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/ultra-swank/summer-mode/ http://www.ultraswank.net/ultra-swank/summer-mode/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:01:15 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3414 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 [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/ultra-swank/summer-mode/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/travel/american-postcards-gone-wrong/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/american-postcards-gone-wrong/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 05:23:01 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2718 Here are a bunch of fine examples of postcards you probably won’t be sending to your friends and family.. or then again, maybe you might. If you want to see more fun-tastic, creepy, dodgy and simply plain weird examples, head over to Bad Postcards where you will have a whole collection of things gone horribly [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/american-postcards-gone-wrong/feed/ 0 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/interior/welcome-aboard-on-the-worlds-first-jumbo-jet-hostel/ http://www.ultraswank.net/interior/welcome-aboard-on-the-worlds-first-jumbo-jet-hostel/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 05:51:42 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2462 Have you always wanted to jet around the world in a Boeing 747 jumbo jet but don’t want to waste hours at check-in, security and to top of it off, lose all your bags? Now you don’t have to! Entrepreneur Oscar Diös solved the problem by taking a old jumbo jet, stripping it out and [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/interior/welcome-aboard-on-the-worlds-first-jumbo-jet-hostel/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/readable/100-years-of-globe-trotting-ads-from-taschen/ http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/100-years-of-globe-trotting-ads-from-taschen/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 06:32:50 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2032 The ever so great Taschen has done it again. This time with tickets to ride, fly, sail and drive, they cover 100-years of traveling from an American perspective. At 392 pages filled with spectacular illustrations, ads and other goodies for only $39.99 it’s a bargain and available to purchase in May. Which is your preferred [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/readable/100-years-of-globe-trotting-ads-from-taschen/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/how-to-become-a-stewardess-in-the-1950s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/how-to-become-a-stewardess-in-the-1950s/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:58:42 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1570 It was most likely much tougher than it seemed – with charm and grace training, evacuation exercises, disgruntled passengers and endless hair and makeup sessions. Guess all the excitement and grandeur is a thing of the past. Does anyone even consider becoming a flight attendant today? Photos taken from the wonderful Life archive at Google.]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/inspiration/how-to-become-a-stewardess-in-the-1950s/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/fly-me-friendly/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/fly-me-friendly/#comments Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:23:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/chic-today-article-fly-me-friendly/ The luscious collaboration with British lifestyle magazine Chic Today proceeds. Here is the fourth article by me, it is lovingly called Fly me friendly and continues my fascination of air travel and stewardesses in its golden age. The article can be found in their magazine available in a interactive form or as downloadable PDF-file (links [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/fly-me-friendly/feed/ 6 http://www.ultraswank.net/interview/come-fly-with-us/ http://www.ultraswank.net/interview/come-fly-with-us/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 21:56:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/come-fly-with-us/ FIFTY YEARS AGO, 1958 — the jet age officially makes its mark in history with the launch of the Boeing 707. Jet planes could fly to their destinations non stop, cheaper and faster than before. Air travel was now longer not restricted only to people of wealth. “Fly me friendly”, “coffee, tea or me?” We [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/interview/come-fly-with-us/feed/ 36 http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/does-your-airline-offer-this/ http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/does-your-airline-offer-this/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:11:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/does-your-airline-offer-this/ More airline retro goodness from a TWA commercial made in the early 1970s. Looks cheesy but still delicious in some odd way.]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/does-your-airline-offer-this/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/music/fly-eastern/ http://www.ultraswank.net/music/fly-eastern/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:45:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/fly-eastern/ Here in Sweden we just skipped spring, summer and autumn and went directly back to winter again, so why not take a trip to the sun with Eastern Airlines? Here are six one-minute vintage commercials with none other than Brazilian bossa legend Astrud Gilberto on vocals. The jingles were recorded in the late 1960s and [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/music/fly-eastern/feed/ 28 http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/fly-the-friendly-skies/ http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/fly-the-friendly-skies/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:48:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/fly-the-friendly-skies/ Remember what is was like before Southwest Airlines? Well, I don’t. But it looks all good to me. Here are two early 1970s ads from the Dallas based airline Southwest Airlines and Miami based National Airlines. Both rather sexist, created to attract the attention of male passengers using tightly fitted outfits on the stewardesses along [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/fly-the-friendly-skies/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/space-age-lounge-volume-3-love-at-first-flight/ http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/space-age-lounge-volume-3-love-at-first-flight/#comments Sat, 25 Nov 2006 14:35:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/space-age-lounge-volume-3-love-at-first-flight/ As hinted in a previous post, here is my latest custom made compilation! The theme for this one is jet travel in the late 60s / early 70s – which basically means lots of delicious strings, brass and soft bass lines in every form. This is the kind of music you would listen to when [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/compilation/space-age-lounge-volume-3-love-at-first-flight/feed/ 39