https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:33:53 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-493515 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:24:01 +0000 eye4beauty 493515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Skinnies and over-sized batwing tops, with the arm hole going all the way down to the belt line, I lo-o-o-ove!!! I think the 80s was SUCH a sexy decade. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195374 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:01:30 +0000 Beth 195374@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Anybody see the fashion segment on the Today Show this morning? They were talking about the resurgence of 80s style and making recommendations: neon leggings, Keds, jelly shoes and Swatch watches.:O</p> <p>Angie's take is so much more sophisticated and flattering:) Although I do confess to a love of Swatch watches. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195367 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:50:55 +0000 Lisa 195367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am picking and choosing my yay for this. I like the jackets and brighter colors. But I am not doing scrunchy socks with a baggy t and leggings tied to the side again. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195291 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:37:42 +0000 Alecia 195291@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm definitely enjoying the revival. I was a kid in the 80s so didn't fully get to enjoy the fashions, but watched a mom who did. I think the new looks are fun and fresh while harkening back to the era. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195288 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:32:27 +0000 RoseandJoan 195288@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like how the style have been worked, I have struggled to get my head around batwing tops (unless woven) and neons will never mix well with mt style but other areas I have embraced wholeheartedly. For the most part I need someone to say.....ooo that looks so 80's or I'm clueless. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195198 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:01:40 +0000 Laura 195198@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was happy to pass on the neon colors trend but almost everything else has made me happy - zippered skinny jeans, moto jackets (yes, these were big in the 80s, think Michael Jackson in Thriller might have started it; mine was denim with red lining); voluminous tunics, pointy-toed flats, short slouchy cream-colored boots.</p> <p>Ah, Breakfast Club. My kids will attend the high school where that movie was filmed! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195185 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:50:20 +0000 April 195185@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The 80s for me encompassed high school, college, and getting married, so much ground was covered. Also, I started the decade with elbow-length hair and ended with an <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/6FDA171F-FF52-452F-A36D-BE9207EC3DC0/RR019394.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.corbisimages.com/Enlargement/RR019394.html&amp;usg=__jsHErTcQLfDDyaFBYqUp7CLkKPk=&amp;h=480&amp;w=317&amp;sz=78&amp;hl=en&amp;start=36&amp;tbnid=erVf1A4SJ-8NjM:&amp;tbnh=128&amp;tbnw=85&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dannie%2Blennox%2Bhairstyle%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D651%26tbs%3Disch:10,1200&amp;um=1&amp;itbs=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=257&amp;vpy=368&amp;dur=483&amp;hovh=129&amp;hovw=85&amp;tx=90&amp;ty=82&amp;ei=_ZVaTLzdA4P98AaVwKzcAg&amp;oei=55VaTIHyG4P48AbCwoD3AQ&amp;esq=4&amp;page=3&amp;ndsp=18&amp;ved=1t:429,r:13,s:36&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=651">Annie Lennox do</a>. So, yeah.</p> <p>Authentic 80s style makes me cringe, but I'm okay with styles that are informed by the looks of the 80s. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195137 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:48:09 +0000 anne 195137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ON balance Nay. Though I am enjoying the odd thing - ruched sleeves, leggings etc. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195123 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:04:55 +0000 LoP 195123@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay! Although not the most flattering on me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195121 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:02:07 +0000 Frances 195121@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely on the music!</p> <p>The fashion...well...I have mixed feelings. No on the big hair and shoulder pads and printed parachute pants and rubber Madonna bracelets and jellies. Yes on the sweater dresses and pastels and white pumps and big earrings. I miss the big earrings! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195110 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:43:56 +0000 M. Jantz 195110@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will not be sporting as much neon as I did back in the day (although I wouldn't say never to a few neon accessories) &amp; I really hope that the folded &amp; rolled up 'pegged' jeans look doesn't make a comeback either.</p> <p>Other than that I like the leggings &amp; tunics &amp; the Madonna-esque looks that are reappearing. I don't think I'll be wearing a head to toe 'Desperately Seeking Susan' look anytime soon but I'm looking for some lacy pieces to work into my fall wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195109 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:41:15 +0000 Mac 195109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah as far as music: Duran Duran, early Madonna, Thompson Twins, Howard Jones, anyone!? Nay as far as clothes, hair or jewellery. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195047 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:07:48 +0000 bj1111 195047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>i loved the dynasty era clothes, but i was too young to wear them and not feel like i was in costume. with the current interation of the 80s, my age and profession, i feel genuinely powerful in these interpretations.</p> <p>i tried prep, but i didn't fit my personality, nor my ethnicity.</p> <p>my husband on the other hand thinks prep is a life style not a fashion statement. needless to say, we don't do matching/coordinating outfits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay/page/2#post-195044 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:04:59 +0000 Sparky 195044@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I am most of the way through a lovely glass of red wine as I write this, but I am looking back most fondly on 80s fashion now. Never thought I'd say that! Certainly not my favorite fashion era by any means, but like others it was my coming of age period (high school &amp; college) so I do have a soft spot for it. I still have a couple of tunic sweaters that I wore with leggings back then that I can't bear to part with; they're stashed somewhere in my closet. And here I am, using leggings again, pondering jeggings, and shopping for new tunics. But back then I never wore boots, so that at least is new. While the themes echo 80s fashion, this go around is very different, and I for one am enjoying these new interpretations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-195042 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:02:33 +0000 Beth 195042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey Shana, they're running a back-to-back repeat starting at 10:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-195035 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:55:33 +0000 shana 195035@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Darn! Where is a John Hughes marathon when you need it?</p> <p>I am curious, Angie, did you see any of these American 80's teen flicks (Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Bueller's day off etc)? I ask because even though my husband is all about the 80's (his entire music collection consists of 80's music), those movies were apparently never that popular in Europe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-195030 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:52:01 +0000 Beth 195030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shana, it ends in 15 minutes:( It's on WE. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-195027 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:50:20 +0000 shana 195027@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Flipping through the channels furiously to find "pretty in pink".... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-195023 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:46:56 +0000 Beth 195023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's funny, I'm watching Pretty In Pink on cable as I write this, and having the most lovely flashbacks.</p> <p>I'm sure everybody says this, but the 80s really were a fun time to be a teen:D </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-195014 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:38:00 +0000 Maya 195014@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't honestly understand the idea that "I wore this once so I can't ever wear it again." I hope I never become like that. </p> <p>I also don't understand the "But I'll regret that in 20 years" theory. I may not even be alive in 20 years. Who knows. I'd rather live in the moment and laugh at myself later on. Isn't that part of the fun? I guess I just don't take myself that seriously.</p> <p>I'm enjoying it and I also plan to enjoy the 90's revival as well, even though I have done it all already. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-195006 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 01:31:35 +0000 shana 195006@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kristen, I'm with you - I liked that preppy look (the Laura Ashley dresses, the plaid madras shorts with polos etc) but all the trends that are resurfacing (big shouldered jackets, big on top/skinny on the bottom silhouette etc) are really not my cup of tea. I'd rather forget my awful oversized Forenza (Limited) sweaters with leggings and my goofy heavily shoulder-padded jackets! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-194953 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:59:20 +0000 biscuitsmom 194953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Music in the 80's was good, but you cant beat 70's Motown!!!!!!!!! There will never be another voice like Levi Stubbs! Or Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, groups like the 4 Tops, Temptations, Jackson 5, Supremes, etc..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-194952 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:51:13 +0000 Kristen 194952@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Angie, oh no in the middle of the era we usually think we all look fantastic! It's in hindsight when the cringing begins. </p> <p>The bulk of my 80s were spent in prep school and then in the Ivy League, so I literally was in the midst of the preppy era with upturned Izod collars, plaid Bermuda shorts and pearls with everything. Those 80s I don't mind reliving. But I spent plenty of other years in leggings and oversized shirts (now called tunics) and blazers, and that part...you know I keep trying, but it just doesn't feel natural and I keep having acid-wash jeans flashbacks. :)</p> <p>But I much prefer early 60s fashion, too. When will that come back?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-194948 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:20:55 +0000 puffenstuff 194948@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh wow I am in mixed minds about this. I was a teen in the 80's so was right in the thick of being "trendy" and looooooved the music - hence some previous photos that are forever lost in the archives of me looking like either the back up singers for Wham or Boy George! But I dont think I would ever revive Bubblegum jeans, ruffle skirts, fluro leg warmers, bits of rags in my hair (a la Madonna), ankle length tube skirts, spiral perms and poufed up leg of mutton sleeves. </p> <p>I suppose the upside of all of that made me appreciate deconstructed clothes and it inspires me now to be more brave in making new fashion choices. But I will NOT be wearing black lace fingerless gloves no matter how hard the retailers may try (hope no-one is recording this I have been known to eat my words on these choices before!)</p> <p>Gimme the 70's for fashion - cork wedges, hand crocheted ponchos (thanks mum), long loose dresses, gingham shorts and cords! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-194935 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:03:52 +0000 MsMaven 194935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been looking at old photos and I hope soon to get a few of the 80s posted. I liked the 80s. I tried leggings once and decided it wasn't for me, but shoulder pads were a blessing for many reasons. Okay, some of the huge one were silly, but the moderate ones help to balance out many women's bodies.</p> <p>I still have two favorite dresses from the 80s, and if I could just get my waist back, I would love to wear them. (This is extremely unlikely at present.)</p> <p>I also have a 24-year old black cashmere coat that I bought from Bergdorf Goodman's in New York. It is still in good condition and being a coat, it still skims the waist. I'll post that one too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-194923 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:26:03 +0000 tarzy 194923@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can I also have my 80's body back? (Twenty pounds lighter with a tiny waist!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-194899 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:52:41 +0000 Angie 194899@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kristen, is there ever so called "fashion-era-regret:? It was fabulous at the time, right? And its fun look back at what you wore. </p> <p>Medusa, well said: "a fashion revival of any era is fab when we take the best things and give them fresh new interpretations". Exactly.</p> <p>I was a teen in the 80's. THE BEST DECADE FOR MUSIC! It's not my favourite fashion era - early 60's is my favourite fashion era. But I have a very soft spot for the 80's. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-194888 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:22:08 +0000 Kristen 194888@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm going to have to go with "nay" -- i keep looking at the silhouettes now and thinking, "Boy, we are going to regret this as much as we did the first time around!" </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-194886 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:17:51 +0000 Dawn 194886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yay to the eighties! I was born in the late 80s so all of this is new for me, and I have no terrible associations with leggings or skinny jeans. I wonder if we can bring back my guilty pleasure- dodgy 80s metal and rock! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/80s-fashion-revival-yay-or-nay#post-194874 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 21:08:52 +0000 Louise 194874@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think we're doing it much more stylishly this time I wonder if the looks will come back round in another 20 years and we'll be saying "WHAT did we look like back in the noughties!!!!" </p>