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Tropical leaf salad serveware from Heal’s

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Want to be a retro hostess with the mostest? You may want to consider investing in this Tropical leaf salad serveware from Heal's. 

A piece of kitsch, this green acrylic set comprises a large plate or a salad bowl and servers, both in the shape of a large tropical leaf. The shape is reminiscent of the ceramic Carlton ware leaf dish which was produced in the late 1940s into the 1950s but the use of the material creates something of a 70s feel. 

Stock up now ahead of the summer – the plates are £4 each, while the salad bowl and servers cost £25. 

See them online

 

Categories / Art and Photography, Food and Drink, Homeware

Hair of the Dog tiki mug by Mitch O’Connell for Munktiki

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Retro favourite Mitch O'Connell is a multi-talented guy – artist & designer, tattooist and now designer of ceramics. 

Purveyors of fine tiki paraphernalia Munktiki have released a limited run of this Hair of the Dog tiki mug. Each poor hungover dog has an ice pack hat which you can put your straw through and will keep your revival remedy for the morning after the night before nicely chilled. Standing at an impressive 9 inches tall, it makes for a suitably kitsch adornment in any 50s den.

The Hair of the Dog tiki mug is a limited edition of 100 and is $60 from the Munktiki webstore.

Categories / Art and Photography

Green Lady print by Miss Swanne

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This isn't the first Tretchikoff-inspired piece we've featured of late but with the original print becoming harder to find at a realistic price, the wave of contemporary interpretations is set to continue.

With the Green Lady print, illustrator Miss Swanne has saturated the more muted hues from Tretchikoff's famous 1950 'Chinese Girl' painting, giving the piece a pleasing pop art revamp.

The Green Lady print is A3 size and is £95 from Boxbird gallery website.

Categories / Homeware

Graham and Green Pineapple Lamp Base

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No home with kitsch ambitions can be without an ornamental pineapple of some sort. Ever since Columbus bought them back from the West Indies, the pineapple has been a symbol of all things exotic and the luxurious Polynesian-themed tiki bars that popped up all over the US during the 1930s wouldn't be the same without being adorned by the fruit.

This Pineapple lamp base from Graham and Green in antiqued silver is stylish modern take on the mid 20th century tiki exotica trend, meaning you can save the real pineapples for garnishing all those rum drinks.

The lamp is £95 from Graham & Green. Find out more from the website. 

Categories / Food and Drink

’50s kitchen print aprons at Stitch Designworks

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Love the '50s? Fans of the decade who also plan on getting a little messy may want to invest in this kitchen print apron from Stitch Designworks.

It's a pretty frilled apron featuring a kitsch print showing a fifties home economic lesson – think immaculately clad women laying tables or getting things out of ovens. The apron is topped off with a piped heart pocket on its front. Like this print? You can also get it on seat pads, oven gloves or tea cosies. 

The half apron pictured costs £14 or you can get a full apron for £16.50. 

Buy it online

Categories / Bags, Women's Fashion

Baby Betty Pin-Up Purses from Miss Bud

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Much of the style of modern pin-up reinvention is unflinchingly daring, with bright colours, bold prints and luxurious textures collding to create a vampy and kitsch look. If you love the style but aren’t quite brave enough to go whole hog yet, well chosen accessories are an ideal in-road.

These Baby Betty Pin-Up Purses by Miss Bud have all the kitsch appeal of a pin-up inspired rockabilly look in one piece. A satin-look fabric provides the luxurious edge to a classic, tattoo style pin-up and card game print – a look now synonymous with 50s rockabilly fashion. Finished with a kiss-lock clasp and vintage style frame it’s the perfect way to get some retro in your every day wardrobe.

Get yours online from Dollydagger for £32.

Find out more from the website