Spandex, Scrunchies, and Shame: 55 Of The Greatest 80s Fashion Hits And Misses

I lived in these from age 10-12, had two sets. One set was super special, it was pink and had some brushed cotton style finish so it was soft and matte and did not make noise when wearing it. I would not mind if they made a comeback to be honest, I always found them super comfy and practical, but then I’ve never been much of a fashion guru.

nope, nope, nope, never wore one

I can feel the static from where I'm sitting now

"Mafia" wear in Eastern Europe

Worked with a girl who wore those nylon pants every day. We called her Swishy.

I actually like her hair.

This is still fashion in New Jersey...

The secret to giant teased hair was using a clean toothbrush instead of brush.

Oh, shoulder pads, the bane of my existence. In high school (In the 2000s) we had to sew a coat. It would be a very nice coat, but my teacher insisted that I have to sew shoulder pads inside and make sleeves shorter. As a result, coat was ruined. I looked like I had huge shoulders and sleeves were too short. When I stretched out my arm, my sleeve rolled up to my elbow. 16 years later, I am still angry.

I have super broad shoulders for a girl always has to cut shoulder pads out of everything

My mom still has a couple of those outfits in her closet

And that generation of Camaro. Four cylinder turtle.

They're making a comeback. Not sure how I feel about that. In the 80's they took over EVERYTHING! Who wants to look like a linebacker in your sexy nightgown?!

I don't think that this was everyday fashion. And as far as I know, back then even Superman had underwear over his pants. And leg warmer are back in fashion :D

It's the leg warmers I don't get. I've heard of frozen shoulder, but were they to stop frozen ankle?

What a feeling!

20 Minute Workout

Where are the legwarmers?

At first I thought the song "O.P.P." was about my shirt.

I don't know about the 80s, but in Australia in the 90s-00s it was all Roxy, Ripcurl and Billabong

These are now the grandfathers complaining about today's fashion lol

Funny enough, mesh is making a huge comeback in the backpacking scene as a base layer.

I give you the proper shorts length...

Age 18 I was 5'11" and 126 pounds, very tall, very very slim, and I looked about 13 at the most(ID checking was a nightmare till I filled out in my mid 20's). It was late 80's and I was a glam rock fan. I wore black leather jeans/jacket and had very long, very straight hair. I just needed one more thing to complete the look. Strutting out of the hairdressers I now sported a curly perm half way down my back(Brian May of Queen but twice the length), I was now a rock god "nothing gonna stop us now". Woke up the next morning showered and it had dropped, not completely, now I had shoulder length wavy hair with tight luscious curls on the ends, hair most girls would dies for; except I was male. After a dozen cars wolf whistled me and an old man told me how pretty I looked, I had it all cut off.

I like natural makeup here.

Mine wasn't quite that big, but close.

Why did people, before the 2000s, dress, do their hair and make up to look older than their real age?

Definitely picture #1 of a 'Naughty Secretary" photoshoot in an 18+ magazine.

My mum was a secretary in the 80s and the hair and shoes were a bit like this, but the clothes definitely not! (She did go through a cigarette and coffee for breakfast phase, but not after having kids thank goodness) Her bosses at World Vision and then a legal firm wouldn't have been happy with this attire.

Me 100% in the mid/late 80's.

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Those aren't MC Hammer pants and it was called "pegging" your pants (don't laugh). A quarter fold of the hem, then roll it up to keep it in place.

Everything in this image looks highly flammable

The girl on the far right in the bottom pic is all the emotion I needed.

I have a photo of my cousin's debutante ball in 1987 and her dress looked like the bottom ones

Yes, yes, in the 80s, all the guys were walking around with their bellies exposed, wearing a fake army collar 😛

I had so much of this stuff!