80s Blue Jeans: The B-list
Sadly, we couldn’t all afford Gloria Vanderbilt or Guess jeans in the 80s. Even if we did boast a pair or two or three, we still needed some other jeans to fill out our casual-wear wardrobes. Enter the second-tier designer jeans. Like B-list (and C-list) actors, these jeans were probably just as good as the A-list varieties, they just didn’t manage to luck into the big time and didn’t command the big bucks. Just because they aren’t...
Designer Jeans
By Julie Anderson In the eighties, we totally valued designer labels. We knew that having that stallion’s head or question mark-triangle on our blue jeans’ back pocket would ensure our lasting popularity. Designer jeans were pricey, sure, but in the 1980s we were happy to save our pennies (and beg our parents shamelessly) for that perfect pair of high-waisted denims. Here are the Big Four designers of blue jeans in the eighties:...
You’re Such a Bow Head!
By Julie Anderson So, what was a bow head, exactly? In mid-eighties parlance, it meant a girl who wore a huge bow in her hair. Since hair was generally pretty big in the 1980s, no demure little hair clip would work; we needed hair accessories that would stand up to our perms and teasing. It was a preppy look in general, although there were edgier deployments of the hair bow. Bows in general were huge (literally AND figuratively) in...
Twist a Beads!
By Julie Anderson We appreciated color coordination in the eighties: shoes, belts, jewelry, hair accessories, and eyeshadow all needed to be in the same color family. Hot pink and turquoise, hunter green and maroon, black and yellow: we liked to MATCH. An awesome way for an eighties girl to achieve full-on matchiness was with twist a bead (also called twister bead) necklaces. With a wardrobe of the inexpensive, colorful strands and...
Warm Fuzzies: Sweater Dresses of the 80s
By Julie Anderson It’s back to school time, so of course you’ll want to scope out Seventeen magazine for their fall fashion preview. Let’s see, tartan plaids, suede slouchy boots, stirrup pants, chunky plastic jewelry, big shirts, and… SWEATER DRESSES, of course. Check out an 18-year old Whitney Houston (photo 41 of 72) modeling the trend on the cover of Seventeen back in 1981. Sweater dresses were cozy and slouchy. We loved...
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