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Fred Perry x Sir Peter Blake Blank Canvas polo shirts now available

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Not sure if this is being pitched as a piece of art or as a wearable piece of everyday clothing. Whatever way you look at it, the Fred Perry x Sir Peter Blake Blank Canvas polo shirts are now available in limited numbers.

The iconic British pop artist has teamed up with Fred Perry for three shirt styles that have been made and printed in England in a numbered run of 1000. The styles feature rainbow and union jack patches alongside screen printed icons such as stars, hearts and targets. Peter Blake’s signature sign-off sits on each hem and back neck label. There's also some Peter Blake packaging for each one.

A collector's release with a collector's price at £125. Perhaps something to pick up and store way for a rainy day. See the other designs over the page.

Find out more at the End Clothing website

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Categories / Art and Photography

The Warhol: D.I.Y. POP app for iPhone and iPad

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Fancy creating your own Andy Warhol artwork on the go? You can with the newly-launched The Warhol: D.I.Y. POP app for iPhone and iPad.

The work of the Andy Warhol Museum, it's a way of turning your own photos into Warhol-style imagery – or 'digital silkscreen print' as they call it. Take a photo with your camera or use one from your library, then use crop, expose and underpaint to create your image. It might take time, but you'll get there eventually.

Also throwing in some words from artists and curators at The Warhol, plus 'inside information' on Warhol and his art, the app is available to download now, priced at £1.49.

Find out more at the iTunes website

Also, we're using Instragram right now for retro imagery. If you want to follow, check out 'retrotogo'. We'll happily follow you back.

Categories / Art and Photography

Paris Box Set by Peter Blake

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We’ve mentioned Peter Blake’s Paris prints before, but now they are available in at a price at everyone can afford in the form of the Paris Box Set.

The boxset comprises 20 lithographic postcards, each featuring a different collage of the city inspired by antique souvenir postcards. Typical Blake motifs such as butterflies, circuses, magic and crowds feature in the designs.

The boxset costs £25 from the Polite Shop.

Categories / Art and Photography, Books, Travel

Andy Warhol’s New York City: Five Walks, Uptown to Downtown by Thomas Kiedrowski and Vito Giallo

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Not our average art or travel book, Andy Warhol's New York City: Five Walks, Uptown to Downtown by Thomas Kiedrowski and Vito Giallo combines the two for something just a little bit different.

It's all about Warhol's New York, where he lived, where he worked and where he was forever associated with from the 50s to the 80s. 80 sites in total, all with background stories about the art, the movies and the fashion. There's even listings for Warhol's residences, favourite restaurants and factories, as well as iconic locations no longer around to see.

Enhanced with 12 original drawings by artist Vito Giallo, a former studio assistant of Warhol's, the 144-page book is available for pre-order now, priced at £8.99.

Find out more at the Amazon website

Categories / Women's Fashion

Helen Rochfort “Smell me Cherry” Handbag

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We've featured Helen Rochfort's retro-inspired handbags in these pages before but the "Smell me Cherry" Handbag deserves a special mention.

Based on a vintage frame box-bag design it has a fabulous shape and is capacious enough for the proverbial kitchen sink. The silver bag is decorated with a hand-printed design of fruit-machine cherries adorned with some diamante for extra bling. The interior is pink and silky, with a zipped coin purse for your loose change. Best of all, it actually smells of real cherries in a nod to the scratch 'n' sniff sticker craze of the early eighties.

The bag is part of a linited run of 200 and costs £69. You can buy it from Helen's online shop here.

Categories / Art and Photography

New Sir Peter Blake prints launch: Homage to Damien Hirst – Butterfly Man series

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It still has that distinctive, vintage-esque collage style, but Sir Peter Blake also gives a nod to the contemporary art scene with the launch of his new set of prints, Homage to Damien Hirst – Butterfly Man.

According to the man himself: 'Damien Hirst has used butterflies in a lot in his work, and it was pointed out that 'the butterfly man' owes more than a little to his work, so I was happy to dedicate him in homage to Damien. I am an enormous admirer of Damien’s work.'

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