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" June 12, 2008  I&amp;#039;ve had 80&amp;#039;s on the brain ever since I popped by Joe Zee&amp;#039;s 80&amp;#039;s-inspired photo shoot for the September issue of the magazine this week. OK, I&amp;#039;m clearly not the Annie Leibovitz of the modern day camera phone but I captured this on-the-go shot this morning moments before this woman dashed onto the Christopher Street 1 train. Seeing her hair clips instantly reminded me of my own restrained double, triple and sometimes quadruple (wow, I just outed myself there) clipped hairstyles from back in the day. As much as I am still trying to repress the 80&amp;#039;s memory of a decade of big, bad hair snafus (curly hair and straight bangs? no problem! oh yea- that&amp;#039;s how I rolled), legwarmers and my &amp;quot;collection&amp;quot; (not even using that term as loosely as I wish I could) of colorblock silk tops which I&amp;#039;m sure still adorn the shelves of a Goodwill in Wisconsin somewhere- I (sorry, we) need to embrace that fashion does come full circle and this fall it will be making us take a long, hard look in the mirror. Thankfully, when fashion does come around (if done well) it takes us back while simultaneously pushing us forward. When Marc Jacobs, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga and YSL are all referencing a decade- it&amp;#039;s fairly safe to assume that there is something strong and extremely stylish about the message.    Balenciaga recreated the 80&amp;#039;s cocktail dress with hints of reference to more traditional concepts juxtaposed with the house&amp;#039;s classic silhouette.  YSL&amp;#039;s version of the new new power suit epitomizes a strong eighties futuristic vibe carrying through many collections this fall- pairing down a literal strong sleeve, designing a sleeker slouchy trouser and reinventing the modern, bold accessories that define the era. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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