retro

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Chicken salad, tuna salad, pasta salad, potato salad — any of the vaguely retro, mayo-bound “salads” that aren’t really about lettuce at all — benefit from pickle juice.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

She later went from a figure-hugging sheer lavender Gucci gown to a playful daytime polka dot ensemble from Jacquemus matched with retro white sun glasses, with Elle magazine praising her "old Hollywood" dash.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Watching the game in my retro jersey, booking flights to Budapest.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

A duet with the singer Riley Green, it sounded as retro as a dusty jukebox.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

They were universally unfashionable—not retro chic, just old, and they smelled old too.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana