Tag: eighties

Categories / Cars and Bikes, eBay watch

eBay watch: 1988 Austin Mini Designer Mary Quant Edition

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We have featured one of these in the past, but as they come up so infrequently – and we think they're a collectible of tomorrow – we're flagging up another Austin Mini Designer Mary Quant Edition.

This one dates from 1988, one of around 2,000 Mary Quant-designed Minis made at the time. But we suspect a good number have been scrapped since then. The ones that survive don't cost a fortune right now, but in time, they just might rise up in price.

The seller doesn't give lots away, but it looks like the outer Quant detail and that distinctive striped upholstery are all intact. Indeed, it's described as being in 'excellent condition throughout' with 'no rust, dents or scabs' you'll be pleased to know. Mileage isn't mentioned, drop them a line about that. Right now it's up for £1,800.

Find out more at the eBay website

Update: Amazingly, another one has just gone up too, it's a bit cheaper as well. See details of that one here.

Categories / Men's Fashion, Sportswear

Adidas Beckenbauer trainers return in white and blue

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Not content with producing a reissue in black and orange, Adidas has produced another reissue of the classic Adidas Beckenbauer trainers, this time with a white and light blue finish.

Nothing much else has changed though, this is still the famous all-round football and training shoe from 1982, inspired, as the name suggests, by the German football legend. In terms of detail, there's a soft leather upper, high impact training outsole, suede toe detailing and the light blue contrast accents.

Grab a pair directly from Adidas, £62 is the price.

Find out more at the Adidas Store website

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Categories / Men's Fashion, Music

Smiths-inspired How Soon Is Now? t-shirt by Sometimes

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It's the kind of garment you'd probably expect to see in a university bar or sixth form common room in the mid-80s, but this How Soon Is Now? t-shirt by Sometimes is actually a new item.

If you haven't guessed, the words on the front of the t-shirt are a selection from The Smiths' How Soon Is Now? track, so you can share Morrissey's misery wherever you are. Just as long as you buy the t-shirt.

As far as we know, it's only available from the US, but let us know if that's not the case. It retails for $32.

Find out more at the Sometimes website

Categories / Men's Fashion, Sportswear

Hanon gets exclusive reissue of Le Coq Sportif Arthur Ashe trainers

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An interesting collaboration using a minor classic of days gone by – the Le Coq Sportif x Hanon Arthur Ashe trainers.

As you might have guessed, this is a Hanon retail exclusive, with the shoe a remake of the original tennis shoe of the 1970s and 80s, designed (as you might also have guessed) for the US tennis icon Arthur Ashe. It's a no-nonsense trainer with perforated detail for breathing, a soft lining for comfort and premium upper for 'extra resistance'. It also features the original Le Coq Sportif 'practice' logo on the heel and the Arthur Ashe signature on the side.

These should be available this month on the Hanon site, as yet no price details have been announced. Another shot of the shoes from a different angle over the page.

Hanon website

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Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale (at a reduced price): Cameron’s house in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, located in Highland Park, Illinois, USA

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Remember this? Of course you do, this is Cameron's house (aka the 'Ferrari House') from John Hughes' 80s teen classic, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. We featured it when the house went up for sale back in 2009 and said back then, if we had the money, we would be all over it. Well, according to Gizmodo, the economic slowdown seems to have hit the luxury property market, so the money required to buy this midcentury gem in Highland Park, Illinois, USA is much less than it was back then.

As you undoubtedly recall, this glass and steel construction was owned by the parents of Cameron Frye and housed the infamous Ferrari, which Cameron and Ferris used to get around town during that 'day off'. That's not included in the sale (it was sold last year) – but you'll find the garage, which is capable of holding up to three cars, classic or not.

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Categories / Men's Fashion, Sportswear

Puma G Vilas 2 trainers reissued in two new colourways

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We saw a pair in all-white earlier this year, but now there's a reissue of the Puma G Vilas 2 trainers with some added colour.

We do like the G Vilas 2, a section shoe designed for Argentinian tennis ace Guillermo Vilas in the early 80s, it was instantly a terrace classic and still catches the eye today.

The latest reissue is in white with either green (above) or navy blue detailing, throwing in some G Vilas 2 and Puma branding, a perforated toe and tongue, as well as a leather upper with nubuck toe and rubber outsole. £55 is the price.

Find out more at the Menswear Site website