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Retro Cassette Table by RJ Wood Projects

Retro Cassette Table by RJ Wood Projects

Affordable retro classic: 1960s Tam Tam Pop Stool

Affordable retro classic: 1960s Tam Tam Pop Stool

Five of the best retro sports holdalls

Five of the best retro sports holdalls

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

Reader request: 1960 Italian trainers

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This is a request for help from one of our regular readers – and hopefully you can help out, as we’re stumped. The request is below, if you can help out, please leave your comment below this post:

I met an Italian today who had the coolest sneakers on. They were serafini 1960. I think they were serafini or something similar (serafino serefini ???) and they are reproductions of 1960 shoe design. He said they were sold only in Italy? They were VERY cool but I can’t find them on the web.

They were brown with the Italian flag colors forming a stripe on the side and on the tongue of the shoe was serafino 1960 with olympic rings in the Italian colors.

Daniela.

Can you help? Please let us know below.

Categories / Women's Fashion

Polkadot – retro and vintage jewellery online

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Polkadot

If you’re on the look-out for some unusual period jewellery (by that we mean something no-one else will have), it’s worth taking a look at the selection at Polkadot, which is an online store for designer vintage accessories.

Earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings dating from the 1920s to the 1990s, covering high-end labels, along with some cheaper mass market novelties. Prices start from just £15 and go up to £650 and as an example of what’s on offer, featured above is a 1960s red and white Lucite Bangle, which retails for £25 and a 1950s Christian Dior Necklace, which sells for £290.

For details of both of these and to check out the full range, visit the website.

Polkadot Jewellery

Categories / Cars and Bikes, eBay watch, Toys and Games

Corgi’s limited edition Beatles Mini

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Corgi_beatles_mini_1  Toy car maker Corgi is raiding the corporate cupboards and selling off its remaining stock of limited edition miniature vehicles on eBay – including this rather smart limited edition Beatles Mini.

It dates back to 2000 (although Corgi has been making Beatles models since 1965, when it introducec the die-cast Yellow Submarine). This one was part of a series of vehicles "owned, used and associated with the Fab Four", though I”m not sure which specific category this falls into. Each model will have a letter of authenticity to say they were sold as part of the Corgi auction – giving it an extra bit of exclusivity.

There’s nine available and bidding is currently at £60.

Beatles Mini auction

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Categories / Travel

Retro Retreat: Circa60 in Martinborough, New Zealand

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Circa

Another in our series of retro locations around the world, this time from New Zealand and Circa60 – 60s-themed rental accomodation in Martinborough.

Circa60 was built in 1958 and is architecturally designed, furnished and maintained in a mid-century modern style. The open plan home is divided into kitchen, dining and living areas (including a bar and log burner), as well as three bedrooms and a weatherproof outdoor room.

And if the weather turns bad, there’s a large TV and DVD player, with films, books and CDs from the 60s, plus 60s toys and games for kids. Check out the images on the Circa60 website, along with the full list of rates, which start at $180 for the first couple, then $40 for an extra adult or $20 for an extra child.

Find out more at the Circa60 website