Yes, this really is an old school boombox for your wrist – the Flud Boombox watch to be precise.
Take your pick from a silver or gun metal finish, both with the same detailing – speakers, radio dial and aerial, as well as a digital read out for the time. Sadly all of its is purely for decoration (except the time of course), but no-one will know that (if you don’t let on).
If you want one, they’re available online, priced at $90.
Litton Furniture is an old name (dating back to the 1960s), but having been recently taken on by Sir Terence Conran and furniture maker Sean Sutcliffe, is now producing high quality furniture with a much heavier emphasis on design. As this Mon Oncle armchair by Sir Terence Conran pretty well sums up.
It’s a stylish item, influenced heavily by the art deco period and made by a team of highly-respected cabinet makers and upholsters, using only English timber and only from sustainable sources – in this case burr ash.
Take your pick from either a leather or wool finish, with prices starting at around £3,450.
Find out more at the Litton Furniture website
Messages of “Peace” and images of white doves are pretty commonplace on Christmas cards, but the “Jo-Jo the Dove” Christmas Cards have another meaning.
The design is taken from an anonymous political poster originally issued by the French anti-communist group Paix et Liberté in 1952. These cards have been designed exclusively for the V&A Shop and are sold in packs of 10 which also include a sheet of stickers for personalising your cards.
The cards cost £6.50 and can be ordered from the V&A Shop now.
Several generations of young girls have grown up reading the Nancy Drew Mysteries, with the heroine first appearing in the 1930s and continuing to solve new cases to this day.
"The Nancy Drew Cook: Clues to Good Cooking" is very much the 1970s incarnation of Nancy Drew as it was originally published in 1973, but reissued in 2005. The easy-to-follow recipes tie in with the most famous of Miss Drew’s cases.
It is available from Amazon for less than £5.
I love the industrial looks of the Santa & Cole Digamma armchair.
Designed back in 1957 by Ignazio Gardella, it offers comfort via the upholstered seat, back and arms, mixed with that utilitarian steel frame and legs, not to mention the mechanical control for the three-position backrest.
If you like your style mixed with simplicity, it could be for you. The Digamma sells for around £3,500.
Disco style isn’t something that’s often easy to carry off, especially for less casual occasions. Thankfully, the accessories wardrobe of the era is chock full with plenty of style for designers to plunder. This Anya Hindmarch Disco box bag is a perfect evening bag inspired by the most fabulous 70s trend.
The metallics avoid looking trashy through their muted colours and structured box construction. Added to the circular pattern, there’s something quintessentially Studio 54 about this piece.
It’s currently available from Net-a-Porter for £260.
