We did it last week with the seventies - during which a whole lot of ya were but a gleam in your parents eyes. How about the eighties? What screams eighties to you? Defines it. Leaves you singing songs you don't want to admit you liked?
Leggings, two tone jeans, 8 tracks *which I still have a big box of*, fanny packs, windsuits... mullets, poodle perms, jheri curls- oh good god, aquanet... shoulder pads, member's only jackets, ray-ban wayfarers.
And good god, all these things are coming BACK into fashion. WHY?
And Dee Snyder was the epitome of men with makeup.. now we have kids like fall out boys or adam lambert's with the eyeliner, sorry, real men wear lipstick and blush. Speaking of, does the picture on the front page look a little like Dee Snyder or is just me?
Leggings, two tone jeans, 8 tracks *which I still have a big box of*, fanny packs, windsuits... mullets, poodle perms, jheri curls- oh good god, aquanet... shoulder pads, member's only jackets, ray-ban wayfarers.
And good god, all these things
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Leggings, two tone jeans, 8 tracks *which I still have a big box of*, fanny packs, windsuits... mullets, poodle perms, jheri curls- oh good god, aquanet... shoulder pads, member's only jackets, ray-ban wayfarers.
And good god, all these things are coming BACK into fashion. WHY?
And Dee Snyder was the epitome of men with makeup.. now we have kids like fall out boys or adam lambert's with the eyeliner, sorry, real men wear lipstick and blush. Speaking of, does the picture on the front page look a little like Dee Snyder or is just me?
I fucking LOVE the 80s. The best movies, the craziest outfits, the most garishly awesome make-up...the nerd in me squees with joy every time I see it!!!
I have a theory that Aquanet alone is the true cause of the hole in the ozone layer. But, by god, nothing else made your hair stand on end like Aquanet. Not for 89 cents a can anyway.
Ahh, the days when I wouldn't look at a boy who didn't have longer hair than mine and who couldn't lend me mascara when I needed it. And when I had to carry around a purse big enough to hold ALL my make up AND my Aquanet AND my butane fueled curling iron.
Personally, I do not understand why the neon half-shirt ever left the height of fashion. A tragedy really.
Oh, and don't forget punk! I had friends with foot tall mohawks. We used to Elmer's glue them up in spikes. I saw some great punk concerts in the 80s as well.
Oh, and don't forget punk! I had friends with foot tall mohawks. We used to Elmer's glue them up in spikes. I saw some great punk concerts in the 80s as well.
I always considered the emergence of punk a late 70s phenomenon. The Clash, the Sex Pistols, the Ramones, etcetera.
How can you forget banana clips? Or all those paint splattered items of clothing? Then there was the jeans with flats because that was uber cool! Did anybody else have shirts with buttons all over it? =P
Structured boyfriend jackets, tights under scrunched socks and shorts, block-colored clothing, jean jackets, high tops, Hypercolor t-shirts(!), zippers on the back of skinny jeans near the ankle, graffiti-print anything, sweatbands, wide plastic headbands, big dangly earrings, permed/teased hair, big bows, white mary janes (for girl children), leotards as streetwear, big baggy shirts.
One of my recent stories had a character commenting 'My mom's house is stuck in a 1988 time warp - glass, brass, and champagne colored. The track-lighting in the kitchen will crack you up.'
Relating to: Seminal Styles of the 20th Century, Part 7
We did it last week with the seventies - during which a whole lot of ya were but a gleam in your parents eyes. How about the eighties? What screams eighties to you? Defines it. Leaves
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Relating to: Seminal Styles of the 20th Century, Part 7
We did it last week with the seventies - during which a whole lot of ya were but a gleam in your parents eyes. How about the eighties? What screams eighties to you? Defines it. Leaves you singing songs you don't want to admit you liked?
Being a little older - the 80's for me was the time of graduate school, health clubs, 10ks, Sony Walkman w/headphones on the bike trail and ski trips to Mammoth Mountain & Alta - I know a real nerd!
Structured boyfriend jackets, tights under scrunched socks and shorts, block-colored clothing, jean jackets, high tops, Hypercolor t-shirts(!), zippers on the back of skinny jeans near the ankle, graffiti-print anything, sweatbands, wide plastic
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Structured boyfriend jackets, tights under scrunched socks and shorts, block-colored clothing, jean jackets, high tops, Hypercolor t-shirts(!), zippers on the back of skinny jeans near the ankle, graffiti-print anything, sweatbands, wide plastic headbands, big dangly earrings, permed/teased hair, big bows, white mary janes (for girl children), leotards as streetwear, big baggy shirts.
One of my recent stories had a character commenting 'My mom's house is stuck in a 1988 time warp - glass, brass, and champagne colored. The track-lighting in the kitchen will crack you up.'
Oh crap - I sill love half of those things! (not the interior decor stuff)
A few years ago, I shivered when thinking about the 80s. I didn't even like some of the fads and styles while they were current. My sisters were teenagers and I was only 8 at the end of the decade. My sisters had hard mall hair, blue eye makeup, banana clips. Acid, stone washed jeans? Bon Jovi. Tacky airbrushed art. Boys in tall striped socks and shorts.
But now I am a little older, I am starting to feel nostalgic. I had a ton of My Little Ponies, and the cartoons then were awesome. As a young child, I liked Thundercats and Voltron. I now like leg warmers! I buy them from dance supply companies. I like 80s music a lot now, too, particularly synthpop.
I don't keep up with current fashion trends, but I have been seeing some of the things about the 80s I don't like seeping in. I suspect it is something to do with the economy. In time it will improve and I hope to see more originality.
Flat top haircuts, hair gel for guys, over coats, rolling cuffs for your pants, Reebok sneakers, painters pants, wearing button pins on your coat/jackets, over sized clothing a la Stop Making Sense, Live Aid, Frankie Say Relax...ahh the good old days.
