Retro Vibes Gifts

Robert Drake

'Do you know the way to San Jose without breaking into a Bacharach number?'

Breaking up with an Elvis impersonator

Louis Armstrong

The height of fashion in 1796

"This next one's another oldie."

"I think I speak for my entire generation when I say, 'Yes, I will have another drink.' "

Name one serious woodworker who doesn't use state of the art kit. Thomas Chippendale.

Gramophone dreams of mp3 player.

Madame Rejane- Famous French Actress in the Part of Madame Sans Gene

Comedy Ballet of Marionettes I (Oil Version in Tate Known as 'A Caprice'

Swing dancers.

"The guy who wrote 'The Frog Chorus' is sounding kinda croaky."

Old Wine in an Old Bottle

George Michael

Meticulously prepared, locally sourced food served on artifacts of a romanticized industrial past, by people who take their fashion cues from daguerreotypes, to adults whose parents still pay their rent.

'Like many studs of my generation, I have always had a love affair with the harmonica.'

'Who are you kidding? This is a wind-up isn't it!'

"So this is the Mr. Waring who has made such a great impression on my little girl."

Motorcycles tied to hitching post outside a western saloon

In case of funky emergency, break glass

"Oh no, we've been inned."

'Oh I don't mind you turning over my cups to look at the mark. But next time, please finish your tea.'

Old Book Smell

Don't worry, dad - It has an app that stains your fingers with newsprint.

Annette von Droste-Hulshoff

'Here's a picture of my mom before Photoshop!'

"Secondhand books, reheated coffee"

'The brown one that smells like an old man.'

Cover Design for E Dowson's 'The Pierrot of the Minute'

"Compliments of the chef - Our finest blend of 'Maui Wowie' dated 1972."

"I love blue Martinis. It's like the fifties and the nineties all mixed up together."

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first telephone call.

A 60's pop group

"This is one of those subway stations they've restored to their original state."