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A Guide to Giving Your Man an ’80s Makeover

How to Dress Your Man By Charles Hix Crown Publishers, 172 pages, 1981 I love books like this — dated...

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Inside an ’80s Makeup, Hair and Skincare Bible

The Complete Beauty Book/The Complete Skincare Book/Ten Easy Steps to Hair Care By Linda Meredith, Celia Hunter and Pat Spires...

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A Toast — To Those ’80s Absolut Ads

Absolut Book: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story By Richard W. Lewis Journey Editions, 274 pages, 1996. I’ll admit it. I...

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Almost 30 Years On, Less Than Zero Still Stands Up

Less Than Zero By Bret Easton Ellis Simon & Schuster, 208 pages, 1985. Clay. Blair. Trent. Rip. Julian. These, to...

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West Coast Design, 80s Style

California Fashion Designers: Art and Style By Douglas Bullis Gibbs M. Smith, 150 pages, 1987 Quick — name five California-based...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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The ’80s, as Featured in Elle

Elle Style: The 1980s Edited by Francois Baudot and Jean Demachy Filipacchi Publishing, 194 pages, 2003 Elle magazine today is...

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’80s Pop Culture Compiled

People: Celebrate the ’80s! The Stars, The Fads The Moments You’ll Never Forget edited by Cutler Durkee People Books, 144...

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