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The Retro Radio Farm

I‘ve had my eye out for the perfect vintage radio for a while, scouring Paris flea markets and antique shops, but never finding a real beauty that actually makes decent sound and certainly nothing that can connect to an iPod. But today, as I was roaming the pages of Etsy I stumbled upon Retro Radio Farm, a music…

Take a Step Back in Time into these Flower Power Fashion Comic Books

Today I went in search of mindless distractions from reality. Perhaps you did the same. I went to my happy place and took a deep dive into the archives and photo pools of Flickr. There, I found these 1960s hippie-mod fashion pages from various romance comic books of the 60s and 70s. Some of them have empowering…

A Trip down Presidential Campaign Memory Lane

In no particular order, (because frankly I couldn’t muster the strength to chronologise them), please find enclosed a short retrospective of vintage U.S. presidential campaigns. Happy voting across the pond and remember folks, Nixon’s the one! The most patriotic campaign video you will ever see:

These Cosmic Painted Gloves are the Only Way to Make it through Winter

Gloves are probably the least desirable piece of the winter wardrobe and most of the time I just feel like I a penguin when I have to wear them. I mean, have you ever seen a really cool pair of gloves? Well me neither, until I came across these weathered vintage leather gloves, hand-painted by LA-based…

The Fashion Institute of Technology is Cleaning out its Closet

The permanent museum collection at the Fashion Institute of Technology currently includes something like 50,000 garments and accessories, dating from the 18th century to the present– and they’re still acquiring new pieces all the time. So just like the rest of us ladies, every now and again, they need to do a little downsizing to refine the…

Exactly what Your Next Dinner Party Needs: Nuclear Reactor Porcelain Plates

To save your next dinner party (and its guests) from the curse of politically-correct small talk, set the table–and your ambiance– with a radioactive sense of irony. I’ve gone a little gaga for this collection of hand-painted porcelain plates which replace folkloric windmills and country farms with hand-painted nuclear reactors and power plants… Created by a German…

You Can Check into this Motel California, but You Can Never Leave

I just got a postcard (fine, it was an email) from my favourite motel in the world, to say that they’ve opened a brand new Hicksville location! Do you remember my road trip through California back in the summer of 14? Well if you don’t, you should probably see the trailer park motel I stayed in while…

Here’s a Menu of Tiny Houses for your Weekend DIY Project

Assuming that you’ve already mastered the art of IKEA furniture assemblage, here’s something to take your DIY talents to the next level. This is “France”, a tiny patriotic shed that can be virtually snapped together in 3 hours and costs $1,200, complete with three zones including the “night zone”, the communal area “day zone” and the red-coloured “heating…

For Sale! Kitschy Time Capsule Pad, Perfect for Drinking Martinis All Day Long

Nancy Sinatra is playing on the record machine, there’s half a can of hairspray holding her chignon in place, the sound of kitten heels echo as she walks out of the kitchen with a fresh Martini in hand, swaying her hips in those tight, brightly patterned capri pants, heading outside where she lights a cigarette and…

These Miniature Japanese Paper Crafts are the Antidote to Pokemon

Somewhere in between Lego and Origami, is the world of Japanese miniature paper crafts. I know, I’ve been on the weird and wonderful side of the internet again today, getting very familiar with a company called Sankei, a Japanese paper craft company that sells all their scale model paper craft kits on Amazon. While you’re…

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