I’ll admit I probably flipped right past the Laise Adzer ads when I was an ’80s teenager. I was strictly...
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’80s Hair Colour
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’80s Hair Colour
I was 14 the first time I messed with my hair colour. It was at a sleepover with my friend...
Asymmetrical Style
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Asymmetrical Style
If there is one instantly recognizable trend of the 1980s, it’s asymmetry. Designers loved it. Consumers wore it. From the...
Eileen West
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Eileen West
A little bit Liberty of London, a little bit Gunne Sax prairie girl, Eileen West dresses exemplified the ’80s girly-girl....
Invasion of the Pantyhose People
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Invasion of the Pantyhose People
Say “pantyhose” to a young woman today and chances are she’ll screw up her face and let out a big...
North Beach Leather
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North Beach Leather
Designer Michael Hoban’s North Beach Leather line of sexy, colourful dresses were only topped by his equally sexy ads, often...
Fragrance Fantasyland
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Fragrance Fantasyland
Perfume ads, I would imagine, are an art director’s dream. There are no clothes that have to be depicted, and...
Laura Biagiotti
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Laura Biagiotti
Sleek and sophisticated, Laura Biagiotti adverts of the 1980s were always stand-outs. Supermodel-friendly and most often shot by equally supermodel-friendly...
Big Hair Day
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Big Hair Day
Big hair is synonymous with ’80s style. It’s the cliché, the joke, the impression burned into all of our minds....
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of March 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of March 2014
168 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....