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Book Celebrates ’80s Indie Days

A Scene In Between: Tripping Through the Fashions of UK Indie Music 1980-1988 by Sam Knee Cicada Books, 192 pages,...

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Look Book

Deborah Turbeville

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Today we continue spreading the ’80s female-fashion-photographer love with a gallery of Deborah Turbeville’s work. Warm and ethereal, with a...

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’80s Purple

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I’ve been thinking of purple lately, especially since Pantone’s announcement that #18-3224 — Radiant Orchid — is the company’s 2014...

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It’s Just a Reflektor

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A pair of sunglasses with mirrored or reflective lenses was de rigueur in the slick, shiny ’80s. From aviators to...

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Books

All Hail 1983!

The Fashion Year edited by Brenda Polan Zomba Books, 192 pages, 1983 I wish there was a book like this...

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Look Book

Krizia Animal Sweaters

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No one loves an ’80s animal sweater more than me, but there’s something extra-special about Krizia’s interpretation that still has...

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The ’80s Leather Jacket

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It may have taken 30 years, but I finally have my perfect 1980s leather motorcycle jacket. It’s red and supple...

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Get the Glow

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If fashion ads of the mid-1980s are any indication, a suspicious neon glow could emanate from anywhere, but particularly from...

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Revisiting the Indie-Eighties, London Style

From Club to Catwalk: 80s Fashion edited by Sonnet Stanfill V&A Publishing, 112 pages, 2013 There’s nowhere I’d rather be...

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Strawberry Switchblade Ate My Homework

I didn’t have the balls to go black so my naturally ashy blond hair is now platinum, with long bangs...

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