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Floral Ottoman Crini Dress from Miss Selfridge

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The most simplistic and effective ways to achieve a summery retro style are classic dresses, from forties tea to sixties shift. Favouring a fifties look, this summer has featured plenty of floral swing-style dresses on the high street.

This Floral Ottoman Crini Dress from Miss Selfridge has a chic and classic retro shape, from the high neckline and sleeveless cut to a full circle skirt and high waistline. The floral print combines classic inspiration with a more modern design influence, thanks to a bright and bold colour palette.

It's available online from Miss Selfridge for £45.

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Covergirl Swing Dress by Stop Staring!

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Swing dresses are some of the most desirable and instantly recognisable retro fifties frocks you can get. While there may be many fifties inspired designs on the high street, there's nothing that can compete with great reproduction designs like this Covergirl Swing Dress by Stop Staring!

With a classic swing silhouette, featuring a halter neck and circle skirt to the knee, there's no denying the fifties appeal of this piece. The real stand-out feature of this design is the bustline, featuring a sweetheart cut and a contrasting panel under the pleated fabric. Finished in a striking white and red polka dot, this dress doesn't put a foot wrong.

Get it from the Stop Staring! online store for $154.

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Floral Bow Skirt by You

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For fifties style separates, we've featured many vintage reproduction brands here on RTG that bring you flawless retro style . But for those of us on a budget, hunting the high street can turn up plenty of great alternatives like this Floral Bow Skirt by You.

This skirt's high waisted circle style is an instant vintage-look hit, hitting the mid-thigh with a hemline that creates a silhouette with impact. With a retro floral print, polka dots and candy colours it taps into a kitschy mid-fifties look that's a perfect summer separate.

Get it from New Look's boutique brands online and in shops for £26.

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Polka Dot Dolly Dress by Alice + Olivia

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Circle skirts and prom style dresses got their first real outings in the 1950s, but the style has never gone away. Allowing reinterpretation throughout many fashion decades, the 1980s made the prom style its own. That 80s look is coming back once more to our high street and designer brands.

This Alice + Olivia dress features a cutesy circle skirt, complimented by some punky detailing to give it an 80s feeling. The more revealing cut of the top ensures this is certainly no fifties look, while the high waistline and exaggerated fullness in the skirt retain a kitschy retro appeal.

It's available online the UK from Net-a-Porter for £390.

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Bird Printed Prom Dress from Miss Selfridge

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Fifties prom dresses have thoroughly sealed their presence on the high street for the foreseeable future, giving a wide choice of options for retrophiles beyond the clichéd options. This Bird Print Dress from Miss Selfridge introduces a less-seen print to great effect.

The bird print retains some of the kitsch appeal of modern fifties-inspired fashion, without being too obvious. With a full circle skirt and high waist, the shape creates an ideal silhouette with a wide necked collar and capped sleeve too.

It's available now from Miss Selfridge for £45.

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Karlsson retro disk wall clock

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Karlsson retro disk clock

You can rely on Karlsson to produce a good looking clock and their retro disk wall clock is no exception.

It's a very simple clock made up of metallic disks, displayed in a flower-like pattern around the time piece. The shape of the disks combined with the look of the polished steel gives it something of a sixties look.  

Certain to add a touch of glamour to any wall, the clock sells for £49.99

Buy it from the Bouf website