I actually can’t believe it’s taken me so long to write about this store as I actually know the person that runs it as she’s an old work colleague of mine. A retrotastic slice of online heaven, Retropolitan is chock full of scrumptious, well designed, original pieces that span over four decades. They do all the hard work so that you don’t have to, turning antique and car boot fairs upside down to bring you a collection of super stylish pieces. Set aside some clicking time because there are so many delightful and often highly affordable pieces, that it’ll be a sensory overload that’ll have you seizing your card and punching in your digits.
The site’s divided into Gorgeous Glass which is full of sensuous, decorative glassware zinging with colour like the orange jug with bobble relief (£20!) and the Murano bird (£60) both from the 1950s, to Kitsch Classics full of the super cool to the wonderfully kitsch with tea sets, cake stands, and all sorts of wonderful accessories like the art deco cake plate by Shelley (£55) to the Mid Winter tea set (£45), to Retro Style which is full of distinctly retro pieces that will have you shelving plans to buy today’s imitations when you can lay your hands on the real deal, including a working Indesit portable TV for £90.
A seriously cool hotspot full of highly collectable and covetable pieces, hotfoot it now!
