seems up for using new/young designer to play around with its range these days – the latest of which is Jessica Ogden.

There’s a range of new designs instore and online, claimed to have references from vintage Fred Perry ranges from the 1930s to the 1980s – but with a very modern touch. The one pictured here is described as a Tipped Shirt – a pique tipped collar shirt with embroidered laurel made from 100 per cent cotton.

Available in a range of sizes and colours, it retails for £75.

See the range at the Fred Perry website

Categories / Bags

Retro Trabant sports bags

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Big thanks to Fabrizia for pointing us in the direction of the Logoshirt site in Germany, which is packed full of retro designs, including these rather smart retro Trabant sports bags.

The Trabant (if you didn’t know) was a small East German-made car, which has become something of a cult item in recent years, after many more years of being a joke. The bag uses the original logo on a typical vintage-style sports bag in a choice of colour.

They sell for around 25 Euros, which is about £16, along with postage to your country.

Find out more at the Logoshirt website

Categories / Watches

Andy Warhol pop watch set

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And today’s bargain of the day is…this Andy Warhol pop watch set.

Why? Because you get four Warhol-styled (and Swatch-like) watches. Each is sized at 1.25 inches x 9 inches, limited edition  – and the black one even glows in the dark. Add to that a rather smart case with "banana" fastener and you would be expecting a hefty price tag.

But no…you can pick these up from Fred Flare for $75, which is around £38. So by my reckoning, that’s £9.50 per watch, with the case thrown in for free.

You don’t find value like that often.

Find out more at the Fred Flare website

Categories / Design and Interiors

Andrew Tanner Flocked ceramic birds

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Birds on a wall – about as 70s as you can get – and made famous by Hilda Ogden’s living room in Coronation Street. Well, if that’s a look you’re after, you can still get them with these Andrew Tanner Flocked ceramic birds.

Slightly more upmarket than the the ones you might remember from a relative’s house, these are earthenware ceramic, with an off-white glaze and a flock detail if you look closely.

The price reflects their new-found status as hip pieces of design – £13.50 each.

Find out more at the Andrew Tanner Design website

Categories / Sportswear

Karhu Originals String Volley trainers

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Yet more sports gear from the Karhu archive – this time from 1981 with the Karhu Originals String Volley trainers.

Volleyball was apparently big business in the early 80s in Finland – and the best teams wore these shoes. They have a mesh-nylon upper, with suede reinforcements, along with a rubber outsole and air-cushioned sole.

You can pick up a pair online, priced around £70.

Find out more at the Finnish Design Shop