1980's fashion

The self expressive era of the 1960's and also the 1970's which evolved into the 1980's
in fashion. A decade marked by traditionalism luxury and consumerism. Many people
were yearning for better times as the new decade began. They were wary of the new of the
of the new gender roles brought on by the women's movement and weary of the political
unrest of the past two decades. And they longed for the safe familiarity of the past. Satisfied
Americans hunger for more `glamour and wealth as well as their longing for traditional
values. Between 1980-1989 American designers abandon synthetics for natural fabrics
and more expensive weaves, skirts, knits, in a wide variety of textures. Also colors take a
significant place in fashion. Even as dress up clothes Norma Kamali shows her successful
collection of cotton fleece sweats separates modeled after exercise dance clothes. Yellow
ribbons are everywhere in the memory of the American hostages held in Iran. Also on
November21,1986 an estimated eighty three million Americans watch an episode of the
of the television hit series Dallas to find out "who shot J.R?." printed T shirts with that
question was in stores all over the country. After the wild and crazy 1960's and 1970's the
infamous 1980's were a step back. Fashion wise as people attempted to bring out the
diversity and the silliness of fashion. Still the decade is now renowned for taking chances
and attempting to run with new trends instead. The most noticeable fashion of the decade
involved hair as everyone from rockers to normal people attempted to grow their hair
tall and at the strangest angles that people could impossibly imagine. Leg warmers were
a great example of a trend that started and ended in the 1980's. Much of the 1980's fashion
was outfitted and employed by the rock bands that played during the decade. The 1980's
saw the evolution of technology as people were fully changed in copying trends strought off
of TV and and radio by the 80's. The history of fashion influences of the 80's including
dynasty and Dallas, big hair, gold, glamour, and glitz. Like the fashion of all modern
decades 1980's fashion in popular culture Incorporated distinct trends from different eras.
This helped form a cultivating movement of style. The look of the late 1970's was
influential rather as the late 1960's. The most conservative more masculine fashion look
that most indicative of the 1980's. while in the 70's the silhouette of fashion tended
to be characterized by close fitting pants top with wider looser clothes on the bottom this
trend completely reversed itself in the early 1980's as men and women began to wear
looser shirts and tight ones. In the early 1980's the first generation of computer graphics
in arcade games produced the popular Space Invaders towards the end of the decade home
video games consoles began to outscrip the arcade game. Also rap music began to break
into the mainsteram resulting in a string of breakdancing movies such as Back street and
movies like beat street, Breakin and Breakin. And Boom boxes became widespread among
inner city music listeners and especially breakdancers. Hairstyles are also well known as
the "material girl" and many teenage girls, sometimes reffered to as Madona wannabes
looked to her for fashion statements. Also in 1984 the Cosby show debuts as rated number
1 in the neilson ratings.