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’80s Flats

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You’re not supposed to admit it, that you actually like flat-heeled shoes, not today in the age of cartoonish, sky-high...

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’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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Look Book

Aldo Fallai for Giorgio Armani

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Aldo Fallai’s Armani lady is refined and ever-so-classy. She’s tasteful, but still a tastemaker. Her attitude is a little aloof...

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’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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Look Book

Ralph Lauren

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Nothing screams faux-aristocrat like ’80s Ralph Lauren. Before those ridiculous, giant Polo logos and the ubiquitous outlet stores, Ralph Lauren...

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Tumblr Top Tens

Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of April 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

Hey, I’d Wear That

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It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since I started digging out my old ’80s fashion magazines, scanning ads and editorials and...

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Look Book

Laise Adzer

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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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I was 14 the first time I messed with my hair colour. It was at a sleepover with my friend...

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