Fifty Fashion Looks That Changed the 1980s by Paula Reed Conran Octopus, 112 pages, 2013 I am always a bit...
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Vogue, March 1984
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Vogue, March 1984
Opening the cover of Vogue, March 1984 I was not looking forward to the pages of swimwear and airy spring...
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of February 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of February 2014
160 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....
Missing the Good, the Bad and the Terrifically Tacky
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Missing the Good, the Bad and the Terrifically Tacky
I’m not sure why I bothered, but yesterday, just as I did last year and the years before that, I...
Knees & Toes
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Knees & Toes
It was all tights and patterned socks and coloured hose before everything was stripped down to a toned bare leg...
The ’80s: Just The Way It Was
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The ’80s: Just The Way It Was
A Decade of i-Deas: The Encyclopaedia of the ’80s edited by John Godfrey Penguin Books, 256 pages, 1990 Timing, in...
But Boy George is Still a Boy
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But Boy George is Still a Boy
I wasn’t about to say anything, not while we were out, anyway. It’s Sunday and late. I snuck in not...
Get the Jordache Look
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Get the Jordache Look
It’s hard to think of another brand name that immediately evokes thoughts and memories of the 1980s. The Jordache logo...
The ’80s Maidenform Ladies
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The ’80s Maidenform Ladies
Have you seen that Victoria’s Secret television spot? The one with the model strutting the streets of Paris in nothing...
Drama Queens
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Drama Queens
1980s fashion was nothing if not dramatic, and occasionally — deliciously — models in the ads and editorials would match...