Growing up on the western Canadian prairie, California was often the family destination of choice, just like our eastern counterparts...
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Big Hair Day
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Big Hair Day
Big hair is synonymous with ’80s style. It’s the cliché, the joke, the impression burned into all of our minds....
Seventeen, April 1984
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Seventeen, April 1984
I was 13 in April of 1984. I had become fast friends that school year with a group of girls...
Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of March 2014
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Our Top Ten Tumblr Posts of March 2014
168 images were posted to the periodicult.tumblr.com site last month. We gathered a list of the most liked and reblogged....
’80s Fashion Humour & Hubris
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’80s Fashion Humour & Hubris
I’ve been wondering recently exactly when and why I began to lose interest in the contemporary fashion presentation and press....
Mad Plaids
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Mad Plaids
I’m trying, really trying to think spring, but it just keeps snowing and I’ve become one of those boring people...
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...
Oral Fixation
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Oral Fixation
Sexy? Silly? Sometimes it’s a toss-up when it comes to fashion images that involve licking, tasting, biting and sucking. To...
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
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Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
When it comes to Yves Saint Laurent, it seems most fashion folk want to talk couture. But the designer’s successful...
’80s Eyeglasses
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’80s Eyeglasses
I started wearing prescription eyeglasses when I was 18. It was probably a genetic inevitability (both of my parents wear...