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Leila striped dress with belt

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It may by 2011 but this Leila striped dress with belt will bring some 1950s style into your wardrobe.

It's such a pretty dress and we love it. The colours go well with anything and are perfect for a posh picnic in the park, a day out boating or any other similar sunny outdoor activities that require you to dress up. Equally if it rains all day you can wear this on an indoor occasion and be sure to get lots of dress envy.

It's £44.95 from Leila and if you're sick of the high street – this is one shop you need to visit.

Categories / Bags

1950s velvet flower applique handbag

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Bag Step back in time with this 1950s velvet flower applique handbag.

This 1950s velvet handbag is beautifully decorated with a floral applique, micro-beaded trim and grosgrain bow. The colour will suit almost anything and it's something you will keep for years. It's a very rare find and using it you will be passing on history. Just think of all the glamorous women from the 1950s who treasured such bags.

It is fully lined and measures 10 1/2 x 11 x 3 inches. As it's so rare it comes with quite a price tag and will set you back £125 online.

Categories / Design and Interiors, Women's Fashion

Pimlico wallpaper from Laura Ashley

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Laura Ashley are world famous for a certain kind of romantic style. This Pimlico wallpaper goes back to the company's extensive archive to reproduce some of their most familiar type of imagery. 

The wallpaper is covered with photographs taken from their most influential moment in women's fashions: there's Edwardian-style dresses and puff sleeves, smock dresses and maxi skirts. If you're a fan of the Laura Ashley look, you're sure to find plenty to inspire you or maybe to evoke some memories in this wallpaper. 

Though the paper is shown here in black and white, it can also be bought in a pink tinted version – perfect for those who like to look at the past through the rose tinted spectacles of nostalgia. Don't want it over an entire wall? The design is also available on photo albums and hat boxes. 

The wallpaper costs £22.40 a roll.

Order it online

Categories / Women's Fashion

Loop halterneck jersey dress

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Dress Get into festival mood with this loop halterneck jersey dress.

It's perfect for lazy summer days, bbqs and picnics in the park when all you want to do is enjoy the great outdoors and the rare moments of sunshine we get in good old Blighty. This dress has echoes of 1970s styles and wearing it you can almost feel yourself stepping into a time machine and being back at a festival at the time.

It's also a massive bargain for this time of year when maxi dresses are flooding out of every high street shop. Get yours from New Look for only £24.99 in a range of colours.

Categories / Women's Fashion

Floaty Bow Front Tunic

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Treat yourself to something beautiful and new like this floaty bow front tunic. 

You can choose from a range of colours to suit your mood and your colourings. This is a really pretty dress and suits almost everyone. It's flattering and light and the floaty style may see you kicking your shoes off and running over fields of freshly cut crass while threading flowers through your hair. It's hippy chic meets 2011 fashion and we want one.

Get yours from New Look for a bargain price of £27.99.

Categories / Women's Fashion

Sweet Pea Maxi Dress

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Beauty, glamour and florals are brought together brilliantly in this sweet pea maxi dress.

It's an ideal match of all this season's best bits – bold patterns, sweeping 1970s glamour and floaty long maxi dresses and French Connection have pulled it all into one amazing dress. This is not just a one season pony either, it will keep for years on end and is a good dress for bridging the day to evening gap. Roman sandals in the day and stacked heels at night help create the right look.

Get yours for £131 online.