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Bird Print Jacket from Miss Selfridge

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Tropical style prints, from birds to florals, are most often used to conjure up a fifties style in retro fashion. With just a subtle difference, however, the styling can speak to an entirely different era and aesthetic. This Bird Print Jacket from Miss Selfridge takes its inspiration from a sultry seventies look.

The jacket's flowing fit, with billowing sleeves and a waist-fastening front, helps to create an instant seventies look, with the movement of draped fabric achieving a striking silhouette. The use of ombre pastel shades as a backdrop for the exotic print adds some post-sixties modernity, giving you the option of carrying this item through to an early eighties wardrobe too.

It's available from Miss Selfridge for £40.

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Toulouse Stripe Tee from French Connection

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Among the many iconic prints that fashion has retained from the fifties and sixties, perhaps the most simple and effective is the Breton stripe. Taken from nautical attire, its translation into fashion still has an air of retro appeal in pieces like this Toulouse Stripe Tee from French Connection.

The t-shirt's structure has subtle detailing that makes it stand out from the crowd, with a slash neck and short capped sleeves creating a silhouette that leans heavily enough on fifties and sixties beat kid clothing to retain the vintage aesthetic.

It's now available from French Connection UK for £27.

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Off Shoulder Wrap Top from ASOS

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Sometimes its the most simple retro looks that can be the most difficult to find, with so many bold prints and bright colours on the market for summer. This Off Shoulder Wrap Top from ASOS is a rare find, providing an effortlessly stylish top to pair with your more head-turning skirts and trousers.

The off shoulder style, combined with a daring sweetheart neckline, leans on the sexier side of fifties fashion to create an instantly vintage inspired silhouette. Ideal for combining with a circle skirt, it's equally suitable for tapping into the 80s love of fifties updates too.

It's available now from ASOS for £20.

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One Shoulder Tunic Top from River Island

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With maxi dresses and palazzo pants bringing back the loose and flowing fit that's instantly reminiscent of seventies fashion, it was only a matter of time before tops and tunics got in on the act. This One Shoulder Tunic Top from River Island is an ideal example, capturing that ethereal feel that defined much of the decade's mainstream looks.

The one shouldered structure allows for some flesh to break up the loose silhouette, with the corsage detailing adding a feminine detail much-loved in US fashion at the time. The use of pale yellow chiffon fabric is unmistakeably vintage influenced, creating the must-have flowing movement.

Get yours online from River Island for £39.99.

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USA College Sweatshirt from ASOS

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Among the many retro brands and retailers turning out great vintage inspired fashion of late, there's still many looks which remain relatively unexplored. For a more casual retro look there's not much choice, which makes finds like this USA College Sweatshirt from ASOS all the more special.

Taking inspiration from US frat style, the sweater is adaptable to a great variety of retro looks from fifties right up to eighties styles. With a skinny fit to create a more feminine feel, the high neckline and cuffed hem create a classic silhouette, while a washed red colour adds some worn-in vintage appeal.

It's available from ASOS now for £25.

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Eastern Embellished Tunic from Wallis

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The use of Eastern and African influences in vintage fashion is often best remembered in later sixties looks, worn on almost everyone from The Beatles to Woodstock kids. The hippy aesthetic didn't die with that decade, however, with the 1970s taking those influences further into the mainstream.

This Eastern Embellished Tunic from Wallis taps into that time in seventies fashion, with a print and loose fitting cut that provides a more polished version of folky sixties style. The use of intricate paisley print, rich bright colours and a loose chiffon fabric combines to create a look that's just ethereal enough for the masses of the era.

It's available now from Wallis for £36.

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