http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:59:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/le-flirt/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/le-flirt/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:57:51 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3472 YouTube user Solsoulvideo produces home grown edits of classical European 1960s and 70s cinema set to groovy, sensual and swingin’ music. Shot around Paris, Costa Brava and Barcelona, “Le Flirt” is a 12 minute love story affair in the Mediterranean with music by legendary Stelvio Cipriani, Piero Piccioni and Bruno Nicolai among others. It is [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/le-flirt/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/jet-set-getaway-68/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/jet-set-getaway-68/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 05:04:50 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2450 Lets go back 40 years or so to the late 1960s and when traveling in style was possible with airlines such as British state owned airline BOAC – which had its heydays in the 1960s and early 1970s. Jack Parnell and his Orchestra sets the mood. Our destination? Around the world and back again. What [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/jet-set-getaway-68/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/the-glittering-lights-of-broadway-in-the-1950s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/the-glittering-lights-of-broadway-in-the-1950s/#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:33:30 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2062 A short movie that takes us back 60 years or so, to a time when Broadway and Times Square were the theater and entertainment capital of the USA. Pre Disneyfication and massive tourist invasions. For those of you who likes numbers, there were apparently 40 million twinkling lights around Broadway back then. Many of these [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/the-glittering-lights-of-broadway-in-the-1950s/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/italian-giallo-love-scene/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/italian-giallo-love-scene/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:55:50 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1862 Love scene between Analía Gadé and Jean Sorel. Italian 1970s Giallo cinema at its best with very tasty music from the great Piero Piccioni. Taken from La volpe dalla coda di velluto. What do you daydream about today?]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/italian-giallo-love-scene/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/white-christmas-from-1954/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/white-christmas-from-1954/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:47:39 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1633 White Christmas from 1954 starring the dynamic duo Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye. Which is your favorite retro Christmas movie and why? Leave a comment!]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/white-christmas-from-1954/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/bettie-page-varietease-dance/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/bettie-page-varietease-dance/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:50:27 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1585 The scrumptious Bettie Page performs a varietease to the tunes of a exotica styled track that sounds like something from Martin Denny or Les Baxter. Bettie Page is often referred to as “The Queen of Pin-Ups” as she became one the most famous models and burlesque dancers of the 1950s and still continues to influence [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/bettie-page-varietease-dance/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/gene-kelly-tap-dancing-on-roller-skates-in-nyc/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/gene-kelly-tap-dancing-on-roller-skates-in-nyc/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:45:19 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1474 From the movie It’s Always Fair Weather made in 1955 starring the always brilliant and talented Gene Kelly, this time singing with roller skates around Broadway in New York City. What do you daydream about today? [Thanks Cam]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/gene-kelly-tap-dancing-on-roller-skates-in-nyc/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/more-1960s-space-age-fashion-from-paris/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/more-1960s-space-age-fashion-from-paris/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:55:23 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1369 It’s the start of another week and to inspire you here is some more fashion from Paris set to the theme of the famous jet set Riviera TV-series The Persuaders starring Roger More and Tony Curtis. The theme was originally composed by John Barry but this is the moog version from the 1974 album The [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/more-1960s-space-age-fashion-from-paris/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/the-persuaders-french-riviera-race/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/the-persuaders-french-riviera-race/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:42:39 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1210 The classic car race between Roger Moore and Tony Curtis in the first episode of ultra cool TV-series The Persuaders. Moore in a Aston Martin and Curtis in a Ferrari, they race from the airport in Nice to the casino in Monte Carlo while the song ‘Gotta Get Away‘ by Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/the-persuaders-french-riviera-race/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/european-space-age-fashion/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/european-space-age-fashion/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:07:15 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1142 More space age fashion from Germany with beautiful models moving in slow motion and the dreamy moog music of Jean Jacques Perrey. Anyone know from which arena this was filmed? Let us know. (Via)]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/european-space-age-fashion/feed/ 6 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/think-pink-from-funny-face/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/think-pink-from-funny-face/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:13:51 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1110 The classic ‘Think Pink’ song and dance number from the 1957 movie Funny Face starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Love how clean and stylized the environment and colors are. This truly represents the height of the mid century modern look and feel – clean and simple. Legendary Kay Thompson sets the style and mood. [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/think-pink-from-funny-face/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/fashion-1969-across-the-universe/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/fashion-1969-across-the-universe/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:58:29 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1015 Imagine the following. Late 1960s, gorgeous models moving in slow motion, cutting edge fashion, the city pulse, pans around various locations in what looks like a European city in either northern Italy or Germany Place de la Concorde in Paris. Everything accompanied to beautiful dreamy strings, do-do vocals and a groovy beat with a phaser [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/fashion-1969-across-the-universe/feed/ 8 http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/on-days-like-these/ http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/on-days-like-these/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:35:29 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=926 The classic intro from the movie The Italian Job (1969) starring Sir Michael Caine and Noel Coward. The character is crusing a Lamborghini Miura through the Italian alps down to the city of Turino while Matt Monro is singing On Days Like These. So dreamy and perfect, wishing I was down there right now. What [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/daydreaming/on-days-like-these/feed/ 1