retro

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A tasselled blue Texan-style ensemble -- complete with a cowboy hat for the robot -- and a retro silver puffer jacket were among the looks showcased at the event on Thursday.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

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

Paying homage to both Harding’s experience as a pilot and the Bowl’s retro “No Fly” posters, the conductor received vintage poster prints with text requesting pilots not to fly over the venue during a concert.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

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

From BBC • May 6, 2026

“You know how Cake, sorry, I mean Keiko, was all into those boring old black-and-white movies? I got her to watch better retro movies, from the eighties.”

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence