The Drybar phenom may feel like a throwback to the weekly hairdo our moms (or grandmothers) used as a way to pamper themselves.

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The Leica M9 Neiman Marcus Edition camera is a vintage throwback that hinges on the current popularity (for both amateur and professional photographers) of Polaroids and old film.

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She was, in fact, a throwback to a different age, when gentlemen of means (and the Rothschilds had plenty of those) set up their own home laboratories and cabinets of curiosities, and pursued science for the sheer joy of it.

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In many cases the only way you can get favorite network shows in high-definition (if they're presented that way in the first place) is a throwback to 1950: over the air via a roof antenna--or, if you're lucky, indoor rabbit ears.

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And even at Wentworth, there are rules: no singlet or vest tops, shirts must have a collar (a throwback to the elitist collar-and-tie days, when golf was only played by the upper classes) and strictly no denim.

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