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    <title>Crossed Combs - retro, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, tiki and all that jazz.</title>
    
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    <updated>2013-02-14T00:57:14+00:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Combing the planet for cool and interesting retro things. Surf, rockabilly, rhythm and blues, tiki, sci-fi, vintage design and all that jazz.</subtitle>
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        <title>Mr Sinatra and J. Press</title>
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        <published>2013-02-14T00:57:14+00:00</published>
        <updated>2013-02-14T00:57:14+00:00</updated>
        <summary>Back in 1968, Frank Sinatra walked into a J. Press store. Usually, a good story begins with "a man walks into a bar", but this one doesn't. It is however a good story. Follow this link to Ivy Style and...</summary>
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            <name>Crossed Combs</name>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-GB" xml:base="http://www.crossedcombs.com/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Back in 1968, Frank Sinatra walked into a J. Press store. Usually, a good story begins with "a man walks into a bar", but this one doesn't. It is however a good story. <a href="http://www.ivy-style.com/golden-years-my-brief-bromance-with-frank-sinatra.html" target="_self" title="Frank Sinatra and J. Press - on Ivy Style.com">Follow this link to Ivy Style</a> and read more.</p>
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    <entry>
        <title>Mike Barbwire - El Sótano Calling </title>
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        <published>2013-02-05T22:55:22+00:00</published>
        <updated>2013-02-05T22:55:22+00:00</updated>
        <summary>Mike Barbwire from the excellent Barbwires made this 45 a while back (ok, quite a while back). But we don't shy away from older things now do we?</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Crossed Combs</name>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-GB" xml:base="http://www.crossedcombs.com/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Mike Barbwire from the excellent Barbwires made this 45 a while back (ok, quite a while back). But we don't shy away from older things now do we?</p>
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    <entry>
        <title>JS Sloane brilliantine and shampoo</title>
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        <published>2012-11-17T00:46:24+00:00</published>
        <updated>2012-11-17T00:46:24+00:00</updated>
        <summary>The quest for the perfect grooming product, and a passion for all things distinguished and reﬁned, led to Joann Kuno and Smutty Smiff to create JS Sloane Co. Friends since the late 80s, the pair bonded over a shared love...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Crossed Combs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Hair" />
        
        
<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-GB" xml:base="http://www.crossedcombs.com/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The quest for the perfect grooming product, and a passion for all 
things distinguished and reﬁned, led to Joann Kuno and Smutty Smiff to 
create JS Sloane Co. Friends since the late 80s, the pair bonded over a 
shared love of Hollywood’s golden era and the distinguished and dashing 
leading men of the silver screen.</p>
<p>The JS Sloane range now includes two different shampoos as well. As usual, the packaging is superb. It's not a glass bottle but it will look great on your bathroom shelf. </p>
<p><a href="http://sivletto.com/system/search/search.asp?m=340&amp;g=0" target="_self" title="JS Sloane at Sivletto">Check out JS Sloane at Sivletto</a></p>
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    <entry>
        <title>Madame Belva's Hair-Rep</title>
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        <published>2012-10-08T06:32:35+01:00</published>
        <updated>2012-10-08T06:32:35+01:00</updated>
        <summary>From the information we have found, there was an application made to trademark this pomade back in March, 1941. So it seems this has been around for a while. These days it's brought to you by J. Strickland, who also...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Crossed Combs</name>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-GB" xml:base="http://www.crossedcombs.com/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>From the information we have found, there was an <a href="http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn71441239&amp;docId=ORC20051103201752" target="_self">application made to trademark</a> this pomade back in March, 1941. So it seems this has been around for a while. These days it's brought to you by J. Strickland, who also make Blue Magic. </p>
<p>A light hair dressing in a rather fetching can, in the style of a paint tin. Madame Belva's Hair-Rep is available from <a href="http://sivletto.com/system/search/product.asp?id=8065" target="_self" title="Get Hair-Rep from Sivletto">Sivletto</a>. </p>
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    <entry>
        <title>Surf Graphics book</title>
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        <published>2012-06-04T00:57:49+01:00</published>
        <updated>2012-06-04T01:00:05+01:00</updated>
        <summary>Catch a wave and get some rays with this retina-searing collection of surf art. Over 250 pages of cover-to-cover visual action and inspiration featuring such genre giants as Phil Roberts, Damian Fulton and Rick Rietveld and of course Jim Phillips,...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Crossed Combs</name>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-GB" xml:base="http://www.crossedcombs.com/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Catch a wave and get some rays with this retina-searing collection of  surf art. Over 250 pages of cover-to-cover visual action and inspiration   featuring such genre giants as Phil Roberts, Damian Fulton and Rick  Rietveld and of course Jim Phillips, together with, to name only a few,  Shawn Dickinson, Jimbo Phillips and Thorsten Hasenkamm. Stunning cover  and introduction by — yup you guessed it — the legendary Jim Phillips.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.korerobooks.co.uk/surfgraphics.html#" target="_self" title="Surf Graphis at Korero Books">Read more at Korero Books</a></p>
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    <entry>
        <title>Uppercut Featherweight pomade</title>
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        <published>2012-04-07T06:19:01+01:00</published>
        <updated>2012-04-07T06:19:01+01:00</updated>
        <summary>Some six months ago, Australian company Uppercut introduced their Monster Hold pomade to the market. Their latest product is called Featherweight and while the Monster Hold was water-resistant, the Featherweight is water soluble. It has one of the nicest smells...</summary>
        <author>
            <name>Crossed Combs</name>
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<content type="xhtml" xml:lang="en-GB" xml:base="http://www.crossedcombs.com/"><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Some six months ago, Australian company Uppercut introduced their <a href="/2011/09/uppercut-monster-hold-pomade.html" target="_self" title="Uppercut Monster Hold">Monster Hold pomade</a> to the market. Their latest product is called Featherweight and while the Monster Hold was water-resistant, the Featherweight is water soluble. It has one of the nicest smells this author has come across, it's a very fresh citrus scent. Very easy to work into your hair. Light to medium hold. You can <a href="http://sivletto.com/system/search/product.asp?id=7307" target="_self" title="Uppercut Featherweight at Sivletto">get yours at Sivletto</a>.</p>
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