Any week now - perhaps even as early as the last week in August - the summer will arrive. It will catch most women by surprise and they will be forced to react in a hurried fashion; buying a crop-top, wearing a personal stereo with earphones, and generally pretending to be Britney Spears.
This is laudable. But wouldn't it be super if there were a way to prepare properly for the scorching days to come, with something that screams: "I'm different, and subtle with it!"
Well now you can say goodbye to those Boring Britney Blues with the Roberts Revival Radio. Handcrafted in leather cloth, and in 16 colours, the radios look exactly like they did in the 1950s. It will rest on your tanned but delicate arm, setting off your crisp, short, retro-look, linen dress and drawing admiring looks from all.
It also works as a genuine radio, with its FM/LW/MW, an AC adaptor, and even a headphone socket.
The Roberts Revival Radio costs £120 (€152) and is available from Brown Thomas stores.
Gizmo suggestions welcome: smaccarthaigh@irish-times.ie
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