So you’re goth. That’s exactly what he said. It wasn’t a question or anything, he just looked around my bedroom...
April, 2014
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...
’80s Hair Colour
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’80s Hair Colour
I was 14 the first time I messed with my hair colour. It was at a sleepover with my friend...
Asymmetrical Style
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Asymmetrical Style
If there is one instantly recognizable trend of the 1980s, it’s asymmetry. Designers loved it. Consumers wore it. From the...
Illustrator Tony Viramontes’ Short, Bright Life
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Illustrator Tony Viramontes’ Short, Bright Life
Bold, Beautiful, and Damned: The World of 1980s Fashion Illustrator Tony Viramontes by Dean Rhys Morgan Laurence King Publishing, 192...
With a Rebel Yell, I Cried
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With a Rebel Yell, I Cried
Laurie is going. Kari is going. Mike and Shaun are going. Basically, everyone is going — everyone except for me....
Eileen West
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Eileen West
A little bit Liberty of London, a little bit Gunne Sax prairie girl, Eileen West dresses exemplified the ’80s girly-girl....
’80s Candie’s
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’80s Candie’s
I couldn’t have been more than 10 years old when I first laid eyes on a Candie’s ad in a...
Invasion of the Pantyhose People
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Invasion of the Pantyhose People
Say “pantyhose” to a young woman today and chances are she’ll screw up her face and let out a big...
Pierre et Gilles’ Cult of Kitsch
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Pierre et Gilles’ Cult of Kitsch
Pierre et Gilles by Nicholas Curry (aka Momus) Taschen, 80 pages, 1993 In 1997, on a trip to Europe, I...