The Jane Fonda Workout. Oliva Newton John belting out her aerobics-inspired song, Physical, and starring int he movie of the...
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Inside the Design Mind of Neville Brody
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Inside the Design Mind of Neville Brody
The Graphic Language of Neville Brody by Jo Wozencroft Thames and Hudson, 160 pages, 1988 Two names always come to...
Rumours, Rednecks and Bananarama
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Rumours, Rednecks and Bananarama
I don’t think Jill actually thinks I’m a lesbian. I think she’s just a bitch — and jealous — and...
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...
’80s Lisa Bonet
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’80s Lisa Bonet
Whether we want to admit it publicly or not, everyone watched The Cosby Show in the 1980s. No, it wasn’t...
Pink Shock
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Pink Shock
Fashion during much of the 1980s was not about not about a mere “pop of colour.” Rather, it was often...
Colouring For Grown Ups — ’80s Style
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Colouring For Grown Ups — ’80s Style
The Fashion Coloring Book By Sharon Lee Tate and Mona Shafer Edwards Harper & Row, 192 pages, 1984 I have...
The Waterboys and My 50% Boyfriend
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The Waterboys and My 50% Boyfriend
I don’t know exactly how Mike Scott from The Waterboys knows so much about my life. I’m in the little...
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...
Seventeen, May 1984
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Seventeen, May 1984
Picking up the May 1984 issue of Seventeen over the weekend, I quickly discovered it’s teen business-as-usual, content-wise. Boy drama,...