Gag Me With A Spoon: Are You Like Wearing That? Like, Seriously?

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Like, ya know that totally like tubular neon-hot pink spandex skirt?

Barf me out.

So, there is this like resurgence of like 80’s fashion style making the
comeback to the fashion circuit.

Like valley girl style, fer sure.

The good. The bad. And the bangin’ style that was grody to the max.

Or, like was it?

When you think about the Eighties, you think about music and video. The
industry was transformed by MTV and the way musicians influenced pop
culture transcended through the radio and became a force in fashion – for
the good, the bad and ‘what in the heck where they thinking?’

Because video killed the radio star.

Pop music and pop fashion were influenced by post-punks, dance club acts,
hair bands and the early generations of hip-hoppers. The music business
became a fashion business and music junkies expressed themselves in their
fashion choices.

Boys wore make up. Girls wore black lipstick. And both wore heavy eyeliner.

Then there were the preppies in their rugby’s with girls in pearls and
their press-on nails. Designer jeans to banana clips to knickers to pegged
jeans to neon.

Lotsa neon.

Then there was big hair and big shoulder pads. Spandex. Sharp lines for
the sharp dressed men and women of the go-go Eighties.

It was a menagerie of creativity and identity that quickly became popular
and very conformist.

You were a rocker or a punk or a goth or a new waver or a preppy or a
follower to the hair bands.

There were jelly shoes to feathered hair to mini skirts to leg warmers to
fingerless gloves to parachute pants.

Oh my.

And don’t forget about the coveted favorite…stretch-pant stirrups!

It was easy to get away with platinum blond hair or a mohawks and even
stick-up bangs.

That last one was something that should die with the eighties and never
rear its ugly head.

See?

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“The hot brands of the eighties ranged from Jordache to Calvin Klein to Izod to Adidas.”

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Seems time and non-conformity has caught up with us again and now is a
time that is needed for much expression through fashion as many people
face oppression from a high rate of unemployment to vast amounts of
foreclosures. A time of unrest against the political backbone of our
country.

So it makes sense that many of the fashion styles of the eighties are
coming back in style.

Are you ready to live in the eighties for the first time or all over again?

Here is a styling to help you get started:

Meet your new best friend…InTraffik.com’s Fashion Accomplice:

As a media publication digital editions manager, Leah King manages the creation of the digital replica of design magazine, Dwell, and sees it through as it transforms to be viewed on the iPad, Nook, and Kindle. Shepherding through images and editorial pages, iconic designers and their designs,architects and their creations, and the photographers who shoot them,gives her a unique opportunity to see to the beauty and style produced in each issue. Leah also contributes editorially to dwell.com. In life outside of Dwell, she indulges in her passions for photography, producing graphic design projects, spinning her vinyl albums, collecting vintage electronics and calling it like she sees it over at Caught Looking. She also blabs about design, fashion, technology and architecture five days a week at Smitten Kitten Style.

Sep 11, 2012 | Categories: Fashion | Tags: 1980s, Fashion, Fashion Accomplice, Leah King | Leave A Comment »