White CANVAS sneakers with no socks, and a huge hobo-type bag. Of course, I was in high and junior high school in the 1980s.
Also - IZOD shirts with collars turned up (I think someone mentioned this already) and I also remember pink and green. Bowler hats (Debbie Gibson's influence - remember her?) were popular, at least where I lived. And turtlenecks and long skirts in the late eighties. Blazers and turtlenecks with jeans and those Sebago loafers were popular my junior year (1989). Or maybe I was just too preppy? [img]cool.gif[/img]
I was telling Mama the other day I miss the days when you dressed up a bit to go to school or to the mall; some of the kids I see out and about look like they're going out to wash cars instead of going out to dinner.
Now I DO sound like my mother! AAARRGHGGGHHH!! [img]rolleyes.gif[/img]
I think the style of clothing has a lot to do with where you live. The South has always been preppy, no matter what the current style. I went to college in the South, in the late 70's. We were wearing pink and green, Izods, topsiders, oxford cloth button downs, khakis, etc. Nobody looked anything like John Travolota and crowd in Saturday Night Fever which came out about that time.
It seems to me that those of you who are remembering what you wore in the 80's have also said that you were teen-agers then. Don't forget that an 80's AG would be only 10 years old in 1984! [img]wink.gif[/img]
Let's see. In 1984, I was 12, going on 13 (my birthday is late in the year). I remember having in my wardrobe:
A lavender lacy top (bought under pressure from a friend)
A pink/purple reversable jacket
A hot pink newsboy cap
Leggings and oversized shirts (got into an argument with my dad over that one)
Mini skirts
I remember that that's when my hatred of turtlenecks started, because they all felt too tight on my neck.
I remember mix-and-match Converse High Tops.
I'm sure there was more, but that's what I remember owning.
I also remember having a hair crimper, even at that young age.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">ROFL Atleast you don't STILL own one. I do, and what is worse, I use it!I also remember having a hair crimper, even at that young age.
I wasn't allowed to have the crimper back then, so I did the braid trick.
You braid your hair into lots of braids (about 15 normally did it) while wet, then sleep on it. When you take it out in the morning, it looks EXACTLY like it was crimped with the iron.
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ September 08, 2005 03:38 PM: Message edited by: GreyMyst ]</font>
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It really depends on the social group. If a story were well written to explain why they dressed that way it would be accurate.Originally posted by GreyMyst:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by balletmom:
As a true teen of the '80s (graduated from HS in 1985, college in 1989) very few of us wore those crazy fashions you're talking about. The big fashion craze was still "preppy" - as in Calvin Klein or Levi's 501 blue jeans, oxford shirts (or even better madras plaid), Bass Weejun penny loafers, Sperry Top Siders and Lacoste or Ralph Lauren Polo shirts (with the collar turned up). Logos were really big - even though the "style" was to cut the Calvin Klein label off the jeans. The leggings/big sweater style came really late into the '80s - almost the 1990s.
My parents were hippies , and my older cousins were punks. I wore stuff like in 1986 for sure. But it wasn't terribly trendy yet, and it was not worn by the majority. I owned ALOT of handknit bright patterned big sweaters. I can't remember leggings, but probably because I liked the jeans with the little zippers on the ankles [img]smile.gif[/img] Pretty in Pink was 1986, but those outfits were supposed to be FRINGE, not mainstream. Yeah there were people wearing this stuff, but it hadn't hit big yet.
The things kids now think of as 80s were probably more popular 87-91.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I was in high school from 1986-1990, and we didn't wear this crazy stuff these kids are describing either - VERY few people wore leggings and scrunch socks, we were too busy turning up our collars and ironing our pants, and wearing white canvas Keds with no socks. I'm still a blazer-with-turtlenecks nut myself, and I own more button-downs than my DH does. I can't stand not being nicely pressed and these new fabrics they're making pants out of these days drive me nuts because they don't hold a crease. [img]eek.gif[/img] I had pants in high school from The Limited (remember when they sold NICE stuff? Like those gorgeous blazers and sweaters they used to have? And shirts that you couldn't see through the cotton?) that had been ironed so well you only had to pull them out of the dryer and FLICK them, and the crease would fall right in!
I didn't go to some hotshot high school, either; we were 1A, and the reason I graduated in the top five percent of my class is because I was fifth out of 101 seniors - we were TINY. We were a two-bit town in northeastern North Carolina, not some rich and wealthy area.
I miss clothes like that. It's why I love Talbots and Ralph Lauren now.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh man - remember TWO TONE JEANS? I LOVED mine! They were gray in the front and denim everywhere else.Originally posted by Felicity Merriman:
Average teen-agers in the early 80's wore 50's, preppy-teen inspired clothes. Flannel and striped shirts, soft sweaters, lacy collars, and skirts, most popular in pastel and sorbet colors, were some of the things they were wearing. Leg warmers, nylons and big sweaters did come out in the early 80's, but they were more popular with fashionable young women in thier 20's. And did you know that people started crimping hair in the early 70's? In the mid 80's (1985, about)neon colors, geometric designs, stone-washed jeans, etc. became popular.
Why can?t THEY come back?
Of course, I?m just waiting for normal-rise pants to become fashionable again?it?s getting so it?s impossible to buy a pair of khakis that don?t show underwear every time you sit down?.please, I?m not 18!
Also - I don't think you'd be able to market a doll from 1986 as a HISTORICAL. Please, that's when many of these MOTHERS who are actually paying for this stuff grew up - I for one would not be happy about a doll that portrayed my teen years (just 16 years ago!) as HISTORICAL. [img]eek.gif[/img] LE, fine, but historical is 1946, not 1986 (yet, anyway). [img]tongue.gif[/img]
<font color="#051E50" size="1">[ September 08, 2005 04:33 PM: Message edited by: AGCrayZee ]</font>
I think they should make a "Luanne" doll transformation..."From Preppy to Madonna!" [img]wink.gif[/img] I do think that would be a very cool time to play with. I didn't do a mohawk, but I was a design major, so I did the celephaned hair...sort of a purplish tint..not to wild, and asymetrical hair cut...Luanne, I do think AG should see your Madonna and see what they can do about a mass production! [img]biggrin.gif[/img]
Shelly
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