I caught an episode of The Blacklist that my daughter was watching earlier in the year and was shocked to...
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’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...
Hanging on the Telephone
Using a phone booth (a what?), being restricted to a particular radius by a long, curly cord or chatting with...
Isaac Mizrahi
Long before he designed for Target and was a fixture on reality TV, Isaac Mizrahi was a bona fide Seventh...
’80s Levi’s
I had just turned 13 and was starting eighth grade when the great Levi’s invasion of the ’80s began. Sure,...
Last Call For Crop Tops
While I’m usually all for bringing back fashion trends of the ’80s, crop tops still make me whinge just a...
’80s Interiors
There is nothing better than a teenage girl’s bedroom. It’s their exclusive domain — their cave (as my 13-year-old daughter...
These Boots Were Made For Walking
Okay, so fall may not officially start for another two weeks, but here in my neighbourhood the leaves are turning...
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...
Vogue, September 1984
September 1984 was decades before the movie, The September Issue, was released, but even back then the teenage me wouldn’t...
