Bringin' Back The '80s!!!

Micheller1210

Mullets ,long button shirts with wide belts and lace edged leggings.hot pink and torqoise blue,big round glasses, The Breakfast club, Fast TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH,Sixteen Candles, The Goonies.!! We would always go to Astria and see the house where the Goonies took plce :-)

dumb_blondes_rock

I was born in 87, but i remember a few looks(some my mom would even make me wear in kindergarten)

1. short skirts with thigh highs, leg warmers and socks, then accompanied with converse
2. tubular, heavy, grody, cool beans, later days, rad (sadly i use some of these still)
3. workout videos with spandex shorts, thong bathing suits, and leg warmers....don't forget the huge headband
4. Valley girl
5. Baby oil tanning....all day every day

kelika71

How about the parachute pants and Michael Jackson jackets?!
I remember my brother wearing the pants and how noisy they were.

It's been years since I've done the AquaNet thing. I can't believe I did that to my hair! I can't stand anything in it now. That was some good stuff...didn't matter how windy it was!

damonmath

1) The Poof (Big Hair)
2) Aqua Net
3) Olivia Newton John Headbands, wristbands, and leg warmers (lol)
4) Glam Rock (Poison, Cinderella, Quiet Riot, etc...)
5) Ozzy Osbourne could still speak English and rock a microphone (sad today)
6) Parachute Pants
7) MJ's glove and red jacket with all the zippers
8) Reebok Pumps (I had 2 pair of these)
9) Velcro Zips anyone ???
10) Madonna Makeup & Dress

I love the 80s. Seriously wish I had a time machine...

Cristy_AZ

Zz Top Eliminator came out the year my daughter was born and Guns and Roses Appetite for Destruction came out the year my son was born.
Lace leggings, oversized shirts with a fat belt!
MTV!

dumb_blondes_rock

my dad still has a members only jacket.....

MistyMtnMan

Oh man do I LOVE the 80's. Here are a few fond memories:

-HEAVY METAL! (Guns N Roses, Ratt, Motley Crue, Whitesnake, I could go on forever)
-L.A. Gear with the double laces
-British Knights
-Ninja Turtles
-Teddy Ruxpin
-Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
-Anything Spandex
-Ripped jeans and cut off t-shirts
-Zubaz pants
-Hairspray
-Leather jackets

That's all I got for now. Such great memories.

mamijujuphat

Kangol bucket hats (LL Cool J)
Banana hair clips(which I still love to use..lol)
Dookie rope chains(Mr. T ...Run-DMC) didn't own one but I remember they were in style
Door knocker bamboo hoop earrings(Salt & Peppa)
Track suits(pretty much everyone)
Zippered leather jacket (Michael Jackson)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Care Bears
Transformers
Alf
Aquanet
Leg warmers
Spandex
Neon colors
Adidas with fat laces
Nike Jordan & Converse Chuck Taylor's(late 80's)
Starter Jackets (late 80's)

LorinaLynn

I wore my hair so big that I had to wash it and style it the night before, just to be sure I'd have enough hair spray buildup in it to get it to look "right" the next day. But it was a delicate balance, especially with hair as dark as mine, because if you got too much hair spray in it, then combed it, it turned white like George Washington's powdered wig.

I remember being one of the few girls who avoided tanning - outdoors or in a booth. My skin now thanks me.

I still have a little crush on Sebastian Bach.

I remember really digging the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Ramones, and thinking the music was really good considering it was from ten years ago. Now it's from 30 years ago, and it still kicks butt. But music from the the late 90s or early 00s doesn't seem as "old" as music from the 70s did then.

The first time I heard someone discuss Euthanasia, I thought they were talking about Youths, in Asia. :embarassed:

shanolap

Grey and pink striped shirts with snaps on the shoulders

Pegged pants with heels

Parachute pants with bandanas tied around the ankles or thighs

Big hair on everyone!

"Gee, Your hair smells terrific" shampoo & then the jokes

Popped collars

Def Leppard, Metallica, Dokken, Judas Preist, Loverboy, REO Speedwagon and my love affair with Journey

The best thing, My First true love ♥♥♥

ales1979

I was a kid in the UK in the 80's, but oh boy do I remember it like it was yesterday!!!!

TOYAHHHHHHHHHH - still love her!! I was most annoyed that I wasn't allowed pink hair when I was 3 yrs old!! She was my 'job description' until I was about 7 or 8!! ''what do you wanna be when you grow up?'' ''I wanna be Toyah'' lmao!! Its still true actually! I still wanna Toyah.

so lets categorise this a bit!

EARLY 80'S:
New Romantics, visage, very early duran duran, ultravox, human league,dexy's midnight runners, AKA The Specials BLONDIE!!!!,
Blade runner, star wars, star trek (yup still showing re-runs over here then!), star fleet, probably plenty of other thingswith 'star' in the title!! The professionals, Hill Street Blues, Tales of the Unexpected, The Twilight Zone (which my mum would never let me watch, then again I was only in pre-school)

MID 80'S
TOYS!!!! He-man, She-ra, Transformers, Barbie, My Little Pony, Skipping ropes, bicycles (preferably pink ones!), TONKA TRUCKS!!! sports day (ugh ) school (bigger ugh) PLAYTIME!!! ooh and playschool on the tellie!! Nesquik (preferably chocolate), findus crispy pancakes!!! Square crisps!! when penny sweets were still a penny!! When kids were NOT ALLOWED through the door of a pub!! Having to wear jumpers my Nana had knitted me (who remembers the ones with licorice allsorts on?) Phil Schofield in 'the broom cupboard' with Gordon The Gopher!! (Then Andy Crane with Edd The Duck!!) Madonna, Michael Jackson's BAD album, Sony Walkmans,

LATE 80'S
Top of the pops!!! T'Pau, Guns 'n' Roses, Iron Maiden, Status Quo, Kylie and Jason, Rick Astley!!!, Bananarama, Then starting to get the 'House, Acid house, rave' scene starting and the rock, grunge, metal scene coming over from the states (guess which 'side' I was on?) Rockers and Ravers!! Crapping myself about going to high school!! Girl Guides and Camping!! Boys?? Really? They're human, don't give you bugs and reasonably attractive?? Perhaps!
'Feast' ice creams, being able to understand what my parents were whffling on about in the background while I was TRYING TO WATCH THE KIDS PROGRAMMES!! Ulyssees 31, Mysterious cities of gold, Belle and Sebastian, Neighbours, quantum leap, Red Dwarf,


umm ok I think I'd better stop now!! /

MissO﹠A

Ah, my... why did I stop in this thread? Because I like to punish myself by reading things which make me feel ancient.

A small selection of my many memories of the 80's:

* Getting cable television for the first time.
* Watching MTV for the first time.
* Watching the Challenger disaster one afternoon while sitting in class at elementary school.
* Playing dodgeball and getting stung by a wasp.
* Riding our bikes for miles and miles away from home. (This would never happen these days).
* TV: Smurfs. GI Joe. Land of the Lost re-runs. Dukes of Hazzard and getting to stay up on Friday nights to watch Dallas afterward.
* Leg warmers, ruffled skirts
* Boat shoes with the laces twirled into those little bee-hive thingamajigs at the end.
* Aqua Net used to make the "Swoop" bangs, which always requiring a curling iron after spraying to get the proper amount of singe and burning smell.
* Throwing a little kid's backpack down into the sewer at the bus stop because he launched a cicada at me. Ah, the joys of 17-year cicada swarms.
* Riding around with my friend after she got her license, with GnR blaring from the tinny speakers.
* Buying go-go on vinyl: E.U. and Junkyard Band
* Hanging the Purple Rain album insert on my wall.

Edit: How could I forget! The best commercial ever made, Jhoon Rhee Means Might for Right! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7PEMGuA6tw&feature=related

BamBam1113

Watching music videos on MTV.

AMEN!!! I don't even know how they get away with calling themselves MTV anymore. No music!!!

strawberry1969

my room being covered in wham posters being 14 and my mum letting me have the day off school to be in the WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO video,aaahhh those were the days

kdiamond

Does anyone remember KEDS? Looking back these had to be the ugliest shoes...but you had to wear them with your slouchy EG socks in order to be cool!

Mishy

Jams
Jelly Bracelets
Jelly Shoes
Walkman
Headbands of all kinds (plus if they resembled Madonna's)
Huge Hair
Hair Bands
SkidPants
Layers and Layers of Socks

:-)

Cait_Sidhe

Early 80's:

Duran Duran and anything New Romantic
Leggings
Pastels
Keds

Mid-Late 80's:

The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sisters of Mercy, Sex Pistols
Doc Martens, pointy skull buckle boots, or victorian boots
Lace and vintage dresses
Krazy Kolor hairdye
Mowhawks and or hair teased out to there and Aqua Net hairspray
Black leather motorcycle jacket with spikes and your favorite bands painted on
Fishnet stockings
Rosaries and crosses
Spike belts and bracelets
Ripped up tights worn as a shirt (so deathrock)
Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles
Bustiers worn as a top
Petticoat skirts

Actually, a lot of the late 80's stuff still applies. And I still love me some D2.