Growing up, April was the month of the great closet swap. Winter-weight sweaters were exchanged with light cardigans, T-shirts replaced...
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’80s Fashion Humour & Hubris
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’80s Fashion Humour & Hubris
I’ve been wondering recently exactly when and why I began to lose interest in the contemporary fashion presentation and press....
Mad Plaids
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Mad Plaids
I’m trying, really trying to think spring, but it just keeps snowing and I’ve become one of those boring people...
Not Pretty, Not Pink
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Not Pretty, Not Pink
I already have most of the songs on the Pretty in Pink soundtrack. They’re on mix tapes or albums. I...
Christian Dior Maquillage
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Christian Dior Maquillage
For me at least, the Christian Dior Maquillage ads defined 1980s aspirational makeup. The looks were designed by makeup artist...
Converse All-Stars
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Converse All-Stars
There was a store when I was growing up in the 1980s called Funky Punkers. It was downtown, on the...
Oral Fixation
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Oral Fixation
Sexy? Silly? Sometimes it’s a toss-up when it comes to fashion images that involve licking, tasting, biting and sucking. To...
’80s Fashion Illustration Fun
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’80s Fashion Illustration Fun
Fashion & Color: Total Fashion Color Coordinate by Kojiro Kumagai Graphic-Sha Publishing, 144 pages, 1985 Ever since I did a...
Just Like Heaven
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Just Like Heaven
Everybody keeps saying that I’m so lucky. I don’t feel lucky. My mouth hurts, and my jaw. I’m sitting in...
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
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Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
When it comes to Yves Saint Laurent, it seems most fashion folk want to talk couture. But the designer’s successful...