It’s been a long weekend here in Canada and tomorrow is Canada Day. This has, of course, got me thinking...
June, 2014
Gone Strapless
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Gone Strapless
Summer, in my ’80s teen years, always meant strapless. Much to my conservative mother’s dismay, I loved bustiers and strapless...
The ’80s, as Featured in Elle
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The ’80s, as Featured in Elle
Elle Style: The 1980s Edited by Francois Baudot and Jean Demachy Filipacchi Publishing, 194 pages, 2003 Elle magazine today is...
Panic! At the (Teenage) Disco
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Panic! At the (Teenage) Disco
I can’t sleep. I can barely think. I’m in the little room, still sort of drunk, trying to make sense...
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...
The ’80s Denim Jacket
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The ’80s Denim Jacket
I still have the 1970s Lee jean jacket I swiped from my Dad’s wardrobe as a teenager in the 1980s....
Animal Attraction
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Animal Attraction
Using pets as props — or even as models — in fashion shoots is by no means an exclusively 1980s...
’80s Pop Culture Compiled
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’80s Pop Culture Compiled
People: Celebrate the ’80s! The Stars, The Fads The Moments You’ll Never Forget edited by Cutler Durkee People Books, 144...
Kylie Minogue and the Great Song Exorcism
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Kylie Minogue and the Great Song Exorcism
Kylie Minogue is driving me crazy and not in a good way. I’ve tried everything to get her stupid song,...
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,...