Ah, the ’80s! The decade that fashion forgot. It was all hairspray, blue eye make-up, huge plastic earring, ra-ra skirts, leggings in a range of hideous colours, legwarmers…
Well, sorry to disappoint you. I don’t have photographic evidence of any of these crimes against fashion.
As 1980 dawned, I was 6 years old. As we said farewell to the 80s and slipped into the 90s, I was 16.
At the start of the decade I was, obviously, wearing clothes that my my mum bought me. From Marks & Spencers. Always Marks & Spencers. I was a tomboy and often wore the same clothes as my brother (are you impressed, feminist, anti-pink readers?!).
As the decade wore on, I found my own style niche. After a brief flirtation with typical 80s fashion around the age of 13 – the colour mustard was involved, along with wide belts, BIG shirts and leggings – I paved my own fashion way.
I was a bit indie, a bit alternative, a bit grunge. No doubt this had a bit more of an 80s influence than I would care to remember. There was a hat without a crown (is that the word for the top bit?!) which I thought was the dogs doo-dahs. I had my hair poking out the top and thought I looked brilliant. Kylie Minogue had a very similar one. She probably looked a bit better than me.
Here, thanks to my mum and dad who gave me my old photo albums out of the loft a few years back, and with apologies to anyone else who appears, is my fashion through the 80s.
November 14, 2012
I’d forgotten about that hat!
November 14, 2012
Some fantastic pictures! I was born in 1982 so was little when it was the 80’s!
November 14, 2012
What a great post! Takes me back too, although I’m not as brave as you to put it into the public domain 🙂
November 14, 2012
OMG I bet you really fancied that last dude with the Kevin Bacon look!!! Uber funny!!!
November 14, 2012
lol the french exchange kids look hilarious! x
November 14, 2012
Brilliant pictures, I forgot about denim jackets being all the rage…I think i wore them well into the 00s!
November 14, 2012
The middle two pictures remind me of Marty’s picture in Back to the Future – the one that keeps fading! Great pictures!
November 14, 2012
Great snaps, the outfits are amazing hehe x
November 14, 2012
What a great collection of photos. Definitely the 80s!
November 14, 2012
What a great collection of photos thank you for sharing them!!
November 14, 2012
Brilliant pictures! Ra-ra skirts, I remember them. Used to have a few. Can’t believe I used to feel comfortable in a skirt once!!
CJ x
November 14, 2012
The hat did make me laugh, I remember people wearing things like that! I looked rather like those people in denim jackets with the spiky hair-sprayed bouffons! I was desperate for a ra-ra skirt and was finally allowed one at the age of 11…a courduroy one! PS That yellow Snoppy T-shirt really was BAD!
November 14, 2012
fab collection of photos – a journey through the 80’s.
November 14, 2012
Thanks very much, everyone!
Shona – I’m sure I had a photo of THAT hat, but I don’t know where – probably still lurking up my mum’s loft!Glad someone else remembers them, Suzanne! The Tshirt was dreadful, wasn’t it?
Very jealous of everyone who had a real ra-ra skirt, I had a poor imitation of one when I was 11 or 12. From M&S. Of course.
I think the fading picture effect is due to me taking photos of actual photos with my iPhone in artificial light with my own shadow cast over them, Nickie!
Saveeverystep – I SO didn’t. Thanks.
November 14, 2012
Brilliant pictures. Such memories.
November 15, 2012
Great pics!
November 15, 2012
Thanks very much for commenting, ladies! 🙂
November 15, 2012
some great photos, i believe we had similar denim jackets, god love a stone wash!
November 16, 2012
The stonewash is definitely best left in the past, isn’t it?! Thanks very much for commenting!