https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:54:25 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1/page/2#post-1473045 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 04:00:47 +0000 abc 1473045@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So fun. And wow I forgot about Aussie scrunch spray til now! I can smell it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1/page/2#post-1473025 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 03:15:53 +0000 Anonymous 1473025@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You are so much fun! You must have been the queen of the prom...so cool. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1/page/2#post-1473009 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 02:38:05 +0000 annagybe 1473009@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah wow! You stepped out of my high school year book.<br />I remember my first department store make over in the 80's at the Lancome counter. It was vertical stripes eyeshadow of lemon yellow, bubble gum pink and a turquoise blue. I thought I looked so good and mature. I don't think my mom bought me any of the make-up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1472992 Sun, 12 Apr 2015 01:37:38 +0000 Style Fan 1472992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know the hair process.&nbsp; I got married in the 80s.&nbsp; High maintenance era.&nbsp; I am still washing hairspray out of my hair.&nbsp; You have nailed it again.&nbsp; Amazing.&nbsp; Love your dress.&nbsp; And the make up.&nbsp; How did 80s girls ever get out of the house! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1472962 Sat, 11 Apr 2015 23:11:23 +0000 Vicki 1472962@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou, YOU ARE AMAZING and I am laughing so much at your description (clown makeup...so true!)&nbsp;and the "process" you went through to create this '80s masterpiece. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471454 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:51:20 +0000 jackiec 1471454@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Pure awesome. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471439 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:38:37 +0000 Sara L. 1471439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is great!&nbsp; I can't believe that you still have your prom dress and it still fits.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471341 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 09:37:43 +0000 Summer 1471341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is fantastic, Rachy! I can almost smell the hairspray from here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471274 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 03:41:12 +0000 Jaime 1471274@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The hair is killing me! You are it - well worth the effort! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471272 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 03:38:12 +0000 Adelfa 1471272@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Rachy. You know I love you, right?</p> <p>Re: earrings--I managed to palm all of my 80's earrings off on 20-something DD, who said nostalgically, "I remember when you wore these when I was a little girl and I thought you looked so pretty!"</p> <p>Re: hairspray--our priest shared on Easter Vigil that on his very first Easter Vigil, a woman "Who must have put on two cans of hairspray" leaned towards her daughter (and hence her daughter's lit candle) and went up in a fireball! "It went out quickly but the congregation panicked!"</p> <p>As for the rest of it, I only wish I could remember the '80s. Let alone what I wore!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471263 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 03:30:18 +0000 Anonymous 1471263@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So awesome!!! And I can't believe you still fit into your prom dress! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471254 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 03:24:41 +0000 catgirl 1471254@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Could not be any more authentic, Rachy! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471111 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 22:43:59 +0000 Dee 1471111@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is the epitome of 80s prom! I can't get over the ALGO dress - pattern, tiers, and contrast edging. </p> <p>And I admire your dedication to the challenges! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471109 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 22:40:55 +0000 Caro in Oz 1471109@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>RA RA Rachy - fantastic. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471063 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 21:05:48 +0000 rachylou 1471063@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol. I detested it too, Denise. Prom was the only time I did this. The rest of the time I was in a parka with union jack on the back and peg legs, wishing I had a Vespa. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471053 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:35:07 +0000 texstyle 1471053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this - great job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471043 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:15:21 +0000 Sharon 1471043@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is so great. I love that this is your actual prom dress. Thank you so much for all the effort- it is completely 80s-tastic! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471042 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:13:30 +0000 rachylou 1471042@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><i>Oh ja! </i>The neon overload cool. Makes the heart go pitter pat! Lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471039 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:09:26 +0000 CocoLion 1471039@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sorry to say but, this is the kind of 80s style that I detested in the 80s. &nbsp;The big hair, the poufy dresses, the loud colors, the even bigger make-up. &nbsp;Still, you've managed to make this look much better than it actually was back then. &nbsp;:-)</p> <p>ETa: &nbsp;Aussie Scrunch Spray.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471038 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:08:34 +0000 approprio 1471038@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yes. Please put on an embellished&nbsp;moto and biker boots and go Desperately Seek some Susans. You can't go on dating yourself. You deserve more than that. So much more. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471034 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 20:05:40 +0000 rabbit 1471034@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Girls just wanna have fun!!</p> <p>FABULOUS.</p> <p>Yeah hair and makeup from the high maintenance era took eons. &nbsp;I don't think I even own hairspray now, let alone Aqua Net. &nbsp;You did a great job and the flouncy dress is amazing.</p> <p>Okay one of my earliest fashion related memories was sneaking in to look at Limited Express at the mall in middle school&nbsp;(I wore thrift mostly, so it was off-limits). &nbsp; The cube was lit with neon orange light, they were blasting French new wave pop, and the salesgirls had the ultimate in teased hair (yours is good) with iridescent green, purple&nbsp;and blue lipstick (like a beetles wing). &nbsp;My 11 year old&nbsp;heart almost overloaded from the forbidden coolness.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471026 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:54:05 +0000 milehighstyle (Linda) 1471026@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So much awesomeness here.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471015 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:43:56 +0000 Anonymous 1471015@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Totally 80's! I so love that ra-ra skirted dress. I remember having big disc clip-on earrings to compliment my mullet! You nailed this look Rachy. Oh and in answer to your question...a glass of wine and a gallon of hairspray help the process along quickly </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1471011 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:37:36 +0000 rachylou 1471011@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks! And thanks for the hairspray... I'm taking donations. I need MORE. Ahaha!</p> <p>This is my prom dress (I'm dating myself!). The original hair was a Prince pompadour. Can you believe I still have some shoes from the '80s in my closet at my mom's? I wore black pumps then too... but I noticed they would have been a wide point with a barely there toe box (if that's the correct term) compared to today. I was also fatter than I am now. I think the skirt would have sat a little higher. But I could be wrong. I was surprised it fit as well as it does. Have I gotten fat again? Lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1470992 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:08:57 +0000 Tanya 1470992@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Absolutely incredible! Love the effort you put in your hair and makeup. I don't bother with it, hence the process is faster for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1470991 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:08:27 +0000 harmonica 1470991@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You make me love the 80's more. Perfect!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1470990 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:07:40 +0000 Diana 1470990@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Awesome!&nbsp; The hair and the makeup totally make it.</p> <p>You just reminded me that I actually have a tiered skirt like this from the 80's.&nbsp; (As in, I actually owned it in the late 80's when I was probably around 8 or 9.&nbsp; No idea how it still fits.&nbsp; I think it was originally very voluminous and elasticated, and at some point my mom took out the waist?)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1470989 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:07:20 +0000 LACeleste 1470989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow Rachy! &nbsp;Thank you for going all out! &nbsp;So great! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1470986 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:05:35 +0000 MTBGirl 1470986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That is wonderful Rachylou! All your time and effort really paid off! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/fashion-era-challenge-the-80s-1#post-1470983 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:03:20 +0000 Suz 1470983@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is brilliant! And, okay, so it took hours -- you look gorgeous! This is both authentic and wildly impractical -- surely you get bonus points for that? &nbsp;;)&nbsp;</p> <p>Oh, and where is Lilypup's diamond studded collar?&nbsp; </p>