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Banana Clips and Love’s Baby Soft: One Writer Remembers the 80’s Beauty of Her Childhood Dance Recitals
As a four-year-old, I tap danced on toy boxes and picnic tables—any sturdy surface that would hold me—while my parents’ record player spun Barry Manilow. I was always putting on performances for anyone who would watch—usually captive audiences like my then-newborn sister and our neighbour’s dog Kiwi. So it wasn’t surprising to anyone that when […]
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Everyone Called Alexander Wang’s Hair Accessory a Banana Clip and the Internet Was Not Having It
My friend Liza always has a hair claw on her in case a hot flash strikes. I’ve witnessed her retrieve one during a beauty event dinner and quickly wrap her hair up and off her neck. Made of plastic, these spring loaded clips were especially popular in the 80s, which is why they appeared at […]
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