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Not far from the department stores of Oxford Street, in fashionable Marylebone, you'll find the multi-storey Alfies Antique Market, home to several experts who deal in mid-century furnishings. The futuristic lighting in particular will have you thinking you're in Barbarella!

Also not to be missed is The Girl Can't Help It, part boudoir, part bachelor pad and pure swank on the ground floor. The 40s and 50s menswear includes rare Aloha shirts and cool gabardine jackets, while women can choose from festive Mexican circle skirts, stunning party frocks and shelf upon shelf of slinky sandals, wedges, mules and slingbacks of every style imaginable.

Completing the picture is an amazing collection of nifty vintage home ware items and furnishings with which to transport your flat back to those classic days gone by. From coffee tables and lamps to playing cards, pin-ups and cocktailiana, there's something to satisfy every discerning lounge lizard.