• Art Deco Society of Washington is a group devoted to the preservation of Art Deco style architecture and culture.
• Deco-Echoes is the home of Echoes Magazine (a magazine of modern style and fasion) and a cool site...
• Retro is "an online magazine that celebrates classic popular culture of the first three-fourths of the 20th century." And it's way cool.
• Welcome to Romantia -- a alternate "elektraspace" world where it's still the 30s, 40s, & 50s...
• Modern Lounge Magazine is "the premier lifestyle magazine of nightlife and culture for the swanky-at-heart." They're also pretty new, so expect the site to grow...
• Psychic Pet is definitely cool in a retro sort of way, though they range more than a bit. Check them out. Especially Carmen's Swingin' Sites!
• When done there, head over to Tumblin' Dice Creations for some neat, custom shirts.
• Speaking of cool threads, check out Vintage Buzz -- Cool Threads for Guys & Dolls
• And you gotta have a hat, right? Try The Village Hat Shop -- Hats, hats, and more hats!
• 8Ball Online! is another vintage clothing/accessory store or will be
• Then check out Swank-O-Rama which advocates better living through cocktail culture...
• 'Course if that's still not enough, you might want to check out Lounge Culture at Yahoo!
• Check out Solid!, the "online encyclopedia of lounge, big band, classic jazz and space-age sounds."
• Nostalgia Plus is a series of links to other Nostalgia related sites...
• DryMartini Martini receipes, history, and merchandise.
• Zigy's Martini Lounge starts here in the Lobby...
• About.com's Cocktails Guide -- very thorough
• Swingin' at The Derby! The Derby is apparently a premiere LA nightclub for Retro Livin'.
• "What is Lounge?" you ask. Well, ask no more, go to The Roots of Lounge and find out.
• The Ultra-Lounge Collection from Capitol Records is Swank, baby. My favorites are the "Wild, Cool, Swinging" series...
• Vik's Lounge is an excellent virtual locale, and home of the Space Age Bachelor Pad music...

Retro Clip-Art and Graphics!

• is a wonderful site by a very talented woman. And I'm not just saying that because I got the background there. Go check her out...
• Squaresville-Original Clipart and Retro Style has also contributed to the clip-art on these pages, and he has other styles of clip-art besides retro (if you'd want that...)
• is "home of the world's greatest original 1940s style clip art!" Please give them a look.
• Phil's Fonts has many excellent retro style fonts. Go check 'em out...

Pin-up/Aircraft Nose Art

• It may come as a surprise to people that I'm a fan of pin-up style art, but it started with a historical interest in Aircraft Nose Art.
• It expanded to include other types of pin-up art, a history of which is covered on this page, devoted to Cheesecake.
• Betty Page is, of course, the world's favorite pin-up...
• This Pin-up web page is quite thorough.
• Look at the Pin-up webring for many more sites.
• Varla Magazine does pin-up style work with live models (but in a retro way).
• Likewise Atomic Dolls if memory serves...
• Check out Bombshells for more 30s & 40s pin-ups...

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