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Isabella Rosselllini

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I caught an episode of The Blacklist that my daughter was watching earlier in the year and was shocked to...

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Why I Love....

’80s Advertising Art Direction & Design

I see a lot of ads, as I scan and post images every weekday for the Periodicult Tumblr blog. I...

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Hanging on the Telephone

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Using a phone booth (a what?), being restricted to a particular radius by a long, curly cord or chatting with...

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Look Book

Isaac Mizrahi

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Long before he designed for Target and was a fixture on reality TV, Isaac Mizrahi was a bona fide Seventh...

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Why I Love....

’80s Levi’s

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I had just turned 13 and was starting eighth grade when the great Levi’s invasion of the ’80s began. Sure,...

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Last Call For Crop Tops

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While I’m usually all for bringing back fashion trends of the ’80s, crop tops still make me whinge just a...

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’80s Interiors

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There is nothing better than a teenage girl’s bedroom. It’s their exclusive domain — their cave (as my 13-year-old daughter...

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These Boots Were Made For Walking

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Okay, so fall may not officially start for another two weeks, but here in my neighbourhood the leaves are turning...

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Books

A Toast — To Those ’80s Absolut Ads

Absolut Book: The Absolut Vodka Advertising Story By Richard W. Lewis Journey Editions, 274 pages, 1996. I’ll admit it. I...

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Thirty-Year Flashback

Vogue, September 1984

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September 1984 was decades before the movie, The September Issue, was released, but even back then the teenage me wouldn’t...

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