Time to dust off the old parachute pants
I don’t recall seeing any of those styles in the 80s.
Overall, the 80s were a happy time. Today ... not so much.
Bring backs the Jams!!!!!
I’m hopeless. Straight creased slacks, button-down sport shirts, t-shirts, flannel shirts, cotton denim jeans, crew socks in blue, bermuda shorts, black and white. Nothing’s changed in 50 years. Were there “fashions” in the 80s? I must have missed that.
I do remember having dinner with a lady friend in Zermatt, Switzerland in 1977. She made fun of my green and white paisley polyester shirt. She also chided me for cutting the lettuce in my salad with a knife instead of stuffing the entire leaf into my mouth. I learned manners and styles don’t translate from the USA to the Continent.
I detest shoulder pads! Uuuuggggly!
Unless I see shiny spandex pants and 4 inch mules I won’t believe the 80s are back..
OH GOD this doesn’t mean the 70’s disco stuff are coming back I hope.
They abused the use of tacky
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The hair coming back?
Camo was everywhere.
Houston even had a camo nightclub with camo nets and the entire survivalist/mercenary theme that was popular then.
I remember loving the mens suits in the eighties. They were inspired by Reagan. I was in my late teens and early twenties and loved dressing up. Lots of young people did. Someone with the Fetterman look would have looked like he was homeless back then.
I wore jeans, boots and tshirts in highschool with flannel shirts in the winter. Still wear the same style.
Fashion... Never understood it. I always went for comfort and practicality.
You should have seen my ex with her short little valley girl skirt lol
My 80’s years began with my inservice commissioning to Ensign which was my biggest wardrobe change. But for civies there were Polo shirts, button down shirts from Land's End, Levi 501s, white Reeboks (I actually took up tennis), Topsiders, Bally loafers, Niki Daybreaks, and a Members Only windbreaker. At some point came chinos & Dockers for dress casual and Calvins. The Navy & Marine Corps Exchanges carried most of these, even the Ballys, or I could not have afforded them. Managed a few purchases at Nordstrom but for dress clothes, C&R was much more affordable.
How about we bring the music and the comedy of the 1980s back?
That was a VASTLY better time. America was a funner, funnier, happier, healthier, stronger and more united country back then.
Mel Brooks and Monty Python were still making movies. Top comedians were Sam Kinison and Rodney Dangerfield.
The Dukes of Hazard was the #1 show on TV for several years running. It featured a car with a big bold Confederate Battle Flag on the roof and a horn that blared Dixie (oh the horror!).
Full Metal Jacket showed people what marine boot camp was really like - or at least had been like in the late 60s/early 70s.
There were action movies where the stars were real men who weren’t afraid to act like actual men.
Ronaldus Magnus was president.
The economy was booming.