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20 affordable retro tech gift ideas

20 affordable retro tech gift ideas

10 of the best retro alarm clocks

10 of the best retro alarm clocks

Retro reading glasses by London Mole

Retro reading glasses by London Mole

Categories / Homeware

True Love’s Clouds Duvet Set

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The True Love’s Clouds Duvet Set was designed by street artist True Love Always.

Graffiti isn’t the first thing than springs to mind when you see the colourful design, which bears more of a resemblance to psychedelic graphic design of the 1960s. On closer inspection the swirling pattern in yellow, red, orange, purple and blue contains the words “True Love Always”. The duvet is made of a high quality cotton with a 250 thread count percale.

A double duvet with two matching pillowcases costs £117.50. It can be bought online from Hidden Art Shop.

Categories / Food and Drink

“Let Them Eat Cake” Cake Stands

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There aren’t many things more civilised than taking afternoon tea with cakes presented on a tiered cake stand. The wonderfully named Let Them Eat Cake specialise in making cake stands from vintage china.

Their readymade selection includes pieces made from bright coloured crockery from the Forties, Fifties and Sixties which is just the right side of twee. Many of the designs are topped off with a cup, which allows the stands to be used for serving goodies other than cakes. Let Them Eat Cake will also make cake stands using your own old plates, giving a new lease of life to mismatched pieces.

The readymade cake stands costs between £40 and £65, with prices on application for bespoke pieces. Visit the Let Them Eat Cake website for further details.

Categories / Women's Fashion

Jessica Wiggle Dress by Pinup Couture

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Pinup Couture are always on the money when it comes to original designs that are heavily vintage inspired. If you’re looking for a fifties pinup dress with vintage looks, made with great fabrics and techniques, try out their newest Jessica dress.

Named for Jessica La Blanche, this sexy stretch bengaline frock is made with all the figure hugging glamour you’d expect of a ‘wiggle’ dress. The structured underbust and great craftsmanship on this dress stop it from looking so tight that it seems cheap, too.

Get it online from Pinup Girl Boutique for $88 in either of these two colour picks.

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Categories / Women's Fashion

Eucalyptus full skirt trench coat at Dollydagger

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We’ve all heard about the trench coat being a timeless classic, but an updated and feminised version might be the better option for a year on year coat style. This Eucalyptus Full Skirt Trench is the ideal retro-styled girlier option.

Exclusive to Dollydagger, this 100% cotton number is available in both red and black, fully lined with ever-desirable polka dots. The cuffs and bow waist details add something a little extra that gives this coat a more tailored, expensive look, too.

It’s available new from Dollydagger for £90.

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Categories / Sportswear

Kickers limited edition FAC51 Hacienda boots

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Well, we’ve already seen the Hacienda trainers – and now we have the Kickers limited edition FAC51 Hacienda boots.

The boots are part of Kickers’ Sound of Style range, with a pair of boots representing key dates in its four-decade history. The FAC51 is obviously representing the 80s, with the Hacienda logo on the heel and tongue and the 08 88  highlighting the arrival of house music at the legendary club. According to the spiel, Kickers were the ‘unofficial uniform’ of the club at the time, trainers being a no go at the time.

You can order a pair of FAC51s now in brown, priced at £80. More images on the site.

Find out more at the Hip website

Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: 1960s mid-century-style house in Jordans, Buckinghamshire

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Designed back in the 1960s by Gresham Dodd, this mid-century-style house in the sought-after location of Jordans, Buckinghamshire is what you might call a ‘project’.

It’s a single story house, with a design influenced by Mies van der Rohe, Craig Ellwood and Philip Johnson and little changed from the day it was built – which means wall-to-wall windows for enjoying the view and wood paneling throughout. And those views are guaranteed – a covenant on the land forbids any further building.

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