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Category / Nostalgia

Abandoned Chateau du Jour

A house fit for Gatsby, nestled in the South of France, inspired by the palazzos of Italy, the Chateau Bijou is a one of kind find that I’ve been bursting to share with you. These incredible photographs are brought to us by the Belgian explorers behind Forbidden Places who jumped the gates and took of…

Internet killed the Video Store: An Abandoned Industry

Blockbuster in New Orleans, Louisiana (Image via Alex Gaidouk) I remember my trips to the local Blockbuster store on Saturday nights as a kid, trying to convince my babysitter that Mum had given me her express permission to see films PG-13 like The Bodyguard and Pretty Woman. It’s been hard not to notice the disappearance…

Abandoned Gentlemen’s Club Transformed into a Stylish Home

I can’t believe it took me so long to stumble across this incredible gem of a house but never mind, here it is. I thought since we look at so many abandoned properties, what a breath of fresh air it is to see one that’s been adopted and given a second chance. These images appeared…

Vintage Spanx! Before & After

Before Spanx, there was the girdle (not to be confused with the corset). The buttock, stomach, thigh and torso-slimming garment was worn by just about every woman until the 1960s and was cleverly advertised  using all types of tactics including before & afters photographs and peer pressure. The trickeries of the before & after format…

Be Sociable, Have a Pepsi: 30 Vintage Ads

These beautifully illustrated Pepsi advertising campaigns from the 50s and 60s have just about made my day. I love the way each one has its own story like a snapshot from a moment in someone’s life whether it’s just a day at the beach, sitting front row at fashion week, hanging out in the kitchen…

15 Reasons why ‘Black and WTF’ is my new Favorite Tumblr

There are a lot of Tumblrs out there that stick a bunch of pictures up and don’t tell you anything about it. Black and WTF is a fascinating photoblog that’s dedicated to doing its homework on some of the wackiest, most inexplicable black and white photographs from the past. Some of the images and the…

Flying Parisian Houses

No, Pixar is not promoting a sequel to Up, set in Paris (sadly), this is the work of French photographer & artist Laurent Chehere. Inspired by the architecture of the 19th and 20th arrondissements of Paris– mainly Belleville and Menilmontant, Laurent isolates his urban houses from the hustle and bustle of the diverse Parisian neighborhoods…

Vintage Paris: Cabaret Dancers

Robert Doisneau photographed “The Voluptuous Wanda” in 1953 at a street fair being held at the place Denfert Rocherreau. What’s most interesting about this picture is that it’s bright daylight just outside in contrast to the dark interior where the audience watches her perform. People outside seem to be waiting patiently in line, unfazed by…

How they did it: The Bubble Girl in Paris, 1963

“Just admit that it’s Photoshop”, people tell fashion photographer Melvin Sokolsky when looking at his iconic photograph of model Simone D’Aillencourt landing in a glass bubble on the River Seine in Paris. “But it was 1963,” says Melvin who designed the bubble for the surreal Harper’s Bazaar magazine spring shoot. The plexiglass bubble was hung…
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