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Welcome to HOW RETRO, which is all about the 20th century - films, fashion, TV, people, popular culture and more. Like Lot's Wife, we just can't help looking back...

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Top of the Range: Molteni Stoves

It was the master chefs of the 1920's who helped direct the development of Molteni stoves, a brand name synonymous with high quali...

Chesterfield Couches

History of the Chesterfield Sofa Apparently many Canadians refer to any sofa as a Chesterfield but this is news to me as I've al...

Elsa Schiaparelli; Shocking

Shocking Schiaparelli Elsa Schiaparelli was one of Coco Chanel's biggest rivals. In the Paris scene of the 1930s, the Italian bo...

Yves Saint Laurent Style

The Style King Easily one of the most recognizable figures in fashion history, by the end of his life, Algerian born Yves Saint Laur...

Andy Warhol's Soup Cans

Warhol's Soup Factory Artist Andy Warhol once remarked in his non-chalant fashion, "art is about liking things". Well ...

Batik Art

Batik is an Indonesian word and refers to a particular method of dying cloth known as 'resist dying', whereby part of the clo...

The Coolness of Smeg Fridges

Smeg is an innovative, Italian based company specialsing in high quality home appliances for the trendy, moneyed set. Their vintage de...

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