editorial

Thirty-Year Flashback

Vogue, June 1984

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I get it — I really do. Designers spend major money on shooting their campaigns and want to be the...

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Tumblr Top Tens

Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of May 2014

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176 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....

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Editor's Letter

In the Swim

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If I think about June for too long I’ll just want to head to my bedroom, curl up and sleep,...

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Trend Bazaar

Nailed It

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It must be summer because I’ve finally gotten around to giving myself a pedicure and painting my toenails hot pink....

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Trend Bazaar

Black, White and Stripey Allover

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Summer, to some, may mean bikinis and cut-off denim short-shorts, but to me the season means stripes — lots and...

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Look Book

Christian Lacroix

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What can I say about Christian Lacroix’s work in the ’80s? Stunning? Spectacular? Drop-dead gorgeous? No adjective can ever be...

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Why I Love....

’80s Fashion Illustration

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There’s no question that photography dominated the pages of fashion magazines throughout the 1980s. Illustration was largely seen as a...

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Trend Bazaar

Workin’ It Out

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The Jane Fonda Workout. Oliva Newton John belting out her aerobics-inspired song, Physical, and starring int he movie of the...

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Why I Love....

’80s Lisa Bonet

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Whether we want to admit it publicly or not, everyone watched The Cosby Show in the 1980s. No, it wasn’t...

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Pink Shock

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Fashion during much of the 1980s was not about not about a mere “pop of colour.” Rather, it was often...

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