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Collection: AJV
Category: Cliques
Collector's notes: Currently mocked by all, the yuppie was considered the ideal of success for some in the '80s. Short for "young upwardly-mobile professional", the yuppie was usually a Baby Boomer out of college finally making a name for themselves in the financial world. Always up to date on the latest trends, yuppie attire consisted of power dressing, walking shoes, and block phones. Word of advice: if one asks if you like Huey Lewis and the News, its best to just run like hell.
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Collection: AJV
Category: Cliques
Collector's notes: What? You've never heard of a Valley Girl before? Like, barf me out! Gag me with a spoon! This strange fad came to be right after the release of Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl" with daughter Moon Unit, which later inspired the popular teen movie of the same name. Since the 90s the Valley Girl has been the ultimate stereotype for us Californians, especially those who hail from the San Fernando Valley. The Val was ditzy, materialistic, with a wide ranged vocabulary like "Totally" and "Fer shur" specifically known as Valspeak. So...like, whatever. I'm outtie (for now).
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Collection: AJV
Category: Advertising
Collector's notes: No TV commercial is more famous and mythic than Ridley Scott's "1984", Apple's TV ad for the newly introduced Macintosh personal computer. Based on George Orwell's acclaimed 1949 novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four", which is set in a frightening dystopian society ruled by "Big Brother" in the then futuristic year of 1984. The first (and last) time this advert aired on national television was on January 22, 1984 during Super Bowl XVIII.
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Collection: AJV
Category: Fashion
Collector's notes: Ah shoulder pads...people seem to have a love/hate relationship with this fashion fad. The origin of shoulder pads dates back to Golden Age of Hollywood. Starlets like Joan Crawford and Katherine Hepburn set the trend for "V" shaped silhouettes in the '30s and '40s. When the 1980s came along, men and women starting getting better high paying jobs and wanted a more "professional" look. It not only gave them a polished look, it gave them empowerment. This type of shouler pad empowerment shows in primetime soaps like "Dynasty" and "Dallas".
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Collection: AJV
Category: TV & Movies
Collector's notes: Whether you love him or hate him, Tom Cruise is without a doubt, one of the most popular movie stars of the late 20th to early 21st centuries. Tom gained stardom by sliding in his undies to Bob Seger's "Old Time and Rock and Roll" in the teen comedy "Risky Business". Since then, Cruise has had a series of hit movies like "Top Gun", "Rain Man", "Born on the Fourth of July" and others into the 1990s. Unforunately, over the past 5 years, Tom's eccentric personal life has gotten more attention than his acting chops. His public involvement with Scientology, to marrying much younger actress Katie Holmes has made Cruise not only a worldwide celebrity, but a tabloid target.
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