Back in the 80s, Cyndi Lauper was very popular and she was often compared to Madonna during her prime. It was a surprising rise to stardom, since Cyndi Lauper was already in her thirties when she received musical acclaim for her debut album She’s So Unusual. Her iconic song “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” was an anthem for girls everywhere,…
Your Guide To 80s Fashion And Culture
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Show today’s kids all your pictures during the 1980s and one of the questions that would invariably be asked would be about the big hair. What’s up with the big hair? So, how are you supposed to answer that? How do you explain the big hair to today’s younger generation? And how do you explain that even guys back then…
Today, music is already digital and miniaturized. But back in the 1980s, boomboxes were perhaps the most visible form of musical entertainment in the streets. As the name suggests, these were huge radios with throbbing bases, and they played analog music in the streets everywhere in the US. They had brand names like JVC RC-M90, JVC RC-550, Conion C-100F, Sharp…
One of the more peculiar fashion trends of the 1980s were piano key neckties. These were exactly how they sound, a necktie with a piano keys as the design. There are some fads which seem to defy any rational explanation, and sometimes you see one and just go, “WTH?” The 1980s is full of these trends, and the popularity of…
When it comes to 80s sunglasses, the only one people really remember are Ray-Bans. The Ray-Ban aviator and wayfarer were iconic fashion during the 1980s, and everyone was clamoring to own a pair of these too cool for school shades. Celebrities wore them in hit movies along with the popular kids at school, and if you wanted to be hip…
Of all the fads that were huge in the eighties, wearing sweaters tied around the neck is one of those things that are hard to explain. Supposedly, the practice grew out of practical reasons. People didn’t want to tie the sweaters around the waist because it stretched the arms of the sweater, and you can ruin it too by sitting…
Muscle tees were among the most prominent trends of the 1980s, and some people think that it was because so many people were into bulking up and gaining muscle during all that time. Muscle tees were perfect for showing off all that muscle. Maybe that’s true, but it’s more accurate to say that the fitness craze wasn’t the only reason…
Silk shirts today are still all over the place, and if you go online there are thousands upon thousands of websites trying to get your attention so that you’d take a look at their silk shirt offerings. Most of the time, they’re quite discreet and elegant, but every now and then you’d stumble upon a silk shirt with crazy prints…
Ah, the scrunchies. These convenient fashion accessories that help tie your hair back (or to the side, or on top) is perhaps one of the best symbols of how love can easily turn to hate. Sarah Jessica Parker used to wear them a lot back in the 1980s, but she also became the most vocal anti-scrunchie advocate of them all…
Before the word bling became a buzzword, rap and hip-hop artists were all about fashion accessories such as dookie chains. The dookie chain is a thick necklace that looks like a braided rope. It’s usually made of gold (or gold-plated), but there are some platinum versions floating around as well. The dookie chain was often paired with other popular 80s…