Ideal Standard brings back 1970s classic Avocado Green bathroom suite

Published:  01 April, 2016

Leading British bathroom manufacturer, Ideal Standard, is to re-introduce the iconic 1970s Avocado bathroom suite, in response to demand from ‘hipster’ young professionals.

The retro colour, which Brits have spent the last 30 years paying to have removed from their homes, is set for a surprise comeback after increased demand for something ‘iconic and quirky’. 

The avocado bathroom suite became fashionable in the 1970s, but lost favour in the late 1990s, and last year the was voted the most likely feature to put people off buying a home, alongside woodchip wallpaper, crazy paving and artex ceilings

From avocado on toast, to avocado ice cream, the superfood is a recent phenomenon – and it’s thought that it’s social media popularity, combined with the Spring Summer ’16 fashion trend for retro colours, is the reason why the infamous avocado green is making a return to British Bathrooms.

Ideal Standard has therefore decided to bring the universally loved trend back and, after more than 20 years since it was discontinued, has re-introduced the colour way as a hero option for its Tempo bathroom range.

Robin Levien, Ideal Standard international designer, said: “The one thing that guarantees a revival of anything is that it is universally hated – and sure enough the infamous Avocado bathroom created by Armitage Shanks back in 1969 is being re-launched by popular demand.”