It must be summer because I’ve finally gotten around to giving myself a pedicure and painting my toenails hot pink....
May, 2014
For the Love of Smash Hits
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For the Love of Smash Hits
The Best of Smash Hits: the ’80s edited by Mark Firth Sphere, 192 pages, 2006 If there is one guilty...
The Sweetest Taboo
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The Sweetest Taboo
Heather C. and I stole a copy of Playgirl magazine from the Eaton’s store at the mall on Friday. I...
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,...
’80s Flats
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’80s Flats
You’re not supposed to admit it, that you actually like flat-heeled shoes, not today in the age of cartoonish, sky-high...
Black, White and Stripey Allover
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Black, White and Stripey Allover
Summer, to some, may mean bikinis and cut-off denim short-shorts, but to me the season means stripes — lots and...
Fashion’s Future, Imagined
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Fashion’s Future, Imagined
Fashion 2001 by Lucille Khornak Viking Press, 112 pages, 1982 I am a sucker for any book about the future...
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
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What Have I Done to Deserve This?
I check the clock and it’s only 11: 14. Everyone would be in class, but lunch break is soon and...
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...
’80s Fashion Illustration
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’80s Fashion Illustration
There’s no question that photography dominated the pages of fashion magazines throughout the 1980s. Illustration was largely seen as a...