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Editor's Letter

This Was Periodicult

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And so it goes. Today marks the last day of the Periodicult blog. It’s been great fun and an exercise...

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Lacy Ladies

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Perhaps only second to taffeta, lace was one of the top fabrics in the 1980s. All the big designers used...

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Just Smile

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Sometimes, after weeks of paging through vintage fashion magazines and seeing countless pouty/haughty-faced models, I’ll find myself just hoping for...

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Pulling Faces

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Going through so many fashion images every week, it’s easy to get a bit cynical seeing page after page of...

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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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Invasion of the Pantyhose People

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Say “pantyhose” to a young woman today and chances are she’ll screw up her face and let out a big...

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Look Book

Christian Dior Maquillage

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For me at least, the Christian Dior Maquillage ads defined 1980s aspirational makeup. The looks were designed by makeup artist...

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Flower Girls

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Enough with the snow. As we head into to the weekend, I’m channeling warm and positive thoughts of spring —...

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Tumblr Top Tens

Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of January 2014

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184 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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Thirty-Year Flashback

Vogue, January 1984

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As any faithful fashion magazine reader knows, January means resort. It’s a rare individual who can drop everything and escape...

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