Tag: V&A

Categories / Design and Interiors, Food and Drink

V&A Feldman 1950s textile design oven glove

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More 1950s designs taken from the V&A's extensive archive and applied to new products, in this case an oven glove based on a 1950s Feldman textile.

The pattern was designed by J. Feldman and then produced by David Whitehead Ltd in 1954, originally as a roller printed rayon. The design screams the early '50s with its atomic influenced pattern, an example of the type of textile pattern that came out of the Festival of Britain and are proving to be so popular again in 2011. 

The V&A have used it on a number of cotton kitchen accessories, also including an oven mit and a tea towel. This oven glove costs £10. 

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Categories / Homeware

Victorian Tile Magnets

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Liven up your living space with this colourful collection of Victorian tile magnets from the V&A.

The set of 63 different magnets can be tiled together (as shown) or used however your imagination desires. The total size of the attached magnets is 190mm x 286mm but you can seperate them into individual squares.

The beautiful collection is available for only £8.50 at the V&A. Although this particular item is not available through the website, if you call the V&A they can give you more details on when it will be back online.

Categories / Design and Interiors

Retrouvius LDF Tubular Framed Chair

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Retrouvius architectural salvage have a limited number of these rather attractive Tubular Framed Chairs left from last years London Design Festival.

The festival was held at the V&A museum and Retrouvius were asked to design the Exhibition Road entrance space – they incorporated these chairs which were part of a cafe area.

The chairs have woodens seats and backs contrasting with bright metal tubular frames.They also have a built in desk, handy for resting your cup of tea and slice of cake on.

They cost £70 + VAT – check them out here.

Categories / Books, Men's Fashion

The Day of the Peacock: Style for Men 1963-73 book

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If you fancy yourself as a modern-day 'dandy ', you might want to see how it was done in its heyday. Luckily for you, a book has just been published by the V&A showing that very thing – The Day of the Peacock: Style for Men 1963-73 by Geoffrey Aquilina Ross.

Geoffrey Aquilina Ross was the men's editor for Vogue in the 1960s and in this book, he recalls the era’s most dashing figures, including Tommy Nutter, Mick Jagger and Patrick Lichfield, as well as discussing iconic shops and tailors such as Granny takes a Trip, Blades, Hung on You and Mr Fish. Christopher Breward’s introduction throws in some social and cultural context too.

Packed with colour illustrations too (150 in total), the hardback book is available now, with Amazon discounting it to £19.99. If you're into vintage clobber, it looks like a must-buy. Some black and white images over the page.

Find out more about the book at the Amazon website

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Categories / Books, Women's Fashion

The Art of Being a Well-Dressed Wife by Anne Fogarty

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Looking for some authentic 1950s fashion advice? You may want to pick up a copy of The Art of Being A Well Dressed Wife which was written in 1959 by American fashion design Anne Fogarty.

The book is being reprinted by the V&A as part of their series of retro style guides which also features works by the likes of Dior, Hardy Amies and Edith Head. It details what to wear on every occasion, from travelling to entertaining to sporting events – even how to match your car to your outfit!

The book is cloth bound and contains both Fogarty's original illustrations and period photographs from John French. Offering a fascinating, if somewhat terrifying, insight into the period, it's surely the ideal gift for any retro bride-to-be. 

The book is available for £6.49 from Amazon

Categories / Design and Interiors

1950s fabric designs reissued at V&A website

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What with the Prey tins featured early today, or the Zara Home Pina design we featured yesterday, it's clear that Fifties fabric designs are still as popular as ever. You can grab another piece of the look with these 1950s fabrics designs that have been reissued by the V&A. 

Available exclusively online or through mail order, the printed cottons are adapted from designs made for Horrockses Fashions. We've previously featured some of the V&A's Horrockses-inspired products and these designs share that colourful, floral look. Daisy pictured above is also available in a pink colourway, while there are two further designs which use stripes with the flowers. 

If you want to delve a bit further back in time, they are also selling original fabrics inspired by the textiles in the V&A's quilts collection, which we also featured earlier this year. 

A metre of the 1950s-style cotton costs £8.50 while prices for the other designs vary. 

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