Vantastic! How to Build the Ultimate Shaggin' Wagon
'Tis that time of year when vintage car owners show off their chrome and wheels at cruise nights and classic car gatherings, but the...
Showing posts with label Retro fads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Retro fads. Show all posts
Garish Rooms of the 70s
A look at the bold and tacky decorating tastes of the 70s is certainly nothing new on any retro blog; I think Retrospace has the best collec...
The Tanning Craze
It's unofficially summer, which means the reminders to use sunscreen have begun - but as you probably already know, this wasn't t...
Retro Product Fail #7: Orbitz Soft Drink
Usually Go Retro only focuses on people, places and things from the 1940s through the 1980s, but I think the drink that was known as Orbitz,...
Twenty Things That Died This Decade
A few weeks ago, The Huffington Post published an article called You're Out: 20 Things That Became Obsolete This Decade . I'm a lit...
Ode to a Forgotten Muppet: Roosevelt Franklin
Muppets have come and gone during the history of Sesame Street , so I wonder how many folks remember Roosevelt Franklin? Roosevelt was ...
His & Hers Holiday Hell
Of all of the terrible fashion trends that have come and gone, I don't think too many people would disagree with me if I said that the ...
Christmas Comeback Kid: The Aluminum Christmas Tree
One of the hottest items on eBay right now is the shimmery aluminum Christmas tree, preferably if it includes the color wheel that allows th...
No Way Macrame
This weekend I went to an open market in South Boston and much to my delight, was excited to see the huge vintage flea market component to ...
Retro Product Fail #4: Sea Monkeys
Hey, hey, we're the sea-monkeys, Go Retro says our ads monkey around That's because we're really just brine shrimp Letting all t...
Retro Product Fail #3: Paper Dresses
"Paper clothing, apparently, is here to stay" reads a Time magazine article from May 1967. Uh-huh. Well, it's now 43 years lat...
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