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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Alice Fisher

This week, we love to buy…

Three hanging colourful lampshades
Lighten up: fun lampshades from graphic designer Kendra Dandy. Photograph: Oliver Perrott

Prints charming

Graphic designer Kendra Dandy has created a new range of prints. Choose from lemons, lips and watermelons for your blinds, lampshades and walls. Bouffants & Broken Hearts range, from £90, surfaceview.co.uk

A day to remember

To celebrate the centenary of Lucienne Day, her classic flower brick has been relaunched in a limited edition. It’s a vase but much more arty. Lucienne Day flower brick, from £45, twentytwentyone.com

Long-stemmed flowers in a black and white brick-like vase
Stem sell: limited edition flower brick

Future legacy

Everyone’s favourite ethical clothing brand People Tree has partnered with the V&A on a capsule collection. The range of eight pieces is inspired by the V&A’s archive and looks a bit 1930s. People Tree x V&A collection, from £75, vam.ac.uk/shop

A model in a black patterned jumpsuit
Gallery fashion: People Tree and V&A-designed clothing

Home-grown clothes

a bottle of hedgerow gin
Just the tonic: hedgerow gin

Community Clothing is a manufacturers’ co-op using British garment factories in low season. Good cause, great clothes. Tote bag, £20, communityclothing.co.uk

Top tipple

This gin is produced by a family-run farm company in Yorkshire which forages hedgerows for botanicals and puts conservation first. Hedgerow gin, £36.95, hedgerow-gin.com

Art of africa

Chalk design studio is run by architect Malaika Carr, whose jewellery is inspired by ancient Kenyan tribal designs. Samburu range, from £48, thechalkhouse.com

A model's face and head in profile showing a chunky tribal earring and necklace
Tribal designs: jewellery made by an architect



Two ear protectors with soft tops, one standing up the other lying down
Sound out: ear protectors

Listen up!

It’s festival season, so take care of your ears with these super-light super quality ear protectors. Flare Isolate ear protectors, £22.39, flareaudio.com

Nice ices

Little Moons, creators of outlandish mochi ice-cream flavours, are trialling three new recipes this summer at Selfridges. Go for Yellow Yuzu & Elderflower, Earl Grey of Oxford Street and Black Espresso shot. Also available as a ‘mochi pop’. Little Moons mochi pop, £4.50, littlemoons.co.uk

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