1980s style and fashion ideas 11 Articles

by Shawna Blake

Best remembered for the sketchy music, outlandish attire, plastic jewelry and accessories, and all things neon, the eighties give you a feeling that is similar to waking up with a bad hangover. You know that you had a blas...read more

by Rachelle de Bretagne

The 1980's were years of revelation. Already established that women took a valuable role in the career market, women were spending more on clothing, and indeed their careers allowed them to. Not only were they expected to ...read more

by John Campbell

The suave style and fashion of the eighties was a welcome change from what had been inflicted on us in the 1970s with the flair trousers, matching shirt and tie and both men and women walking around in ankle-breakers, othe...read more

by Patricia Young

The 1980s was a time of huge changes for the world. Technology was advancing at a great rate of knots; talented new artists and bands as different as Queen, Boy George and Whitney Houston were performing live as well as en...read more

by Karalyn Pierce

Big, bright, colorful, and asymmetric. The 1980's was a decade of indulgence. Hippies from the 70's were growing up, graduating college and shedding their bell bottoms and leather fringe, for a newly coined term Yuppie. ...read more

by Currie Jean

The inspiration for eighties fashion rested in fantasy worlds, inhabited by dancing zombies, diva brides, and the Miami Police. As women in the 1980s secured their spots in the business world, dressing more conservatively,...read more

by Lisa Pickering

Leggings. Need I say more? They were popular then and there popular now. Just put on a pair of pumps, a short skirt, and cute tank top and your good to go. I love how fashion is just a big circle. Everything that goes...read more

by Violet Fortune

I recall the 80's as being the apocalypse of fashion, if one is to consider that the real meaning of the word "apocalypse" is "unveiling", as in a prophetic disclosure or revelation - or perhaps the "end all be all" in ter...read more

by Rose Conrad

For me there are two phrases that epitomise the 80's. One is Gordon Gekko in "Wall Street" saying "Greed is good", and the other is our very own Mrs. Margaret Thatcher and her classic "There is no such thing as society" qu...read more

by Heather Russell

For those of us who lived through 1980's fashion the first time around, the idea of returning to this acid-washed-plagued decade is enough to send shivers down our spines. However, contemporary designers are taking the be...read more

by Taft Scott

The 1980's, fashion was fun during this time. you had the rockers with the crazy hair, and outlandish attire. You had the preps, with there lacoste collared shirts. Then you have the hip-hop, my Adidas track suites and s...read more