Perhaps only second to taffeta, lace was one of the top fabrics in the 1980s. All the big designers used...
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’80s Patrick Kelly
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’80s Patrick Kelly
I have few shopping regrets — you know, things you saw, you liked, could actually afford, but for some reason...
Fringe Festival
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Fringe Festival
Fringe, it seems, is everywhere these days. From boots to jackets, from swimsuits to pretty much everything Amanda made on...
Neon Love
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Neon Love
For better or worse, ’80s fashion is synonymous with many things: big shoulder pads, puffy taffeta party dresses and of...
’80s Menswear Dressing
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’80s Menswear Dressing
Menswear dressing in the 1980s typically did not mean menswear-inspired dressing, it meant suit, tie, button-up shirt — especially the...
Scarf Season
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Scarf Season
Who doesn’t love a good scarf? And especially — who doesn’t love a good ’80s scarf? The 1980s was the...
’80s Jewel Tones
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’80s Jewel Tones
Blacks (and the occasional greys) may make up the majority of my wardrobe now, but I’ll always have a soft...
i-D, October 1984
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i-D, October 1984
Leigh Bowery, Memphis, a neon-splashed cover photo by Nick Knight? Now, this is my ’80s. i-D magazine was harder to...
’80s Jean Paul Gaultier
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’80s Jean Paul Gaultier
To say I love Jean Paul Gaultier’s work is an understatement. It all began as a teenager in the 1980s....
Vogue, September 1984
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Vogue, September 1984
September 1984 was decades before the movie, The September Issue, was released, but even back then the teenage me wouldn’t...