While Nike still rules supreme in the athletic shoes department, this doesn’t mean that Adidas is far behind. After all, Adidas is serious about running for number one, and that’s one of the reason it bought Reebok in 2005 for a staggering price of $3.78 billion. Reebok Shoes In The 80s It’s hard to think about Reebok as a mere…
Your Guide To 80s Fashion And Culture
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If you grew up in the 1980s, chances are you owned a fanny pack. They helped you keep your stuff together, was convenient, and came in some cool fashions. What’s not to love right? The 1980s saw the appearance of quite a few strange things (especially for those who never lived through it) and the popularity of the fanny pack…
If you were a child of the 80’s, you know that things are so much different now. A lot of things that we grew up with are almost foreign to today’s youth, and when it comes to generational “gap”, there is probably no larger 10 year gap between the 80’s and those born in the 90’s. The technological advances made…
For those of you who grew up in the 80s it is pretty amazing how time flies as we celebrate the 30 year anniversary of the debut of the epic movie that was “The Karate Kid” starring Ralph Macchio! This legendary movie was chalked full of great 80’s fashion and really launched Ralph Macchio into the stratosphere of movie icon…
Fashion is all about making a statement. Whether that statement is bold or humble, the message is what makes the trend. The Slogan T-shirt is just such a symbol. It gained immense popularity in the 1980’s, but has stood the test of time and shown that the message can be the most important thing about a piece of clothing. The t-shirt…
If you take a look back at 1980’s fashion, you’re likely to come across stretch stirrup pants. These pants look like regular leggings but they have a strap that goes around the heel so they stay in place. They are also very colorful and come in many different designs, some with a huge waistband, others without. Originating in dance studios,…
If you were around in the 1980’s, you would have seen an awful lot of spandex wherever you went. Spandex was something every cool kid wore, and as well as looking good, it was comfortable too. Before 80’s rock stars began to dress in spandex, it was primarily worn by dancers and wrestlers so they could move in all kinds…
If you wanted to have the right haircut in the 1980’s you needed to have a side ponytail. Ok, so t this was a style that was exclusive to women, but it was one that became popular through-out the world. It was a change from the regular pony tail that always found itself at the back of the head, and…
During the 1980’s shoulder pads became very popular, and gave the wearer the bigger and broader looking shoulders. Pop stars, movie stars and soap stars helped this iconic accessory become a worldwide phenomenon, so much so shoulder pads were usually sewn into garments, and there would be little or no need to buy them separately. Both men and women wore…
During the 1980’s it wasn’t uncommon for people to be seen wearing ripped jeans. This phenomenon was one that you won’t see much of today, but for a while it was the thing to wear. Jeans could either be purchased already ripped, or you could damage them yourself, as long as the holes were big, you could get away with…