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/travel/retro-airline-commercials/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-commercials/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:20:20 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1581 I am the mood to travel to some place warm and exciting so I thought, why not experience some vintage airline commercials from the the past for some inspiration? Here are a bunch of TWA, Pan Am and Braniff commercials produced in the late 1960s and the 1970s — the golden age of air travel [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-commercials/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-and-hostess-flight-bags/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-and-hostess-flight-bags/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:28:28 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1133 From online shop Inretro comes these lovely retro airline and hostess flight bags straight out from a relaxing intercontinental flight in the 1960s. Although reproductions, they look like the real deal and they won’t set you back like the Marc Jacobs designer Pan Am bags that arrived not too long ago. Inretro features both airline [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/retro-airline-and-hostess-flight-bags/feed/ 20 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/skyline-new-york/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/skyline-new-york/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:49:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/skyline-new-york/ Join Trans World Airlines and Ultra Swank for a flight to the city that never sleeps, New York city! We will depart from Los Angeles and set down at New York, Idlewild airport (soon to be known as JFK airport). Our flying time is estimated at around 8 hours. Fasten your seat belts and enjoy [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/skyline-new-york/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/welcome-to-the-world-of-twa/ http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/welcome-to-the-world-of-twa/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 12:58:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/welcome-to-the-world-of-twa/ Here’s a glimpse into the wonderful world of now defunct Trans World Airlines (TWA). I love the catchy and somewhat cheesy 1960s theme song! The video could use some color correction obviously seeing it has degraded quite a lot over the years, but who cares. Following that video is a promotion of Boeing’s new 747 [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/advertising/welcome-to-the-world-of-twa/feed/ 5 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/architecture/eero-saarinen/ http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/eero-saarinen/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:21:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/eero-saarinen/ This is a continuation of my posts about my favourite architects from the golden days of architecture (this one is for you janepeepshow). Second up is Eero Saarinen, originally born in Finland in 1910. Relocated to the United States when his family emigrated there in 1923, where he began to study sculpture and furniture design. [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/architecture/eero-saarinen/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/more-jet-age-travel/ http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/more-jet-age-travel/#comments Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:34:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/more-jet-age-travel/ Here are some more swank retro air travel photos. Just look at the cool interiors and colors of those Boeing 707′s and 747′s! That groovy stewardess in pink looks like she is from outer space or something. All you need now is some lush jet set airplane music to play in the background (hint). That’s [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/travel/more-jet-age-travel/feed/ 0