December 1989 Fashion Etc.: Sequins, Lucy & Cheap-Ass Christmas Gifts

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One decade’s ending and another one’s starting: maybe your old aesthetic should end and you should try out a new one? The December 1989/January 1990 double issue has some ideas! What if you dressed like Lucille Ball, or a crow? What if you glued sequins to a t-shirt, or your face? What if you gave yourself dreadlocks??? …Actually, don’t do that one. Elsewhere, readers are calling out fur that turns out to be faux; a feature writer keeps her job thanks to fax machines; and the whole staff is giving you Christmas presents that cost them absolutely nothing and that they didn’t even edit. We’ve got LOTS to say about all of it!

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00:00:00 It Is December 1989 00:05:02 Cover 00:07:13 Fashion Feature: In Sequins 00:13:10 Fashion Feature: Of Mountains And Melodrama 00:21:34 Fashion Feature: Having A Ball 00:28:04 Beauty Feature: Very Party 00:31:39 Bonus Insert: Here Are Your Presents 00:41:58 Sassy Ads 00:49:15 Sassy Club 00:52:33 Diary: Play Ball 00:55:45 Say What 00:58:59 Goodbye For Now 00:59:39 Pam'd It

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