8 Bitchin’ 80s Internet Memes
I can haz ‘80s? Indeed! Here are seven totally fun 80s-based memes. We consider all this Internet attention for our beloved 80s well deserved and proof positive that while we may be 30 years out from the decade that brought us mix tapes and neon, the 80s are still alive and kickin’. Which is your favorite meme? Did we miss a great one. If so, send it to us! #1 – How many chewed up mix tapes were brought back to life by number...
Andie Walsh Costume from Pretty in Pink
If I could have emulated one movie characters style while I was in high school it totally would have been Molly Ringwald’s Andie from one of my favorite 80’s flicks, Pretty in Pink. Andie may have been cash poor but what she lacked in funds she made up for with her cool creativity and granny-chic style. No cookie cutter mall outfits for this girl. While the mean rich girls were shopping at Contempo Casuals, Andie was busy at the...
80s Costume Idea: Duckie Dale from Pretty in Pink
OF COURSE one of my favorite 80s movies is Pretty in Pink! What an epic love triangle – both Blaine and Duckie vying for the love of our dear, sweet girl-from-the-wrong-side-of-the-Traxx (see what I did there?) Andie. I was Team Duckie all the way. He was a total dreamboat to me. I loved Duckie from head to toe – from his pompadour hair down to his trademark dirty white shoes. I dreamed of someday meeting a boy who would love...
80s Costume Idea: John Rambo
By Lori Ferraro Sylvester Stallone was one of the kings of 80s cinema. This triple-threat talent won us over as the writer, director, and star of Rocky, and he cemented his legendary status by bringing to life the character of John Rambo. Rambo: First Blood Part II gave us the definitive Rambo look, one which is relatively easy to emulate even if you don’t have the chiseled muscles of the Italian Stallion (although that would...
80s Costume Idea: Snake Plissken from Escape from New York
By Lori Ferraro Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken is a classic 80s antihero, full of firepower and bad attitude. He fought his way across the futuristic island of Manhattan in 1981’s Escape from New York to save the president from evil prison inmates. Now you can fight your way from the couch to the refrigerator in your very own Snake Plissken ensemble. Here’s what you’ll need: Eye patch (very important) Mullet wig Black tank top or...
