Perhaps only second to taffeta, lace was one of the top fabrics in the 1980s. All the big designers used...
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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...
Made Way Up
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Made Way Up
It’s Halloween so rounding up a gaggle of extreme makeup images from the 1980s seemed totally appropriate. These aren’t everyday...
Bikini Beach
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Bikini Beach
Some things never change. As summer winds down everyone scrambles to suck every last bit of fun from the season....
Gone Strapless
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Gone Strapless
Summer, in my ’80s teen years, always meant strapless. Much to my conservative mother’s dismay, I loved bustiers and strapless...
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....
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of May 2014
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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....
Christian Lacroix
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Christian Lacroix
What can I say about Christian Lacroix’s work in the ’80s? Stunning? Spectacular? Drop-dead gorgeous? No adjective can ever be...
Christian Dior Maquillage
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Christian Dior Maquillage
For me at least, the Christian Dior Maquillage ads defined 1980s aspirational makeup. The looks were designed by makeup artist...
Flower Girls
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Flower Girls
Enough with the snow. As we head into to the weekend, I’m channeling warm and positive thoughts of spring —...