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Drink Up

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We’re in the throes of the holiday party season, and this got me to thinking about Christmas parties past and...

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Thirty-Year Flashback

Town & Country, December 1984

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I’m not sure how it started or exactly when, but every Christmas my Dad would trek to the big magazine...

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Tumblr Top Tens

Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of November 2014

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160 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

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...

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Bejeweled!

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I’m not much for wearing jewelry — maybe a pair of earrings, but that’s about it. In the 1980s, however,...

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Hot Wheels

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Whether the result is silly or sexy, 1980s cars ads — or fashion ads featuring cars — are especially dated,...

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Look Book

Geoffrey Beene

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American designer Geoffrey Beene (1924-2004) is simply not given enough credit for his work in the 1980s. He’s not always...

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Americanarama

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A classic summertime combo, red-white-and-blue was an ’80s ideal for nautical looks, and simple, casual sportswear — and it’s oh-so-American....

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Time Will Tell

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With our mobile phones like an extra appendage, there’s not much actual need for a watch. While watches may be...

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Why I Love....

’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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