Perhaps only second to taffeta, lace was one of the top fabrics in the 1980s. All the big designers used...
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All I Want for (’80s) Christmas
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All I Want for (’80s) Christmas
All the back-issues of Harper’s Bazaar that I’m missing in my collection. (Image: Harper’s Bazaar, Town & Country magazine, December...
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 Annual a Treasure Trove of Images
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’80s Annual a Treasure Trove of Images
Photographis 85: The International Annual of Advertising and Editorial Photography Edited by Walter Herdeg Graphis Press, 220 pages, 1985 If...
Geoffrey Beene
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Geoffrey Beene
American designer Geoffrey Beene (1924-2004) is simply not given enough credit for his work in the 1980s. He’s not always...
Just Smile
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Just Smile
Sometimes, after weeks of paging through vintage fashion magazines and seeing countless pouty/haughty-faced models, I’ll find myself just hoping for...
’80s Bodycon Stretch
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’80s Bodycon Stretch
If I were asked to name the biggest contribution to fashion history the 1980s gave us it would have to...
’80s Stephen Sprouse
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’80s Stephen Sprouse
When I was about 17 all I wanted was to live the life I read about in the pages of...
Face of the ’80s: Linda Evangelista
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Face of the ’80s: Linda Evangelista
If there is one thing that July means to everyone I know it’s Canada Day. Traditionally a day of barbecues...
The ’80s Denim Jacket
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The ’80s Denim Jacket
I still have the 1970s Lee jean jacket I swiped from my Dad’s wardrobe as a teenager in the 1980s....