There are designers I loved in the 1980s for their runway theatrics (like Gaultier) and those I adored for the...
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of June 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of June 2014
168 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....
Gone Strapless
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Gone Strapless
Summer, in my ’80s teen years, always meant strapless. Much to my conservative mother’s dismay, I loved bustiers and strapless...
Maybe It’s Maybelline
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Maybe It’s Maybelline
It’s not hard to pick a Maybelline ad from the early ’80s out of the crowd. Typically more smiley than...
The ’80s Estée Lauder Lady
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The ’80s Estée Lauder Lady
As a teenager in the ’80s, I was the farthest thing from the Estée Lauder lady. I bought vintage clothes...
White Out
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White Out
Nothing in fashion screams summer than a cool, all-white ensemble. While some of us (ie. me) are too prone to...
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of May 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of May 2014
176 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....
In the Swim
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In the Swim
If I think about June for too long I’ll just want to head to my bedroom, curl up and sleep,...
Georges Marciano/Guess?
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Georges Marciano/Guess?
Ah, the days of Guess — I remember them well. By the mid-1980s when Guess had become the denim label,...
Christian Lacroix
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Christian Lacroix
What can I say about Christian Lacroix’s work in the ’80s? Stunning? Spectacular? Drop-dead gorgeous? No adjective can ever be...