Lost In My Own Fantasy World
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Lost In My Own Fantasy World

Jan 18th 2009 by Christopher

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Kitsch I am sure that most people who read this blog have their own secret crush about times gone by, whether it be kitchen appliances, cocktail bars, design or cars that purr. Some of you might even have stories to tell but what about the rest of us who can only fantasize about. Meet Joanne Massey, a 35-year old housewife from Stafford, England who have made her fantasy become reality. I love nothing better than fastening my pinny round my waist and baking a cake for Kevin in my 1950s kitchen. I put on some lovely Frank Sinatra music and am completely lost in my own little fantasy world… I admit I am in retreat from ( continue reading... )

The Cocktail Nation - Queens Of Vintage

Episode 266    May 12th 2013

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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Twin Palms for Sale – Frank Sinatra’s desert bachelor pad
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Twin Palms for Sale – Frank Sinatra’s desert bachelor pad

Jan 7th 2009 by Christopher | Thanks to Royalton

Architecture Frank Sinatra’s old desert hideaway, Twin Palms in Palm Springs, California is up for sale. In the late 1940s Frank had just made his first million and he wanted to celebrate in style, so he commissioned architect E. Stewart Williams to design a lush weekend getaway house for throwing parties and lounging by the pool to be ready before New Years eve 1948. Now you too have the chance to get your hands on this oasis in the desert, the price tag is a modest $3,250,000 but can also be leased at $14,000/month (cocktails not included). The house is perfect ( continue reading... )

Cocktail Hour – With Julius Shulman

Dec 13th 2008 by Christopher

Cocktail Hour – With Julius Shulman
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Inspiration This photo by famed photographer Julius Shulman looks absolutely lovely. I wish I had a cocktail lounge like that in my penthouse apartment. The Mid-Century Modernist has a bunch of more photos and information. ( read more... )

James Bond’s Weird World of Inventions

Dec 12th 2008 by Christopher

James Bond’s Weird World of Inventions
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Science Check out this scanned article from Popular Science back in 1966 featuring the zany gadgets that was used in the 007 movie Thunderball. Thank you Royalton for the tip! Some of the gadgets actually are buckled onto Connery’s famous back. One is the Bell jet-pack flying belt Bond uses in the beginning of the film to escape from a French chateau. Connery has to wear ( read more... )

24 Days and Counting – But where is the Snow?

Nov 30th 2008 by Christopher

24 Days and Counting – But where is the Snow?
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Ultra Swank Christmas is around the corner and although there are no snow to be seen anywhere around me there are other ways to enhance the Christmas spirit – like listening to great vintage holiday songs. For those of you who have missed out on my praised Retro Christmas compilation, you should stop what you are doing right now and download it right away. It goes well ( read more... )

More Photos from Väla Centrum – A Kitschy Swedish Shopping Mall

Nov 26th 2008 by Christopher

More Photos from Väla Centrum – A Kitschy Swedish Shopping Mall
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Stores I found some more photos of my favorite shopping mall in southern Sweden – Väla Centrum. It was built in 1974 outside of Helsingborg and took its inspiration from American shopping malls at the time – meaning that it didn’t look very Scandinavian or traditional, which I really love. It even had a birdcage with live canaries up until the mid 1980s. For more information ( read more... )