Category: Women’s Fashion

While peacoats, macs and swing jackets are always a hit with retro looks, sometimes a more unusual style of jacket can be just the ticket. This Plaid Jacket by Priorities takes a less traditional cut and makes it work just as well.

The beige plaid pattern retains a heritage feel, thanks to the faithfully vintage-look colour palette. With such a fabric, the structure is allowed more freedom, with a double breasted buttonless front and funnel neck. The coat still retains a sixties feeling, though, with an a-line silhouette and chic feminine feel.

The Lindsay Jacket is available online now from Bluefly for $132.

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You're probably reading this and thinking we're a bit nuts to be writing about shorts while the snow's still falling, but with a pair so cute and retro as these it's hard to resist. From Miss Selfridge, these High Waisted Shorts are the sort of pair you can find the excuse to wear at any time of year.

With a vibrant red fabric, the contrasting black buttons make this design, done in a matelot style pattern. The cut, too, lends itself well to a retro look, with a high waist and loose fitting leg creating an a-line. This is a pair you can accessorise to suit a fifties or sixties look equally well, and if you can't wait 'til it's warm get some tights out of the wardrobe!

They're available new in at Miss Selfridge for £28.

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If you're after a daringly full-on pin-up aesthetic, you need look no further than US brand Pin Up Couture. With impressively genuine styling and fabrics, designs like the new Bad Girl Dress never shy away from the vampish style of the baddest girls of the 50s.

This dress takes inspiration from Hollywood glamourpusses of the forties and fifties and exaggerates femininity to the extreme, creating an unmistakeably sassy silhouette. A molded bustline creates a super-cinched waist, while the perfectly cut satin fabric hugs the curves everywhere else.

It's available online now from Pin Up Couture for $96, in black or leopard print.

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Moving into the Spring lines of designer gear means the vibrant shades and prints are coming back out of the woodwork, meaning there's plenty more choice for retro lovers. This Lilly Print Silk Dress by Marc Jacobs is a great example of spring prints with a fifties feel.

The dress shape is a simple and chic, with a lightly flowing shape given added femininity by the waist band. The greens and blues of the floral print are reminiscent of a Hawaiin look made mainstream in the 1950s, making this a relaxed retro look for the coming warmer months.

Get it online from Matches Fashion £768.

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While no one seems able to second guess where the weather is going, it seems daft to invest in too heavy a coat while looking ahead to Spring. This See by Chloé coat is an ideal solution for transition months, covering up just enough.

Made from a cotton-twill fabric, the jacket treads the line of reassuring weight and versatile lightness well, meaning it can be combined with woolens or worn alone depending on the weather. The light blue combines with a simple, chic and straight cut to create a bright, mid sixties look that will go with almost everything.

Get it online from Net-a-Porter now for £430.

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