A classic summertime combo, red-white-and-blue was an ’80s ideal for nautical looks, and simple, casual sportswear — and it’s oh-so-American....
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Mademoiselle, July 1984
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Mademoiselle, July 1984
I was in my late teens in the late 1980s when I really took a shine to Mademoiselle. It skewed...
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....
Face of the ’80s: Linda Evangelista
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Face of the ’80s: Linda Evangelista
If there is one thing that July means to everyone I know it’s Canada Day. Traditionally a day of barbecues...
Alfred Sung
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Alfred Sung
It’s been a long weekend here in Canada and tomorrow is Canada Day. This has, of course, got me thinking...
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...
Animal Attraction
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Animal Attraction
Using pets as props — or even as models — in fashion shoots is by no means an exclusively 1980s...
Andrea Alberts for Gitano
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Andrea Alberts for Gitano
Gitano. Now there’s a brand that screams 1980s, even if many of the label’s clothes look completely modern even today,...
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...