I was 13 in April of 1984. I had become fast friends that school year with a group of girls...
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of March 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of March 2014
168 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....
Prints, Please
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Prints, Please
Growing up, April was the month of the great closet swap. Winter-weight sweaters were exchanged with light cardigans, T-shirts replaced...
’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...
The Weird, Wonderful World of the Discorats
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The Weird, Wonderful World of the Discorats
The Discorats by Geoffrey Beitz and David Wood Methuen Children’s Books, 28 pages, 1985. Vintage 1980s love and rare children’s...
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...