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...
Oh, Prince Charming
Mark gave me a pair of his earrings. They’re silver studs with a dangly loop piece and I’m wearing them...
Sonia Rykiel
There are designers I loved in the 1980s for their runway theatrics (like Gaultier) and those I adored for the...
’80s Stephen Sprouse
When I was about 17 all I wanted was to live the life I read about in the pages of...
Gals on the Go
Getting around in the 1980s seemed so very fun — if all the cheesy images of women rollerskating, bike-riding, scootering...
I Want My (’80s) MTV
MTV Music Television Who’s Who in Rock Video: A Guide to Video Music Artists edited by Maxim Jabubowski Zomba Books,...
Enjoy the Silence
It’s not like I’d never been to a big concert before. Laurie and I went to Tears For Fears last...
Herb Ritts
Best known for his black-and-white portraiture and celebrity clientele, American photographer Herb Ritts did a considerable amount of colour work...
’80s Pastels
I was 12 when I was bit by the pastel fashion bug. It was two years before I immersed myself...
Mademoiselle, July 1984
I was in my late teens in the late 1980s when I really took a shine to Mademoiselle. It skewed...
