The musicians say: "All the best has already been invented in the 80's. We can only repeat ourselves. " In the fashion world, things are the same. The eccentric style of those years is the basis for today's collections. The designers make fresh strokes, but they impose them on the canvas of the same rampant fashion of the 80s. We turn the calendar over thirty years ago and look in the wardrobe of the fashionable woman of that time.
How did you dress in the 80's?
Imagination draws baggy T-shirts with bulky shoulder pads a la hockey player and lots and lots of jeans. At first glance, everything was mixed, as in a kaleidoscope - brightly, brightly, eccentrically. But this grotesque has its limits. Models of the 80's appear before us in four basic and completely different ways.
Coquettish sportswoman
In the 80s, the fashion for aerobics and fitness classes reached the kitchens - the hostess wanted to take off her apron and go to the gym. The race for beauty and harmony had a great influence on the style of clothing of the 80s. Striped leggings and leggings leave the boundaries of gyms and conquer the streets, discos, clubs. In this way, you could even come to work, and, notice - no reprimand! Leggings combined with multi-colored windbreakers and knitted sweaters of a free cut. The latter had many variations: from modest models in calm tones to more glamorous ones - with a cutout "boat", sleeves "bat" and a flashy embroidery with beads and lurex.
Fatal business lady
Women of the 80s leave the kitchen not only for the sake of the gym. They make a career. The office dress code of that time is very specific: a mini skirt, a wide jacket with an English collar and massive shoulder pads. The image is topped by weighty clips "for gold" and catchy make-up. The business style of the 80s also recalled the costumes from the immortal Coco. A strict, straight jacket, trimmed with edging, was complemented by a silk blouse or a loose T-shirt. An indispensable accessory is a status bag (often a fake one).
The broad-shouldered silhouette of a businesswoman symbolized the coming to power of a strong woman. Everyone wanted at least a little like the princess Diana or Margaret Thatcher. Yes, there, we still today are equal to these great women who managed to put themselves on a par with men, and even higher.
Tender and romantic
To be a femme fatale every day - oh, how hard. I want at least occasionally to put on coquettish ruches and go on a date. In the 80's, fashion for a romantic style is as relevant as it is on business. The image of touching defenselessness helps to create blouses of intricate cut with a "tie" trim and collars of various styles. Especially popular are blouses of silk and satin with "flounces", lace collars and frill, clasps on the sides, trim of ruche.
Dresses in the style of 80's tightly buttoned, creating the effect of "wasp waist." A gorgeous skirt to the knees and wide sleeves give the image even more romantic. This style became fashionable thanks to the wedding along the same princess Diana, which can be called an icon of the style of the 80's.
Passionate and unrestrained
In the 80's, the style of "sexy" was just as popular as at the very beginning of the sexual revolution. The image of the cunning temptress of those years creates tight leggings, mini-skirt "balloon", blouse from angora with lurex. In fashion, extremely short dresses embroidered with rhinestones and beads, and trousers "bananas", narrowed downwards or straight. The waist is emphasized by a wide belt. Bright shadows to the eyebrows, lush hair and plastic jewelry - the finishing touches that complete the image of "sexy".
And again about music
The style of the 80's in fashion reflects the opposition of two musical trends. Rock and pop divide the fans. A new wave (New Wave), coming from England, insists that the hit of the decade is black. Crazy pop sees the world in a more rosy tone - his fans prefer everything bright. It was in the 80's clothing was a way to tell others about their belonging to a particular subculture, and not just a tribute to fashion.
Sometimes you want to move to the past, wear bright leggings, sneakers, clips and dance all night in a disco. Today, the style of the 80s is spontaneously returning. So, hopes are not in vain, because the best time machine is fashion!