Categories / Film and TV

Audrey Hepburn season at the BFI Southbank

Audrey hepburn season

One of film's most famous stars, Audrey Hepburn, is being celebrated with her own season at the BFI Southbank, London.

From the 12 Jan until 3 February, they will be showing ten of her films, including Charade, Funny Face, My Fair Lady, Paris When It Sizzles and, of course, Breakfast at Tiffany's. Plenty of style and cinematic inspiration there to see you through the rest of the month. 

Find out more online

 

Categories / Men's Fashion, Sportswear

Adidas London trainers back in red and green

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The Adidas London trainers are back once more. Or should that be twice? After all, the City Series favourite is returning in an a couple of eye-catching colours.

Very strong red and green options to be precise. You can see the red over the page. Aside from that, it looks like business as usual, with a suede upper, leather detailing, gold 'London' branding, a textured tongue and a thin gum sole.

A couple of sizes gone already, but plenty still left online. £56.99 is the price.

Find out more at the Size? website

Via His Knibs

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Categories / Women's Fashion

1950s-inspired Fred Perry Laurel Wreath Collection by Richard Nicoll

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Ken Russell's iconic images of 1950s Teddy Girls provide the inspiration for the new Fred Perry Laurel Wreath Collection by Richard Nicoll.

It's the first collection by Nicoll for Fred Perry, which promises 'Edwardian dandiness' and vintage reference points like pointelle cardigans and mother of pearl brooches, as well as period colours to create something modern, but with a distinctly 1950s twist.

You can find out for yourself if it works from Monday 10th January, which is when the collection goes on sale online and instore. Or you can check the images above and over the page. Prices, as you can imagine, vary.

Fred Perry website

All images (c) Paul Wetherell

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Categories / Architecture, Property

For sale: Peter Moiret-designed terrace house in The Hamlet, Champion Hill, London SE5

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Not the most instantly eye-catching house we've ever featured, but this Peter Moiret-designed terrace house in The Hamlet, Champion Hill, London SE5 is certainly architecturally significant and ripe for a renovation.

A mid-terrace house, it's located on what is described as 'one of London's most desirable modernist developments' – a collection of 32 dwellings designed by Peter Moiret that all overlook a communal green, as well as being located on a peaceful hilltop site surrounded by trees, but still within easy reach of central London.

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Categories / Food and Drink, Homeware

Heritage London bus mug

Heritage bus

Looking for a reasonably priced gift for a secret Santa or a stocking filler? You could do worse than looking at the Heritage London range which includes this bus mug.

The mug features an illustration by Fiona Howard and has the same retro feel as her other work. It features a simplified outline of a red London bus, contrasting nicely to the cream of the mug. There's also a black taxi available in the same range. 

Made from earthenware and completely microwave and dishwasher safe, the mug costs just £6. 

Buy it from Marks & Spencer

 

Categories / Design and Interiors, Homeware

Festival Wallpaper by Mini Moderns – celebrating the 1951 Festival of Britain

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It's quirky, cool and very retro – the newly-launched Festival Wallpaper by Mini Moderns.

This midcentury-inspired wallpaper celebrates the enduring influence of the 1951 Festival of Britain, the post-war exhibition of the new wave of modern British design, which celebrates its 60th Anniversary next year. If you look closely, you'll see highlights of that exhibition – the iconic Skylon, the Dome of Discovery and the Royal Festival Hall, not to mention the Transport Pavilion and The Lion and the Unicorn Pavilion.

The wallpaper comes in 10m x 52cm rolls printed with waterbased inks on paper from sustained forests and in three colour options. Festival is apparently the first design in the new Mini Moderns Day-tripper collection, launching in September 2011, which celebrates aspects of British culture, hobbies and pastimes. See another shot of Festival over the page.

Mini Moderns website

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