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Patch Print Folk Blouse from Oasis

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Now that the high street's obsession with the early 1960s is passing, trends are moving towards a wider variety of vintage influences. New from Oasis is their 70s Love Story line, channeling Kate Hudson in Almost Famous.

This Patch Print Folk Blouse is one of the more convincing pieces from the line, with the combination of patchwork prints stepping away from more clichéd choices. The chiffon fabric creates the flowing seventies folk silhouette, carrying a print that manages to be structured yet busy.

It's available now from Oasis for £35.

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Leather Patch Cord Jacket from Selected Femme

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With cord trousers still forming a staple in many seventies inspired wardrobes, the fabric is less often used in others pieces lately. This Cord Jacket from Selected Femme retains some of the seventies appeal of the fabric in a simple and wearable way.

The blazer style is simplistic, while retaining some of the decade's appeal thanks to the longline cut and tailored waist. The addition of leather elbow patches to the jacket adds some less-seen vintage style, while the colours of navy and black keep the piece easy to wear on any occasion.

It's available now from ASOS for £75.

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Hi Art twentieth-century art icon patches

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Want a quick, potted history of some key twentieth-century art pieces and movements? Sounds pretty serious but doesn't have to be, especially with this unusual idea, courtesy of Hi Art: patches. 

Yes, you can patch (or should that be Pop?) up an old pair of jeans with a Warhol alike soup can, as shown above, or take your pick from seven other designs. 

The patches also include a test screen design to represent video art and an iconic Magritte-style pipe to represent Surrealism. 

You can get the Dada patch (Duchamp's urinal) at the Tate online shop for £4.50 but the full range only seems to be on sale through Australian company Third Drawer Down where they cost AUS$7 each. Best to check out the shipping fees before ordering though. 

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