The Andy Warhol Diaries Edited by Pat Hackett Warner Books, 808 pages, 1989 I’ve never been especially celebrity-obsessed, but that...
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Book Documents Music’s Brave New Wave
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Book Documents Music’s Brave New Wave
The New Music By Glenn A. Baker and Stuart Coupe Harmony Books, 128 pages, 1981 What comes around goes around...
A Guide to Giving Your Man an ’80s Makeover
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A Guide to Giving Your Man an ’80s Makeover
How to Dress Your Man By Charles Hix Crown Publishers, 172 pages, 1981 I love books like this — dated...
Inside an ’80s Makeup, Hair and Skincare Bible
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Inside an ’80s Makeup, Hair and Skincare Bible
The Complete Beauty Book/The Complete Skincare Book/Ten Easy Steps to Hair Care By Linda Meredith, Celia Hunter and Pat Spires...
A Toast — To Those ’80s Absolut Ads
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A Toast — To Those ’80s Absolut Ads
Absolut Book: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story By Richard W. Lewis Journey Editions, 274 pages, 1996. I’ll admit it. I...
Factory Records Album Art Remembered
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Factory Records Album Art Remembered
Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album By Matthew Robertson Chronicle Books, 224 pages, 2006 A few weeks back I wrote...
Pop Culture Trivia Book Good, But Not Great
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Pop Culture Trivia Book Good, But Not Great
Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the ’70s & 80s By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper...
Almost 30 Years On, Less Than Zero Still Stands Up
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Almost 30 Years On, Less Than Zero Still Stands Up
Less Than Zero By Bret Easton Ellis Simon & Schuster, 208 pages, 1985. Clay. Blair. Trent. Rip. Julian. These, to...
Peter Saville’s Graphic Evolution
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Peter Saville’s Graphic Evolution
Designed by Peter Saville Princeton Architectural Press, 192 pages, 2003 When I first saw that a retrospective book Peter Saville’s...
West Coast Design, 80s Style
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West Coast Design, 80s Style
California Fashion Designers: Art and Style By Douglas Bullis Gibbs M. Smith, 150 pages, 1987 Quick — name five California-based...