Ahhhh, the Flair!
The first and only time that I've seen
one of these modern beauties in real life was in Houston Texas in about
1983. I was in my early 20's as was the stove apparently and I
immediately fell in love! And that one wasn't even pink. I
was a newlywed and we were at a dinner party I think. I don't
really remember much about that day as a matter of fact I remember very
little about the 80's as a whole but that's another story. But I
do remember that stove.
It was so unique and I had never seen
anything like it. Sure, I'd seen old stoves before and even really
old stoves but nothing as incredibly glorious as this one. I
was in awe and I just wanted to play with it but that wasn't in the
cards that day. You see - the stove I saw was covered in pots and pans -
it was, after all, a dinner party and my fancy little stove was 'on
duty'. So I could only imagine the stovetop 'gliding' back and
forth and imagine it I did. How ingenious!
As I was flipping through some old
magazines I came across this ad. Memories of that day, long ago,
came flooding back. Well, at least the ones about the stove
-everything else is still as fuzzy as ever but it does give me hope that
my memory is not as bad I thought it was. Apparently it is
triggered by images. But I digress - Back to the stove. I
love this ad almost as much as I loved that stove at first sight.
Even the name is terrific. The Flair by Frigidaire! All pink
and black with little starburst covered glass, fancy knob and shiny
chrome. What a wonderful example of the industrial design of the
times.
Here it is featured in a kitchen design.
Then I found this ad so it looks like
there was some copycatting going on. I am not sure which came
first but it was such a cool design that it was sure to be copied.
The Tappan Fabulous 400 -and it looks like it came in PURPLE!
I used to think my dream kitchen would
include a massive Wolfe range but I have changed my plans. I am on
a hunt for a Flair. In pink, of course. Or maybe a Tappan
Fabulous 400 -in purple.
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