The fashion industry lost one of its greats last week with Oscar de la Renta’s death. Looking back at his...
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Emanuel Ungaro
Print-mixing is tricky, but if there’s one designer who always got it right it’s Emanuel Ungaro. Whether it was high-end...
Last Call For Crop Tops
While I’m usually all for bringing back fashion trends of the ’80s, crop tops still make me whinge just a...
’80s Bodycon Stretch
If I were asked to name the biggest contribution to fashion history the 1980s gave us it would have to...
Animal Attraction
Using pets as props — or even as models — in fashion shoots is by no means an exclusively 1980s...
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of May 2014
176 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....
Nailed It
It must be summer because I’ve finally gotten around to giving myself a pedicure and painting my toenails hot pink....
Black, White and Stripey Allover
Summer, to some, may mean bikinis and cut-off denim short-shorts, but to me the season means stripes — lots and...
Oral Fixation
Sexy? Silly? Sometimes it’s a toss-up when it comes to fashion images that involve licking, tasting, biting and sucking. To...
’80s Eyeglasses
I started wearing prescription eyeglasses when I was 18. It was probably a genetic inevitability (both of my parents wear...