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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Geoffrey Beene
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Geoffrey Beene
American designer Geoffrey Beene (1924-2004) is simply not given enough credit for his work in the 1980s. He’s not always...
These Boots Were Made For Walking
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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...
Vogue, September 1984
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Vogue, September 1984
September 1984 was decades before the movie, The September Issue, was released, but even back then the teenage me wouldn’t...
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of August 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of August 2014
168 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged:...
Just Smile
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Just Smile
Sometimes, after weeks of paging through vintage fashion magazines and seeing countless pouty/haughty-faced models, I’ll find myself just hoping for...
If I Could Turn Back Time
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If I Could Turn Back Time
I kissed the other Mark. More like he kissed me, but I let him and I guess I kissed him...
’80s Preppiness
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’80s Preppiness
Here’s the thing: even at the height of my all-black-wearing, semi-goth teenage ’80s youth I still had a soft spot...
Say Cheese!
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Say Cheese!
In the 1980s, models didn’t just pose for cameras, on occasion they also posed with them. A popular prop, cameras...
Charles Jourdan
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Charles Jourdan
Surreal and sexy, the Charles Jourdan shoe ads of the 1980s were a sight to behold. The images were unexpected...