Less Than Zero By Bret Easton Ellis Simon & Schuster, 208 pages, 1985. Clay. Blair. Trent. Rip. Julian. These, to...
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Almost 30 Years On, Less Than Zero Still Stands Up
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Almost 30 Years On, Less Than Zero Still Stands Up
West Coast Design, 80s Style
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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...
Magazines, From Cover-to-Cover
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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...
The ’80s, as Featured in Elle
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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...
’80s Pop Culture Compiled
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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...
Oh, Those Aspirational ’80s
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Oh, Those Aspirational ’80s
W: The Designing Life By the staff of W Edited by Lois Perschetz Fairchild Publictions/Clarkson Potter, 224 pages, 1987 If...
For the Love of Smash Hits
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For the Love of Smash Hits
The Best of Smash Hits: the ’80s edited by Mark Firth Sphere, 192 pages, 2006 If there is one guilty...
Fashion’s Future, Imagined
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Fashion’s Future, Imagined
Fashion 2001 by Lucille Khornak Viking Press, 112 pages, 1982 I am a sucker for any book about the future...
Illustrator Tony Viramontes’ Short, Bright Life
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Illustrator Tony Viramontes’ Short, Bright Life
Bold, Beautiful, and Damned: The World of 1980s Fashion Illustrator Tony Viramontes by Dean Rhys Morgan Laurence King Publishing, 192...
A View From the Street
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A View From the Street
Street Style: British Design in the 80s by Catherine McDermott Rizzoli, 144 pages, 1987 Street fashion isn’t all about clothing,...