From all of us here at Ultra Swank, to all of you – happy retro flavored Christmas! 2011 was a great year for us and we are hoping that next year will be even better. We’ve got some swank surprises lined up for 2012 and the first one will be revealed in January already. Until then, don’t forget to check out and contribute to the Ultra Swank Photo Group on Flickr, which now houses close to 9,000 unique images!

Thank you all for your continued support and friendliness! Hope that Santa brings whatever you wished for. See you next year for more retro adventures! (Image)

Ultra Swank will be in a “summer mode” for the next couple of weeks. It’s vacation time and that means trying to stay away from the Internet as much as possible. I my self will be traveling around in Portugal and Spain for a few weeks but I will check up on Ultra Swank from time to time and make sure there is something posted every week or so.

From all of us to all of you, happy summer! Enjoy those poolside cocktails and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. (Image source)

For those who have been asking when the compilations are coming back, today is your lucky day. As of now, all of the Ultra Swank compilations are available to download again – except Retro Shopping Volume 2, which has been temporarily lost somewhere between aisles four and eight. Get what you are looking for on the compilations section.

From all of us, to all of you. Merry Christmas, happy holidays and have a great new year! Ultra Swank will resume our normal posting soon. Meanwhile, check out the Ultra Swank photo group on Flickr. There are close to 5,000 images in our archive now, amazing! What was your favorite moments of 2010? (Image source)

If you are wondering why new posts have been a bit sparse lately it is simple because I have relocated to a new country. I was offered a job in fantastic Barcelona, Spain and had to relocate with short notice. I am now slowly adjusting to my new home and organizing my things, which eats up most of my free time. The normal rate of posts will resume very soon. Bare with me please. (Image)

Time again for changes here at Ultra Swank. This is the forth major revision of the website since its launch in 2005. This time I have focused primarily in usability, speed and presentation of the content. Both images and videos are now displayed much bigger than before and if there are additional images, they are presented in a easy to use gallery under the text. Other changes are the introduction of regular contributors which are attached with their credentials to their posts. This also means that it is now possible to display the posts for each writer on Ultra Swank with one easy click.

What do you think about this update? Except to see some minor changes over the coming week while I tweak and change things as needed. What’s good and what’s maybe not so good? Is there anything that’s not working or looks strange to you? Please drop some lines in the comments link here to the right, thank you!