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Tag: 1950s

Categories / Crafting and Textiles, Homeware

1950s-style Wykeham Leaf fabric from Laura Ashley

Posted on 12th August 2013 | Leave a comment

Wykeham Leaf

We've recently featured a genuine Laura Ashley design from the 1950s - Pelham. This Wykeham Leaf fabric is a contemporary design but definitely looks to that same decade for inspiration. 

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Tags / 1950s, fabric, laura ashley, pattern, retro, textile, wykeham oak
Categories / Design and Interiors

1950s Pelham wallpaper from Laura Ashley

Posted on 7th August 2013 | Leave a comment

Pelham wallpaper

2013 is the 60th anniversary of Laura Ashley. To celebrate, the company has launched the Heritage collection, which includes this Pelham wallpaper, a design which uses a pattern that dates right back to the 1950s. 

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Tags / 1950s, fabric, geometric, heritage, laura ashley, pattern, pelham, retro, wallpaper
Categories / Women's Fashion

1950s-inspired G21 tartan skater dress by George at Asda

Posted on 6th August 2013 | Leave a comment

Skater

It has the look of a 1950s, possibly early 1960s design, But the best thing about this G21 tartan skater dress by George at Asda is perhaps the price.

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Tags / 1950s, 50s, Asda, classic, design, dress, fashion, fifties, George at Asda, retro, style, vintage
Categories / Design and Interiors, Kids

Limited edition 1950s-style Regine Desk by Les Gambettes

Posted on 6th August 2013 | Leave a comment

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Spotted over on our Junior Hipster site is this rather cool 1950s-style Regine Desk by Les Gambettes.

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Tags / 1950s, 50s, classic, design, desk, fifties, home, kids, Les Gambettes, Limited edition, midcentury, Regine, retro, style, vintage
Categories / Art and Photography, Women's Fashion

Leopard Print by Vanessa Mooncie

Posted on 5th August 2013 | Leave a comment

Leopard-print-full

Vanessa Mooncie creates contemporary artworks inspired by the glamour of 1950s fashion illustrations, such as in this Leopard print. 

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Tags / 1950s, art, couture, fashion, illustration, print, retro, silkscreen, vanessa mooncie, vintage
Categories / Homeware

Chicken Egg Cup by Sonja Plastics

Posted on 2nd August 2013 | Leave a comment

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Scandinavian design may resign supreme, but I always have a soft spot for things from the former East Germany such as this Chicken Egg Cup by Sonja Plastics.

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Tags / 1950s, DDR, east germany, egg cup, home, retro

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