I was 14 when I bought my first party dress — it was black and white, sleeveless, with a drop-waist...
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The Awful ’80s
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The Awful ’80s
I’m the first one the defend ’80s fashion, to write about all the good stuff. But that doesn’t mean I’m...
’80s Patrick Kelly
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’80s Patrick Kelly
I have few shopping regrets — you know, things you saw, you liked, could actually afford, but for some reason...
’80s Skiwear
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’80s Skiwear
I’m the first to admit I’m not much of a skier, despite living super-close to some of the world’s most...
’80s Coloured Denim
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’80s Coloured Denim
I have owned precisely one pair of coloured jeans in my life to this point. I bought them in the...
Steve Hiett for ’80s Vogue Patterns Magazine
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Steve Hiett for ’80s Vogue Patterns Magazine
It’s not often that I discover an ’80s fashion photographer whose name I didn’t already know. I was — and...
’80s Menswear Dressing
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’80s Menswear Dressing
Menswear dressing in the 1980s typically did not mean menswear-inspired dressing, it meant suit, tie, button-up shirt — especially the...
The ’80s All-Black Wardrobe
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The ’80s All-Black Wardrobe
It was inevitable that as a teenager I would wear so much black because in my life until that point...
’80s Iman
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’80s Iman
In the 1980s I went to one of Western Canada’s largest high schools. There were almost 3,000 students and pretty...
’80s Skinny Sneakers
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’80s Skinny Sneakers
My affection for skinny sneakers started in the 1980s and came from a place of necessity more than anything. I...