As a teenager in the ’80s, I was the farthest thing from the Estée Lauder lady. I bought vintage clothes...
June, 2014
White Out
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White Out
Nothing in fashion screams summer than a cool, all-white ensemble. While some of us (ie. me) are too prone to...
Oh, Those Aspirational ’80s
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Oh, Those Aspirational ’80s
W: The Designing Life By the staff of W Edited by Lois Perschetz Fairchild Publictions/Clarkson Potter, 224 pages, 1987 If...
Dance Kiss Prince
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Dance Kiss Prince
Trevor is 12, but he turns 13 next week. I’ve only been 13 for two months — since August —...
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...
’80s Ripped Jeans
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’80s Ripped Jeans
Last week, I was watching the latest episode of my favourite “scripted reality” TV show, Made in Chelsea. The show...
Time Will Tell
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Time Will Tell
With our mobile phones like an extra appendage, there’s not much actual need for a watch. While watches may be...
Shock of the New
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Shock of the New
Exposure! Young British Photographers Photographs From Blitz Magazine 1980-1987 Compiled by Simon Tesler and Jeremy Leslie Ebury Press, 122 pages,...
Vogue, June 1984
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Vogue, June 1984
I get it — I really do. Designers spend major money on shooting their campaigns and want to be the...
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of May 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of May 2014
176 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....