November, 2014

Trend Bazaar

Fringe Festival

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Fringe, it seems, is everywhere these days. From boots to jackets, from swimsuits to pretty much everything Amanda made on...

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Books

Getting Your Drink On, ’80s Style

Tipsy in Madras: A Complete Guide to 80s Preppy Drinking By Matt Walker and Marissa Walsh Perigree Books, 200 pages,...

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Welcome to the Little Room

Once in a Lifetime

I’m sitting in the little room listening to the Talking Heads with the book in my hands. I’m afraid to...

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Look Book

Francesco Scavullo

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Though he may be best known for his long run shooting the sexy covers of Cosmopolitan magazine, photographer Francesco Scavullo...

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Why I Love....

’80s Coloured Denim

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I have owned precisely one pair of coloured jeans in my life to this point. I bought them in the...

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Colourways

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Whenever I find an item I really, really like I’m always tempted to toss around the classic I’ll take one...

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Books

Design Catalogue Is Graphics Gold

Mecanorma: Graphic Book Mecanorma/Studio Peps, 368 pages, 1984 I’ve been a bit obsessed lately with my collection of graphic design...

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Welcome to the Little Room

Don’t You Want Me, Baby

There is something about The Human League — something especially special about Don’t You Want Me. I swear, I can...

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Look Book

Chanel Beauty

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Who says you need a super-famous supermodel front-and-centre to sell your makeup? Chanel certainly didn’t think so. The French design...

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Why I Love....

Steve Hiett for ’80s Vogue Patterns Magazine

It’s not often that I discover an ’80s fashion photographer whose name I didn’t already know. I was — and...

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