And so it goes. Today marks the last day of the Periodicult blog. It’s been great fun and an exercise in discipline to post every weekday of 2014. But as...
That’s Liza With a Z
At first I thought, get me out of here. There is no way I am spending the one Saturday night...
Gilles Bensimon for Elle
It’s a shame that there are people who only know Gilles Bensimon as the photographer the winner of so many...
’80s Molly Ringwald
I could dress in head-to-toe black, mope about my parents’ house and complain about everything, but none of that would...
Pulling Faces
Going through so many fashion images every week, it’s easy to get a bit cynical seeing page after page of...
Magazines, From Cover-to-Cover
100 Years of Magazine Covers By Steve Taylor Black Dog Publishing, 256 pages, 2006 I don’t think that most people...
I Get So Emotional (Baby)
I’ve never not taken one of Mark’s calls before, but I really didn’t know what else to do. The mix-tape...
Danskin
Danskin’s long-time motto, “not just for dancing” was particularly relevant in the aerobics-obsessed and body-con ’80s. The brand promoted its...
’80s Vogue Patterns Magazine
Someone asked me once to name the fashion publication I thought was most underrated — from the ’80s or otherwise....
White Hatters
In the throes of summer there’s always one thing to consider: hats. More specifically: white hats that don’t attract any...
A Model Memoir
Catwalk: The Art of Model Style by Marie Helvin Pavilion/Michael Joseph, 176 pages, 1985 Okay, so I’m biased. I love...