Categories / Cars and Bikes, Travel

Vroom By The Sea – hire a Vespa in Brighton

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Fancy nipping around Brighton on two wheels? Well, you can if you visit Vroom By The Sea.

Based in central Hove, the company offers Vespas for hire – everything from 50cc twist and go bikes through to more traditional bikes like the Vespa PX125 pictured here. Or if you feel lazy, they can even deliver a scoot to you.

Various offers are currently available, so check out the site for full details. Although as a guide, prices are between £22 and £44 for a day.

Find out more at the Vroom By The Sea website

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Categories / Homeware

Vintage Perpetual Calendars

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Instead of wastefully buying a new paper calendar every year, the smart and stylish option is to invest in a perpetual calendar. Pedlars currently have a good stock of Vintage Perpetual Calendars from which to choose.

The stock dates from the 1950s and 1960s and encompasses a variety of styles to fit with your décor and desk space. Prices start at £60, which is considerably more than you’d pay for an ordinary calendar, but in the long-term this will save you money!

Contact Pedlars via their website for full details of the calendars available.

Categories / Homeware

Bottna Ottoman

Ottoman

Surely an under-rated piece of furniture, the ottoman could be making a comeback judging by the range of them available on the Sheer Home website. They provide useful additional storage space that can double as seating, whilst being attractively covered in fabric to co-ordinate with your interior.

Amongst Sheer Home’s range is the Bottna Ottoman which is particularly attractive as it is upholstered in fabric by Marimekko, one of our favourite retro fabric designers. It costs just under £220 with the Marimekko fabric or you can have it covered in your own choice of fabric for £189.99 plus fabric.

Visit the Sheer Home website for further details.

Categories / Women's Fashion

New Look Fifties-style cardigans

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I’m pretty sure no one needs telling anymore that for the complete fifties look a cardigan is an absolute must. Whether you’re going for Audrey Hepburn inspired Upper East Side style, or a more Las Vegas grind type pin-up look, New Look have surprisingly got things sewn up.

Their new Autumn range has a huge selection of fitted knitwear to keep you warm and far from frumpy. It features some far from tacky animal prints for the rockabilly girls, and many more demure options for the rest of us.

Prices range from just £10 – £20 in the shops and on the website.

Find out more from the website

Categories / Homeware, Women's Fashion

Monsoon vintage styled giftware

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Whether you’re treating yourself or someone else, vintage trinketry is a much treasured thing for many. Unfortunately, though, it becomes harder and harder to find something attractive at an attainable price. For something that has the looks and not the price, Monsoon‘s giftware is a great choice.

This art deco styled hand mirror is one of my favourites, though there are many vintage styled pieces aimed at women including scent bottles and jewellery boxes. Each piece has an air of age about them, but in a good way.

Find out more from the Monsoon website

Categories / Women's Fashion

Vivien of Holloway dresses on sale

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For great looking reproductions of 1950s style you might think you’d be better off looking across the waters to America. While much of the bubblegum style we so fondly remember originated on those shores, you needn’t look any further than your own back yard thanks to Vivien of Holloway.

The boutique’s designs are well loved by rockabilly girls in the UK, and you can grab some of the authentic tailoring now for a fraction of the price. These dresses are available in a variety of prints and are leant authenticity in shape and cut thanks to great craftsmanship.

The halterneck dresses are now in the sale for only £49.

Find out more from the website