Category: Women’s Fashion

While the Spring/Summer season wares appear in the high street shops, it isn't all bikinis and vest tops. Knowing the Great British Summer, there's room in your new wardrobe for a great looking coat. This Funnel Neck Mac from New Look is a lightweight, sixties influenced gem.

While the mac constantly reinvents itself, this version stays classically influenced with a drop waist, funnel neck and double breasted cut. The addition of shoulder tabs or 'storm flaps' adds a unique twist, though is still a classic trench coat feature.

Available in stone or black, this will set you back just £25.

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Fred Perry may be famous for their tenniswear, but the rules of their casual fashionsports clothing are what make them so ideally suited for retro lovers. Keeping each piece simple and classic, they bring us another sleek basic with this 50s collar shirt.

Based on a classic bowling shirt shape, this almost unisex shirt is unfettered by fussy nips and tucks, leaving a shirt that's enduring in its simplicity. The Fred Perry logo is, of course, ever present, but in a subtle black stitching on the chest.

It's available online now from ASOS.com for £54.

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Oversized sunglasses may be firmly back in fashion, but their clear framed equivalents are still taking some time to come around. If you're looking for some seriously retro frames, look no further than these Chatsworth glasses from American Apparel.

The shop, recently launched in the UK, is famous for its indie style and has taken a cue from the 'not so chic' 70s era glasses size to great effect. They won't be for everyone, but they certainly can't fail to make an impact.

They'll set you back £27 online or in the shops.

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Arguable the best thing about many of the designs from Bettie Page Clothing is their accessibility for a wearable wardrobe. The purveyors of forties and fifties reproduction make some guaranteed stunners, but many designs are ideal homages that don't suffer from that 'playing dress up' effect.

This Substitute Pencil Dress is just one such design. Made in a playful pink plaid cotton, it's a great Winter dress that's both office and party friendly. With a cinched waist for a little bit of sexiness, the suit styling keeps it formal and appropriate.

Get it from the Bettie Page Clothing website direct for $128.

Looking for a one buy way to 70s lounge chic? It's undeniably one of the retro styles that is less en vogue at the moment, but when you get it right it can be stunning. This Fortuna Maxi all in one from Coast is a great looking, easy way to get the style without looking like you're in fancy dress.

Thanks to the simple black of this item, it's easily adaptable for a decadent loungewear style, or even for a seventies disco feel. The billowing chiffon style material and cut make for a great silhouette, while the cinched waist and vest top feel make this easy to wear.

It's available from Coast for £145.

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