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\nLike any decade, the 1980’s was marked by many different fashion trends. Here are several I found on a website when searching for “80’s clothing.”\n\n\nPreppy: Argyle sweater vest, polo shirt with the collar turned up, Izod, Tretorns, boat shoes, khakis…\n\n\nMiami Vice look: Pastel or Bright shirt with a white jacket, sunglasses\n\n\nFluorescent: Lime green, orange, yellow and pink shirts, jelly bracelets, make-up…\n\n\nJeans: cuffed, acid washed, stonewashed, pinstripe
\nPopular Brands: Jordache, Sergio Valenti…(I’m sure there were more, but these are the ones I remember)\n\n\n“Flashdance” look: Off the shoulder sweatshirt, leg warmers\n\n\nBig sweater or sweatshirt with leggings or stir-up pants\n\n\nWhite button-down shirt with a wide belt\n\n\nOP (Ocean Pacific) surf wear…this was really popular when I was in junior high…bright colored “jams” and t-shirts\n\n\nMadonna look: lace, black\/white tank tops, poofy skirt, lace spandex capri leggings\n\n\n“Punky Brewster” look: Bandana around leg, double-mismatched socks and shirts\n\n\nSneaker styles: Kangaroos (had a pair in Elementary school), Hightops (Reebok Princess hightops were everywhere…I had so many pairs of these over the years in junior high and high school), LA Gear, Keds (made a comeback after Dirty Dancing came out, but still very uncomfortable shoes with no padding).\n\n\nJelly this Jelly that: bracelets, rings, necklaces, shoes, purses….\n\n\nHair styles: Feathered, crimped, Ponytail on the side of the head, Ponytail on top of the head and teased. Big hair with the help of mouse, gel, hairspray and a comb for teasing.\n\n\nMake-up: Heavy make up, baby blue eyeshadow, pink eyeshadow, fluorescent colors\n\n\nSunglasses: Raybans were cool, Wayfarers, cat-eye, and the ones Tom Cruise wore in Top Gun\n\n\nMiscellaneous: Parachute pants, Slouch socks, fringed leather, tube tops, thin ties worn by men and women, RELAX and CHOOSE LIFE t-shirts from Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Wham! music videos\n\n\nIf that’s not enough, rent any of the following: Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Adventures in Babysitting, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Flashdance or Footloose to name a few. Or do a search online for “80’s Fashions or 80’s clothes”]]><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noidea.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noidea.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noidea.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noidea.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noidea.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.noidea.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.noidea.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noidea.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.noidea.us\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}