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The Decade That Style Forgot
I've often seen the above title used in reference to the '70s but what about the '80s? I've been watching "Auf Wiedershen, Pet" on the "Yesterday" channel and have been reminded of some of the atrocities that were around in that decade; shoulder pads, suit jackets with rolled-up sleeves, baggy clothes, dropped lapels, the dreaded "mullet"!
I'd be interested to hear everyone's views on this.
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Permalink Reply by paul david johnson on -
hated the fashion of the day, everything about it was atrocious, even some mods had mustaches! also, the thing that really bugged me was the tight jeans (stretch) with white lining jacket, sleeves rolled up and no socks with white slip ons, and sporting the wham look hair cut..i prefered the casuals and there track suits and roll neck nike sweaters than that lot! i went to a night club once,and it was full of wham and spandua ballet lookalikes, had a drink and went to leave when a geezer dressed as boy george asked me why i was screwing him up! i said cos you look like a f****** girl mate, he just folded his arms and said at least ive got real style..mod boy..i was wearing a tonic suit, loafers and ben sherman shirt..i knew then that i was different enough and f****** relieved cos of it. hate the 80's..ghastly decade.
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Permalink Reply by Bettina Krause on -
I don't like the fashion of the 80s, women looked like prostitutes or like a mop with a small of the back like men. Sorry for any hard word but....no, I can't describe it another way.
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Permalink Reply by Liam Matthews on -
I was a teenager in that decade and really didn't like the mainstream fashions either. I seem to remember wearing Gabicci shirts and Farahs, which was ok, really glad I didn't go down the "mullet" route though. lol.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Cameron on -
I seem to recall this being covered in a post a good while ago. But it was mostly certainly a decade that had as little class or taste as even the dreaded mid 70s. Mainstream gear and music was just appalling; perfectly summed up by the popularity of the worst hairdo in the history of humanity.
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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on -
Growing up in the ´80s, no wonder I fled into the ´60s!
Finally Acid Jazz and Madchester rave saved us by the end of this dreadful decade!
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Permalink Reply by Mick Modernist on -
I loved The Smiths and as mentioned the Madchester scene kicked in towards the end of the decade. I was not a mod and like many I was more influenced by football than music when it came to clothes. Football lads dressed smart when everything else in the early 80s went tits up, girls shirts and make up!
I am from Sheffield and would like to formally apologise for the electronic dross that came out of my city during this decade!!!!
I work with teenagers and the young 'Mod types' often refer to The Smiths as an iconic band; to me they never were a Mod band. However when you listen Sir Jonny Marr in interviews he drops in Mod references regularly and check out his beautiful guitars!
The Smiths - a nod to Mod?
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Permalink Reply by paul david johnson on
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not for me personally, but i knew a rockabilly who got into it through the early smiths...
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Permalink Reply by paul david johnson on
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death to the 80's, lets confine it to the history books and forget it ever happened !!
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Permalink Reply by Kai Ahland on
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But save the first 3 TSC records, the Prisoners, The Moment and Makin´Time. Oh- and The Times, of course!
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Permalink Reply by alan B'Stard M P on -
yes, dreadful it was
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Permalink Reply by james taylor on
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The 70's weren't as bad as the 80's-at least people had fun with clothes and knew they looked ridiculous! In the 80's they looked ridiculous but thought they were oh sooooo coooool !
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Permalink Reply by alan B'Stard M P on
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70s were fine, great music. The only fashion I remember is punk and long hair. However the 80s was really bad
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