There are designers I loved in the 1980s for their runway theatrics (like Gaultier) and those I adored for the...
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Herb Ritts
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Herb Ritts
Best known for his black-and-white portraiture and celebrity clientele, American photographer Herb Ritts did a considerable amount of colour work...
Maybe It’s Maybelline
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Maybe It’s Maybelline
It’s not hard to pick a Maybelline ad from the early ’80s out of the crowd. Typically more smiley than...
Andrea Alberts for Gitano
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Andrea Alberts for Gitano
Gitano. Now there’s a brand that screams 1980s, even if many of the label’s clothes look completely modern even today,...
Kevyn Aucoin
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Kevyn Aucoin
There’s little question that master makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin knew beauty. In his short, 40-year life (he died suddenly in...
Georges Marciano/Guess?
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Georges Marciano/Guess?
Ah, the days of Guess — I remember them well. By the mid-1980s when Guess had become the denim label,...
Christian Lacroix
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Christian Lacroix
What can I say about Christian Lacroix’s work in the ’80s? Stunning? Spectacular? Drop-dead gorgeous? No adjective can ever be...
Aldo Fallai for Giorgio Armani
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Aldo Fallai for Giorgio Armani
Aldo Fallai’s Armani lady is refined and ever-so-classy. She’s tasteful, but still a tastemaker. Her attitude is a little aloof...
Ralph Lauren
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Ralph Lauren
Nothing screams faux-aristocrat like ’80s Ralph Lauren. Before those ridiculous, giant Polo logos and the ubiquitous outlet stores, Ralph Lauren...
Laise Adzer
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Laise Adzer
I’ll admit I probably flipped right past the Laise Adzer ads when I was an ’80s teenager. I was strictly...