Hi, Tuesday. It's chilly in Miami and one may think the world is ending from
the way people are freaking out about it. Funny to a Northeasterner, but
whatever. Different strokes...it is nippy though, I'm not gonna lie.
parties run amok in my brain. As avid readers of this blog, you know I am
fussy when it comes to costumes. Fussy as in I don't like them. One bit. But
I do look a wink and a nod to the theme- and as this theme is the 80s, and
since I am fully versed in that era of shoulder pads and hairspray, how can
I not embrace it ever so slightly? If you work with me, perhaps you need a little inspiration as you've
exhausted your possibilities. I myself am too mired in obscure references
that would not read (Tama Janowitz, Nan Kempner, Diane Brill) to try and
figure out what to do. But I found this wonderful canon of 1980s New York
Magazine fashion stories edited by none other than a young Anna Wintour, pre
American Vogue. What's striking about these images are the oddball
silhouettes of that era- what a difference a few decades make. I've attached
a few of my favorite images- black and white figured very heavily in this
era, which is perfect for me- especially the black part. A particular
favorite is the lady with the opera glasses in the geometric long tunicy
thing with the matching legging. I would have sold all of my New Order
records and then some for that look. The full link is below from
Fashionologie, but these are a few favorites of that rather weird time in
fashion, though awesome nonetheless. Perhaps I will take a page... Cause that's what's up this referential Tuesday in the MIA. Enjoy the stroll
through that Gen Xified decade of debauchery. Link below, folks. XO http://www.fashionologie.com/Selection-Anna-Wintours-New-York-Magazine-Spread...,0,9#12
