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Pretty in Pink is an emotionally saturated journey involving teens and love triangles and giant shoulder pads and vast social gaps, with everyone suffering their way into wisdom. The 1986 John Hughes film played at Central Cinema recently, though if you missed it, rent the DVD from Scarecrow Video. They’ve got the Everything’s Duckie Edition, which is jammed with extras: stills, cut footage, boring interviews with boring celebrities.

But there’s also Volcanic Ensembles, a mini-documentary about the movie’s apparel, and this is worth watching.

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Marti Jonjak—The Stranger’s fashion columnist—has a technical degree in apparel design and works in the garment industry. Her treasured casual-wear aesthetic is both glamorous and trashy, suggesting...