I’ll admit that I’ve never owned a pair of Bonjour Jeans. I don’t think I’ve ever even seen them in...
September, 2014
’80s Jean Paul Gaultier
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’80s Jean Paul Gaultier
To say I love Jean Paul Gaultier’s work is an understatement. It all began as a teenager in the 1980s....
Flashback Friday: ’80s Celebrity Edition
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Flashback Friday: ’80s Celebrity Edition
What’s fun? Old pictures of celebrities from the 1980s, that’s what. While some of these then-fresh faces have fared better...
Book Documents Music’s Brave New Wave
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Book Documents Music’s Brave New Wave
The New Music By Glenn A. Baker and Stuart Coupe Harmony Books, 128 pages, 1981 What comes around goes around...
I Heart Radio Ga Ga
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I Heart Radio Ga Ga
Making a playlist is harder than it seemed —especially when there are all these rules. No songs with profanity. No...
Isabella Rosselllini
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Isabella Rosselllini
I caught an episode of The Blacklist that my daughter was watching earlier in the year and was shocked to...
’80s Advertising Art Direction & Design
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’80s Advertising Art Direction & Design
I see a lot of ads, as I scan and post images every weekday for the Periodicult Tumblr blog. I...
Hanging on the Telephone
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Hanging on the Telephone
Using a phone booth (a what?), being restricted to a particular radius by a long, curly cord or chatting with...
A Guide to Giving Your Man an ’80s Makeover
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A Guide to Giving Your Man an ’80s Makeover
How to Dress Your Man By Charles Hix Crown Publishers, 172 pages, 1981 I love books like this — dated...
I Know This Much is True
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I Know This Much is True
Things couldn’t be worse. Mark still won’t talk to me and his best friend Dean keeps calling me, wanting to...