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Mohawks, Me and That Chick From Bow Wow Wow
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Mohawks, Me and That Chick From Bow Wow Wow
Laura Biagiotti
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Laura Biagiotti
Sleek and sophisticated, Laura Biagiotti adverts of the 1980s were always stand-outs. Supermodel-friendly and most often shot by equally supermodel-friendly...
’80s California Cool
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’80s California Cool
Growing up on the western Canadian prairie, California was often the family destination of choice, just like our eastern counterparts...
Big Hair Day
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Big Hair Day
Big hair is synonymous with ’80s style. It’s the cliché, the joke, the impression burned into all of our minds....
Seventeen, April 1984
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Seventeen, April 1984
I was 13 in April of 1984. I had become fast friends that school year with a group of girls...
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of March 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of March 2014
168 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....
Prints, Please
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Prints, Please
Growing up, April was the month of the great closet swap. Winter-weight sweaters were exchanged with light cardigans, T-shirts replaced...
’80s Fashion Humour & Hubris
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’80s Fashion Humour & Hubris
I’ve been wondering recently exactly when and why I began to lose interest in the contemporary fashion presentation and press....
Mad Plaids
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Mad Plaids
I’m trying, really trying to think spring, but it just keeps snowing and I’ve become one of those boring people...
The Weird, Wonderful World of the Discorats
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The Weird, Wonderful World of the Discorats
The Discorats by Geoffrey Beitz and David Wood Methuen Children’s Books, 28 pages, 1985. Vintage 1980s love and rare children’s...