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/advertising/mad-mens-bacardi-fueled-fantasies/ http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/mad-mens-bacardi-fueled-fantasies/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 16:36:08 +0000 Katharine Miller http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3568 While the rest of the Sterling Cooper staff attends a Kentucky Derby party thrown by Roger Sterling and new wife Jane, Peggy and the other writers are stuck in the office to brainstorm ideas for the Bacardi campaign. Bacardi is looking for five vacation situations for their overall concept “Daiquiri Beach.” Peggy and the boys [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/mad-mens-bacardi-fueled-fantasies/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/interview/confessions-of-a-playboy-bunny-%e2%80%93-part-1/ http://www.ultraswank.net/interview/confessions-of-a-playboy-bunny-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:00:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3488 In the summer of 1964 when Sharon Bernstein Peyton was 18 years old, she saw an ad for the new Baltimore Playboy Club opening. This stylish, sexy and glamorous world was quite different from the life she had been living. Nevertheless, she applied for a job and before she knew it, she was working among [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/interview/confessions-of-a-playboy-bunny-%e2%80%93-part-1/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/bewitched/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/bewitched/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:23:28 +0000 Jesse Kowalski http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3375 From age 7 to 30, I was Darrin two all the way. This kid was a macho, red-blooded Dick Sargent devotee. I couldn’t stand Darrin one, Dick York, with his big ears, greasy hair, and constant whining. No sir, Dick Sargent was my man – so much smoother and more willing to roll with the [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/bewitched/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-promo-trailer/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-promo-trailer/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:18:42 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3304 A few weeks ago we took the skies with news about a new ABC series centered around the iconic airline Pan American World Airways during the 1960s. Recently a promo was released, giving us a taste of what we’ll see this fall. At a first glance it looks a bit like Mad Men in the [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-promo-trailer/feed/ 6 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-flies-again/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-flies-again/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 05:11:35 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3274 Here are some news that will surely bring a smile to any fan of aviation and travelling in style. The iconic airline Pan American is going to take to the skies again soon in the upcoming ABC tv-series “Pan Am“. A pilot (no pun intended) has been ordered and the plot is said to center [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-flies-again/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/get-smart/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/get-smart/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:51:30 +0000 Katharine Miller http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3065 Would you believe that Mel Brooks and Buck Henry teamed up to create one of the funniest spy shows of the 1960s? Capitalizing on the success of the James Bond franchise, television networks ordered a slew of espionage-themed programs. The Man From U.N.C.L.E, I Spy, Mission Impossible, and The Avengers brought a new level of [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/get-smart/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/remembering-john-barry/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/remembering-john-barry/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:23:14 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3053 One of my absolutely favorite composers of all time has passed away. John Barry, winner of five academy awards and numerous other awards. Many will remember him for his tremendous work of scoring 11 of the James Bond movies and co-authoring the famous 007 gun barrel theme, but that’s only part of his career. He [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/remembering-john-barry/feed/ 5 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/readable/mad-men-unbuttoned-a-romp-through-1960s-america/ http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/mad-men-unbuttoned-a-romp-through-1960s-america/#comments Fri, 10 Dec 2010 06:41:23 +0000 Baron von Swankenstein http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2882 To say the television series “Mad Men” has been influential would be an understatement. Aside from influencing screen drama towards more meaningful storytelling, the show has also influenced fashion, beauty standards, and revived interest in the mid-20th century and the Atomic Age / Lounge sub-culture of today. “Mad Men’s” approach to history has always been [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/mad-men-unbuttoned-a-romp-through-1960s-america/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/mad-men-and-ponds-question-whether-a-clean-face-leads-to-matrimony/ http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/mad-men-and-ponds-question-whether-a-clean-face-leads-to-matrimony/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:29:59 +0000 Katharine Miller http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2803 As of 1965, women’s liberation has not yet pervaded mainstream culture. In season four of Mad Men, we get a taste of what’s to come as women become more independent and empowered. Despite the increase in seemingly independent women, including budding feminist, copywriter Peggy Olsen, most of the ladies inhabiting fictional 1960s NYC are marriage-minded [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/mad-men-and-ponds-question-whether-a-clean-face-leads-to-matrimony/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/design/mad-men-and-hilton-prove-hotels-not-just-for-sleeping/ http://www.ultraswank.net/design/mad-men-and-hilton-prove-hotels-not-just-for-sleeping/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:53:17 +0000 Katharine Miller http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2761 From the The Pierre in NYC to the Cavalieri Hilton in Rome, hotels frequently serve as backdrop to exciting plot points on the hit series Mad Men. Creative ad man Don Draper and his cohorts use hotels to seduce clients and women and to celebrate their latest conquests. The show often provides a fictional peek [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/design/mad-men-and-hilton-prove-hotels-not-just-for-sleeping/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/awesome-alan/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/awesome-alan/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 05:41:34 +0000 Steven Padal http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2492 Alan Hawkshaw has been known for composing music for many movies and television shows in the 1960s and ’70s. Listening to an organ sometimes gives people the feeling they’re in a funeral or church – not when you listen to Hawkshaw! Hawkshaw’s Mo’Hawk album has the right grooves that offers a spectacular mix of organ, [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/awesome-alan/feed/ 7 http://www.ultraswank.net/design/barbie-loves-mad-men/ http://www.ultraswank.net/design/barbie-loves-mad-men/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:59:40 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2001 The first Barbie doll was launched in around the same period as the award winning television show Mad Men depicts. So what could be better than to combine the two and release a special Mad Men collectors series for adults. Here’s a fun chance to act out what adventures could happen with Don Draper, his [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/design/barbie-loves-mad-men/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/design/lg-retro-television/ http://www.ultraswank.net/design/lg-retro-television/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:14:15 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1882 If you miss the old days when television was black and white and the television-sets were anything but dull looking, LG has a treat in store for you! They call it “The LG Serie 1 Retro Classic TV” and comes with a 4:3 ratio 14 inch display screen which can be tuned to either color [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/design/lg-retro-television/feed/ 6