Nineteen Hundred Eighties

December 4, 2024
Published by GUY TREBAY at December 4, 2024
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“Camera Girl” Features Steamy Nights Preserved on Polaroid Film

Polaroid photos capturing the fugitive spirit and some famous faces of New York’s 1980s club scene are the focus of a new book, “Camera Girl.” Outfitted […]
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April 18, 2024
Published by Daniel Penny at April 18, 2024
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Party Like It’s 1989

In the 1980s and ’90s, Dafydd Jones’s party shots captured Manhattan’s rich and powerful. Nine years ago, while recovering from a serious health crisis, the British […]
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March 15, 2024
Published by PENELOPE GREEN at March 15, 2024
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Serge Raoul, Whose SoHo Bistro Glittered With Stars, Dies at 86

Raoul’s, which he founded, was a celebrity magnet and a neighborhood institution in the 1970s and ’80s. But he had never planned on a life in […]
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June 6, 2023
Published by STEVEN KURUTZ at June 6, 2023
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Can HBO’s ‘The Idol’ Revive 1980s Erotic Thriller Sleaze?

Over-the-top locations and characters bathed in red light recall an all but dead genre that was once a staple of late-night cable: the erotic thriller. A […]
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March 12, 2023
Published by Tanya Dukes at March 12, 2023
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The Cross Returns as a Style Choice in Jewelry

Remember Madonna’s look for “Like a Virgin”? Well, it’s back. Even now, 25 years after her death, Diana may still be the alpha influencer. An amethyst […]
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August 3, 2022
Published by Tim Sommer at August 3, 2022
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In the Late ’70s, Teen Punks Ruled New York. These Are Their Stories.

High school students spent their nights forging a colorful late-night scene marked by big choruses and few rules. The bands didn’t last, but the taste of […]
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March 16, 2022
Published by PENELOPE GREEN at March 16, 2022
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Annie Flanders, Founder of Details Magazine, Dies at 82

Her idiosyncratic and fiercely independent magazine chronicled Downtown Manhattan in the 1980s, a combustible mix of art, music and fashion. Annie Flanders, the ardent, russet-haired founding […]
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March 4, 2022
Published by Sopan Deb at March 4, 2022
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‘Winning Time’: When the NBA Went Pop

A new HBO drama chronicles the 1980s Lakers, whose fluid style and Hollywood flair changed the game and the culture. An N.B.A. writer takes account. When […]
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November 11, 2021
Published by JON CARAMANICA at November 11, 2021
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Barbara Kruger: Infinitely Copied, Still Unmatched

For decades this social critic has addressed the powerful influence of media, consumerism and politics. Her work anticipated how images and ideas are now disseminated. CHICAGO […]
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June 25, 2020
Published by Eve Peyser at June 25, 2020
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In Vintage TV Ads, a Curious Fountain of Hope (and Cheese)

At the end of yet another long day indoors, when I want to unwind, I’ll put on the commercial breaks from the 1985 American Music Awards […]
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