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Annees 80. Mode, Design et Graphism En France

Now through April 16, 2023, the Musee des Art Decoratifs, aka MAD in Paris, has a show called The 1980s: Fashion, Design and Graphic Design in France. It boasts over 700 different items including furniture, fashion designs, posters, photos, even album covers and fanzines from an era they say “represented a joyful clash of styles and how that memorable decade filled the worlds of fashion, design and graphic arts with a spontaneity and freedom.”

You see here a dress in leather with enormous shoulder pads by Claude Montana which actually dates to 1979.  Such shoulder pads were found in almost every women’s silhouette for a time and you could even buy a camisole with shoulder pads built into it in order to update an outfit that did not have them. Yes, they were that necessary to happiness. The usual explanation was the move of more women into corporate leadership roles and the need to copy the size of men’s shoulder pads, but honestly, they were huge. Far bigger than what I saw in men’s tailored clothing.

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Drake’s Bonkers Customized Patek Philippe Watch!

Patek Philippe, Nautilus Ref. 5726