This Retro Life
This Retro Life is dedicated to telling the stories of people who are bringing the lifestyle, fashion, collections and music back from a bygone era. Meet some of the best modern day pinups, burlesque dancers and vintage collectors and hear the stories behind why they are make this modern life a little more retro.
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Episodes
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
Tuesday Dec 11, 2018
Think pops of pink, orange, brown, green and all the clashing patterns in the world - that's the colour pallete of Nicole from Tiara Clara's vintage life. Thrifting is in her genes, so it's not surprising she now sells vintage pieces from the 1960's and 1970's.
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
Tuesday Dec 04, 2018
His mission is to bring Rockabilly culture to the world and he's doing it through the worlds biggest festival, Viva Las Vegas. Meet man behind the event that brings rockabilly, burlesque and vintage fans from around the world together each and every year. This is Tom Ingram's vintage story.
Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
Tuesday Nov 20, 2018
Loving vintage is about extending life. About taking something old and giving it years more love and life. Like the old photos that Liz Gruening-Hay from The Vintage Inn finds and shares. A family photo taken in the 50's get a new lease on life on Liz's blog - along with the rest of her extensive vintage passion.
Tuesday Nov 13, 2018
Tuesday Nov 13, 2018
The come in bright blues and greens and yellows, but just how much can a radio from the 1950's tell us about the family who owned it? Alot, according to Allen Chiang from Retro Radio Farm. He has found a passion for restoring and modernising radios of old to keep the old pieces of technology alive and find homes for these old beauties.
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Bonjour! This week we're off to Paris to meet a Ukranian with a passion for vintage fashion, icons and photography. In just a few years she's become a vintage influencer with big dreams. Meet Daria Nelson.
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Tuesday Oct 23, 2018
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It's vintage comic researcher, collector and lover Jon Morris talking about the weird, the wonderful, the kitsch and quirky vintage comic characters that have graced our newspapers and graphic novels since the 1930's.
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
Because we're talking about vintage food this week I wanted to share a little something extra with you. There's a TV show that started in Britain and has gone around the world that's all about vintage food. It's called Back in Time for Dinner and in Australia it was the Ferrone family who voluntered to spend a week in a different era and cook only with the recipes, technology and social norms of the time. Carol Feronne reflected on the experience.
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
Hands up if you love food! Ok, now that one hand is raised keep it up if you've ever experimented with recipes from an earlier era. I'm talking 60's dinner parties, aspic salads, tiered potato salads (yeah really)! Michelle Ferrand is the brains behind Cup of Zest and she is all about bringing vintage recipes back to life!
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
Tuesday Oct 02, 2018
A big part of living a modern vintage life is DIY. We do it ourselves when it comes to fashion, repairs, research, starting events, creating community - the list goes on. So meet someone who has not one, but two homemade vintage passions, Lauren De Marti, aka The Homemade Pinup.
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
What does your vintage passion mean for you? For Stephanie Lanora it's helped her find love, strength, community and even a second home. She's a 1940 loving history buff with an incredible story to tell. Hit play to hear it.
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