http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:56:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/burlesque-poster-design/ http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/burlesque-poster-design/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:49:41 +0000 Baron von Swankenstein http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3431 Gypsy Rose Lee. Tempest Storm. Lily St. Cyr. If there’s one word associated with these famous women, it’s “burlesque.” In the modern sense of the word, burlesque was a popular form of theatrical variety show featuring risqué comedy, parody, and pastiche. When it was exported from Victorian England to the United States in the 1840s, [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/burlesque-poster-design/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/fashion/style-in-the-aisle/ http://www.ultraswank.net/fashion/style-in-the-aisle/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 05:51:06 +0000 Steven Padal http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3287 The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington is nearing the end of a temporary exhibit called “Style in the Aisle: Flight Attendant Fashion.” The exhibit first began in 2008 and has become so popular that the museum has added new uniforms to the exhibit. Travel Channel has a great photo compilation of “Style in the Aisle” [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/fashion/style-in-the-aisle/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/the-fashion-file-%e2%80%93-from-the-costume-designer-of-mad-men/ http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/the-fashion-file-%e2%80%93-from-the-costume-designer-of-mad-men/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:39:41 +0000 Baron von Swankenstein http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2961 Film is escapism. Anyone who has seen “The Thomas Crowne Affair,” or a classic James Bond film knows that part of film fantasy is an exotic environment and all it contains. While that environment is not always true, in escapism people tend to look up at glamour rather than down at the real world. In [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/the-fashion-file-%e2%80%93-from-the-costume-designer-of-mad-men/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/a-retro-retro-tribute/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/a-retro-retro-tribute/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:52:34 +0000 Guest http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2636 I love seeing modern music videos that carry a retro twist. The artists always seem to have so much fun and introducing new audiences to retro fashion and culture is never a bad thing.Those of us interested in dressing up in retro fashions might find it too expensive or too difficult to locate the items [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/a-retro-retro-tribute/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/fashion/fashion-icon-twiggy-modelling-and-dancing/ http://www.ultraswank.net/fashion/fashion-icon-twiggy-modelling-and-dancing/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:07:06 +0000 Guest http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2528 Twiggy, born Lesley Hornby, is without a doubt one of the biggest fashion icons to emerge from the 1960′s. Her thin frame and big blue eyes became the envy of fashionistas everywhere. The look of drawn on lashes (anything to make the eyes look bigger) and pale lips became a Twiggy staple as girls copied [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/fashion/fashion-icon-twiggy-modelling-and-dancing/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/fashion/emilio-pucci-and-the-uniforms-of-braniff-airlines/ http://www.ultraswank.net/fashion/emilio-pucci-and-the-uniforms-of-braniff-airlines/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 05:52:34 +0000 Guest http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2481 Remember when flying was fun? Living in the post-September 11th world not everyone does. Security measures have changed the way we fly. With tedious carry-on and travel restrictions as well as economic hardship, airlines have cut travel benefits like in-flight meals and free baggage check-in. But at the height of the aviation world, flying was [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/fashion/emilio-pucci-and-the-uniforms-of-braniff-airlines/feed/ 5 http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swinging-london-comes-alive/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swinging-london-comes-alive/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:59:55 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2009 London, England late 1960s. The height of the flower-power-free-love-lifestyle. Groovy colors, fashion, cars and women. For those of us who were born a few decades too early or anyone who wants to take a stroll down memory lane here’s a sample of very neat color photographs of Swinging London from that period. Depicted are among [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swinging-london-comes-alive/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/fashion-from-the-1950s-and-1960s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/fashion-from-the-1950s-and-1960s/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 06:19:49 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1796 The latest haute couture from Paris, Milan, Rome, London and New York for the ladies out there. If you like the videos, be sure to stop by French sexy lounge girl thejackieo1966 on YouTube.]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/fashion-from-the-1950s-and-1960s/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/event/happy-birthday-lesley-hornby/ http://www.ultraswank.net/event/happy-birthday-lesley-hornby/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:51:57 +0000 Guest http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1320 Don’t know who i am referring to? Well you might know her better under her nickname “Twiggy” (from twig – tree). Twiggy was born September 19, 1949 in Neasden, London. She became famous in the swingin’ 60s as a model icon and revolutionized the fashion world with her slim and boyish figure, short hair and [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/event/happy-birthday-lesley-hornby/feed/ 1 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/readable/20th-century-fashion-from-taschen/ http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/20th-century-fashion-from-taschen/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:44:37 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1065 Taschen is one of my favorite publishers of 20th century design and architecture themed books. I have a couple in my collection, but there’s room for many more – like this one. 20th Century Fashion: 100 Years of Apparel Ads takes us through a stylish 100 years of fashion during the 20th Century via 400 [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/20th-century-fashion-from-taschen/feed/ 3 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/advertising/the-worlds-creamiest-lipstick/ http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/the-worlds-creamiest-lipstick/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:35:41 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=944 For all you ladies out there, here are a few scans of retro Revlon advertisements for lipstick and makeup. Revlon was started back in 1932 and are most famous for their Dorian Leigh and Suzy Parker advertisements in the 1950s. “Not a prissy pink… not a sissy pink” and “Fire and ice” are two of [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/the-worlds-creamiest-lipstick/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/mark-shaws-lost-audrey-hepburn-photos/ http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/mark-shaws-lost-audrey-hepburn-photos/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:42:07 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=913 Here are a few samples of famed photographer Mark Shaw’s photographs of the lovely Audrey Hepburn. The photos were taken circa 1953 in miss Hepburn’s house in Los Angeles and on the back lot of Sabrina. This entire collection have lingered forgotten for more than fifty years in a box at the home of Mark’s [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/mark-shaws-lost-audrey-hepburn-photos/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/fashion-photography-by-mark-shaw/ http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/fashion-photography-by-mark-shaw/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 12:06:09 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=870 Here are a couple of excellent early 1960s fashion and style photos taken by famed photographer Mark Shaw. If you recognize the woman on the boat, it’s no other than Jacqueline Kennedy her self. Mark Shaw is best known for his photographs of Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy, which he shot originally for LIFE magazine. [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/fashion-photography-by-mark-shaw/feed/ 10 http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/beach-fashion-in-the-1950s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/beach-fashion-in-the-1950s/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 06:19:59 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=822 Seeing summer is around the corner for those of us who are living in Europe, why not catch up with the latest trends and styles in beach fashion for women. Here are a handful of beach fashion photos from Life Magazine circa 1955. The photos were taken by film director, musician, journalist and photographer Gordon [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/beach-fashion-in-the-1950s/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swinging-london-1960s-fashion/ http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swinging-london-1960s-fashion/#comments Mon, 04 May 2009 06:37:36 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=793 For many of us the 1960s was the fashion decade of the 20th century. Especially if you lived in London at the time, which was known as “Swinging London” – a definition made in April 1966 by British magazine Time. Most of us can only daydream what it was like during that era from what [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/swinging-london-1960s-fashion/feed/ 5