Menswear dressing in the 1980s typically did not mean menswear-inspired dressing, it meant suit, tie, button-up shirt — especially the...
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Scarf Season
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Scarf Season
Who doesn’t love a good scarf? And especially — who doesn’t love a good ’80s scarf? The 1980s was the...
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of October 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of October 2014
184 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged:...
The Thick of Fall
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The Thick of Fall
Above: Cerruti 1881, Vogue, November 1980. Photograph by Jean Loup Sieff. November may be the perfect fashion month. Hardcore winter...
Made Way Up
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Made Way Up
It’s Halloween so rounding up a gaggle of extreme makeup images from the 1980s seemed totally appropriate. These aren’t everyday...
Really Saying Something
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Really Saying Something
Expressing yourself through the words on a shirt or sweater has a long tradition. In the ’80s, slogan tops ranged...
L’Oréal
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L’Oréal
It’s impossible to be a fashion magazine junkie and not be at all affected by advertising. My personal case-in-point: the...
Bejeweled!
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Bejeweled!
I’m not much for wearing jewelry — maybe a pair of earrings, but that’s about it. In the 1980s, however,...
’80s Skinny Sneakers
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’80s Skinny Sneakers
My affection for skinny sneakers started in the 1980s and came from a place of necessity more than anything. I...
Hot Wheels
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Hot Wheels
Whether the result is silly or sexy, 1980s cars ads — or fashion ads featuring cars — are especially dated,...