The Graphic Language of Neville Brody by Jo Wozencroft Thames and Hudson, 160 pages, 1988 Two names always come to...
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Rumours, Rednecks and Bananarama
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Rumours, Rednecks and Bananarama
I don’t think Jill actually thinks I’m a lesbian. I think she’s just a bitch — and jealous — and...
Aldo Fallai for Giorgio Armani
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Aldo Fallai for Giorgio Armani
Aldo Fallai’s Armani lady is refined and ever-so-classy. She’s tasteful, but still a tastemaker. Her attitude is a little aloof...
’80s Lisa Bonet
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’80s Lisa Bonet
Whether we want to admit it publicly or not, everyone watched The Cosby Show in the 1980s. No, it wasn’t...
Pink Shock
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Pink Shock
Fashion during much of the 1980s was not about not about a mere “pop of colour.” Rather, it was often...
Colouring For Grown Ups — ’80s Style
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Colouring For Grown Ups — ’80s Style
The Fashion Coloring Book By Sharon Lee Tate and Mona Shafer Edwards Harper & Row, 192 pages, 1984 I have...
The Waterboys and My 50% Boyfriend
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The Waterboys and My 50% Boyfriend
I don’t know exactly how Mike Scott from The Waterboys knows so much about my life. I’m in the little...
Ralph Lauren
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Ralph Lauren
Nothing screams faux-aristocrat like ’80s Ralph Lauren. Before those ridiculous, giant Polo logos and the ubiquitous outlet stores, Ralph Lauren...
Seventeen, May 1984
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Seventeen, May 1984
Picking up the May 1984 issue of Seventeen over the weekend, I quickly discovered it’s teen business-as-usual, content-wise. Boy drama,...
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of April 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of April 2014
176 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....