If you are planning a retro-style Christmas (the best kind), it is not too late to order a handmade stocking from Jan Constantine.
There are several designs to choose from, but the Union Jack Stocking is the one with most retro appeal. Made from red felt, trimmed with a union jack motif, the stocking measures 46cm by 21cm.
It costs £36 and can be ordered online from the Jan Constantine website up until the 22 December for delivery for Christmas.
Plaid checks are everywhere again, making the world a little bit more surreal for all of us who were wearing it on shirts when Kurt Cobain was still alive and (relatively) well. Thankfully, sometimes it can stretch beyond grunge-y shirts, as displayed by this French Connection Chickity dress.
Making the perfect casual minidress for Winter days, this simple A-line dress combines a great fabric print with a sixties cut and high boat neckline. A fuller short sleeve, instead of capped, adds some authenticity and the few extra inches needed in this weather.
Get it from French Connection in the sale now for £60.
Corduroy seems to have gone out of favour with fashion designers in everything except flares, and for retro devotees it’s a shame. This Free People skirt uses the much ignored fabric to great effect in a deep olive green, providing a casual alternative to suit style pencil skirts.
The matelot style buttons give this a not unexpected 50s/60s feel, while the fabric inherently says seventies by its texture and shade. It sounds like it shouldn’t work, but it does, giving a great all day skirt from the usually sexed up pencil skirt style.
It’s available from Bluefly online for $59.
We’ve featured many lights. Indeed we’ve featured many Verner Panton lights – yet bizarrely, we’ve somehow missed the most famous of all – the Verner Panton Panthella lamp.
Designed for Louis Poulsen back in 1970, the Panthella is classic space age design, with a look all the more stylish because of its simplicity. That ‘glowing’ spherical shade is made of high pressure moulded opal acrylic, with the supporting stand in high pressure moulded polycarbonate structure built around a steel stem.
Take your pick from the floor or table version, selling for £450 or £345 respectively.
It might be as far from sunny folk festival weather as possible outside, but if you’re looking to perk up your attire there’s nothing that captures a summer vibe better than 70s folk style.
These embroidered tunic style tops from Miss Selfridge capture the casual, ethnic inspired look in a pastel palette, making them perfect for Spring and Summer if you’re shopping ahead. While the inspiration is obvious, these tops avoid looking like costume with a played down floral pattern that looks laid back and easy to wear.
Get them from Miss Selfridge for £25 and £28 (left to right).
Sixties style graphic prints have seemingly never gone away, and while many are a poor imitation of the original, there are plenty which provide a fun and faithful take on the decade’s designs. These NeXtime wallclocks may be in the ‘obvious’ category, but that doesn’t stop them from looking good.
Designed by Rike Beekman for NeXtime, the most attractive thing about this clock is the lack of numbers, allowing a fairly busy graphic print to shine. With simple tapered hands, the result is something like miniature pop art for your wall.
The clock is available online in both colour schemes from Corvus for £27.99.
