1980s fashion in popular culture incorporated distinct trends from different eras, including ancient Egypt, early 20th century English royalty, Victorian era buccaneers, and punk rockers from the 1970s. The most different, more masculin fashion look that was most indicative of the decade was the wide use of shoulder pads (much similar to those wore in the sport of Hockey). Men wore power suits (which they sometimes jogged in to work them in since they were stiff when they were bought) as a result of the greater tendency for people to display their wealth. Brand names became increasingly important in this decade, making Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein household names. In the United States, Madonna was titled the "Material Girl" and many teenage girls looked to her for fashion statements. The popular movie Flashdance (1983) made ripped sweatshirts well-known in the general public. The television shows Dallas and Dynasty also had a similar impact. Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in any given society. ... Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Buccaneer is a term that was used in the later 17th century in the Caribbean Islands. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Cover Time magazine Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifschitz on October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive. ... A Calvin Klein advertisement featuring Natalia Vodianova Calvin Klein (born November 19, 1942) is a well-known fashion designer. ... Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American pop singer, dancer, songwriter, producer, actress, and author. ... Flashdance is a 1983 musical/romance film co-written by Tom Hedley (story/screenplay) and Joe Eszterhas, and directed by Adrian Lyne. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ...

Early 1980s

Otis R. Bowen wearing glasses during his time as U.S. HHS Secretary.

For men, the early 1980s can be described as post-hippie, post-disco and early glam, with an obvious influence of David Bowie androgyny emerging. Beards started to disappear and tans, open collars and jewelry started to emerge as popular fashion. The up-turned collar became a signature of cool, which was sported by a young and happenin' Matt Mailloux Image File history File links Download high resolution version (961x929, 247 KB) Dr. Otis R. Bowen, former governor of Indiana, during his time as secretary of Health and Human Services. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (961x929, 247 KB) Dr. Otis R. Bowen, former governor of Indiana, during his time as secretary of Health and Human Services. ... Otis Ray Bowen (born 26 February 1918) is a retired U.S. politician and physician. ... The United States Secretary of Health and Human Services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, concerned with The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... A singer dresses in a stereotypical hippie outfit. ... Disco is a genre of music that originated in discothèques. ... Glam rock is a style of rock music popularised in the 1970s, and was mostly a British phenomenon. ... David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947) is an English rock singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger, mixer and actor. ...

1980s punk fashion can be traced to the ripped jeans, torn t-shirts, scrappy haircuts and worn and torn leather jackets sported by members of the Sex Pistols and Nathan Puchnatyj. The Sex Pistols were dressed by Malcolm McLaren, their manager, who owned a clothes store called 'Let It Rock' in the Kings Road, Chelsea area of London, when they released Anarchy in the UK in 1976. These styles can be traced back further to New York artists at the Andy Warhol Factory or bands such as the Velvet Underground or New York Dolls. By the 1980s, Punk fashion, and punk bands, had shown up in cities across the world. There was a DIY (do it yourself) quality to the fashion. Some small elements that spoke of a person's punk roots were safety pins, mohawk, spikes or harshly dyed hair, filthy tennis-shoes or pointy Beatle boots. There is an element of a makeshift, thrown together look and a sense of poverty. Punk fashion is the styles of clothing, hairstyles, cosmetics, jewelry and body modifications of the punk subculture. ... The Sex Pistols were, despite their short existence, a very influential British punk band. ... Malcolm McLaren Malcolm McLaren (born 22 January 1946) is a British impresario and self-publicist who is best known as being the manager of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. ... Statue of Thomas More on Cheyne Walk. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Anarchy in the U.K. (B-side I Wanna Be Me) was the first single by the punk band the Sex Pistols released on November 26, 1976, and is thus frequently considered to be the first punk single (although The Ramones released Blitzkrieg Bop a year earlier). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq. ... Andy Warhol, photographed by Helmut Newton. ... The Velvet Underground and Nico (from left to right: John Cale, Nico, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker) The Velvet Underground (Affectionately known as The Velvets, or V.U. for short) was an American rock and roll band of the late 1960s. ... The New York Dolls are a rock music group formed in New York City in 1971. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ...

New Romantic was a New Wave and fashion movement that occurred primarily in British nightclubs. New romanticism emerged in the UK music scene in the early 80s as a direct backlash against the austerity of the punk movement. Where punk railed against life in Britain's council estates, the new romantics celebrated glamour and partied regularly at local nightclubs. The make-up was streaky and bold and used by future music artists including Duran Duran. The early designer of the romantic look was Vivienne Westwood who designed clothing specifically for bands, such as Adam & the Ants, and later developed the "pirate look." The pirate look featured frilled "buccaneer" shirts often made of expensive fabrics. One element of this trend that went mainstream and remained popular for most of the decade were short shirt collars worn unfolded against the neck with the top one or two buttons unfastened. Except in the most conservative communities this became standard casual wear for both men and women. With the exception of business suits, to wear one's collar folded appeared awkward or stuffy. New Romantic was a New Wave music subgenre and fashion movement that occurred primarily in England during the early 1980s. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian, British, Canadian and European popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s born out of the punk rock movement. ... It has been suggested that Disco Bar be merged into this article or section. ... De Beauvoir Estate, De Beauvoir Town, East London The council house is a form of public housing found in the United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that Disco Bar be merged into this article or section. ... Duran Duran are a New Wave music band, often classified into the aggregate 80s rock genre and notable for a long series of catchy, synthesizer-driven hit singles and vivid music videos. ... Dame Vivienne Westwood DBE (born Vivienne Isabel Swire in Tintwistle, Cheshire, England on 8 April 1941) is an English fashion designer largely responsible for modern punk and new wave fashions. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

At the beginning of the decade women's hairstyles were often about shoulder length and cut in layers to emphasize natural wave in straight hair. The Farrah Fawcett flip was a holdover from the 1970s that lasted several years into the new decade. Very short haircuts became a fashion for women around 1982 and remained popular for several years. Although people who wore the mainstream versions of these styles often described them as punk, they were more similar to male hairstyles from the New Romantic movement, which in turn were influenced by pompadour hairstyles of the 1950s. Farrah Leni Fawcett (born February 2, 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is an actress who became a noted pop culture icon and leading sex symbol of the 1970s. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pompadour is a style of haircut which takes its name from Madame de Pompadour. ...

In the early-to-mid 1980s, glasses with large, plastic frames were in fashion for both men and women. In the late 1980s, glasses with tortoise-shell coloring became popular. These were smaller and rounder than the type that was popular earlier in the decade. A pair of modern glasses A pair of more traditional glasses Glasses, spectacles, or eyeglasses are frames bearing lenses worn in front of the human eyes, sometimes for purely aesthetic reasons but normally for vision correction or eye protection. ... Look up Frame in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Lisa Hartman sporting a headband in the November 4, 1982 episode of Knots Landing.

Small metal framed eyeglasses made a return to fashion in 1984 and 1985, becoming the dominant style by the end of the decade. Image File history File links Knots Landing Season 4 Capture This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Image File history File links Knots Landing Season 4 Capture This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Lisa Hartman (b. ... A headband is an article of clothing that is designed to be worn around or on a persons head. ... Knots Landing was a primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS and was at that time the second longest-running primetime drama on U.S. TV, after Gunsmoke. Set in the fictional Knots Landing, a small community on the California coast...

Headbands became fashionable in 1982 and remained in style for young women until 1983. The trend started in California and spread across the nation. Other associated trends were leg warmers and miniskirts. Leg warmers, which had long been staple gear for professional dancers during rehearsals, became a teen trend in 1982. Miniskirts returned for the first time since the 1960s. These styles became associated with the Valley Girl trend that was popular at the time, based on a popular song by Frank Zappa and Moon Unit Zappa. The other fads soon spent themselves, but miniskirts remained in style and became an option for women's business suits. typical legwarmers. ... A miniskirt The miniskirt is a skirt with a hemline well above the knees (generally 2cm below the ass level). ... In the United States, Valley girl, or Val, is a term coined in the 1970s, originally referring to affluent young women living in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles, California. ... Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. ... Moon Unit Zappa (born September 28, 1967, in New York City) is the oldest child of late American rock star Frank Zappa and Gail Sloatman; she goes by the name Moon Zappa. ...

Underwear became a more important fashion accessory for both men and women. Women's looks tended to be in a wide array of pastel colors, with lacy trimmings. Camisoles with built in bras became popular for women. Men became more fashion conscious as well. Underwear was also colorful for men, and boxer shorts were "tapered," or styled after the side-vent running shorts, with a trimmer cut.

Shoulder pads, popularized perhaps by Linda Evans from the soap opera Dynasty, remained popular throughout the 1980s and even the first three years of the 1990s. The reason behind the sudden popularity of shoulderpads for women in the 1980s may be that women in the workplace were no longer unusual, and wanted to "power dress" to show that they were the equals of men at the office. Many women's outfits had velcro on the inside of the shoulder where various sized shoulderpads could be attached. Linda Evans Linda Evans was born Linda Evanstad on November 18, 1942, in Hartford, Connecticut. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ... Velcro is a brand name of fabric hook-and-loop fasteners used for connecting objects. ...

Mid 1980s

Jennifer Beals set a trend in 1983 with this picture from the film, Flashdance.

Pastel colors dominated fashions of the early 1980s. This shifted to more somber and muted tones in 1984. The trend toward moody shades remained dominant for the rest of the decade, with notable exceptions. In 1987 day-glo colors became popular for beach and party wear. The mid-1980s also saw revivals of Hawaiian shirts and tie dyed shirts. Unlike the original 1960s tie dyes, 1980s fashions were usually printed fabrics designed to resemble the tie dye process, rather than homemade tie dying. Opulent shades such as royal blue became fashionable late in the decade. Image File history File links Jenniferbeals. ... Image File history File links Jenniferbeals. ... Jennifer Beals Jennifer Beals (born December 19, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former teen model and American film actress who is best known for her role as Alex Owens in the 1983 movie Flashdance. ... Flashdance is a 1983 musical/romance film co-written by Tom Hedley (story/screenplay) and Joe Eszterhas, and directed by Adrian Lyne. ...

The Dynasty television show, watched by over 250 million viewers around the world in the 1980s, influenced the fashion styles in mainstream America. The show, targeted towards females, influenced women to wear jewelry often to show one's economic status. Synthetic fabrics went out of style in the 1980s. Wool, cotton, and silk returned to popularity for their perceived quality. Dynasty was an American primetime television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 10, 1989. ...

In 1983 a youth fashion emerged in cotton clothes with Japanese calligraphy prints in black, white, and red. Westerners usually had no idea what these clothes said and wore them for esthetics only. Also in 1983, the film Flashdance popularized tops for women that exposed one bare shoulder. A related style for women was to cinch an untucked shirt with a large belt. The exposed shoulder look was strictly casual but business and semiformal attire adopted the cinched shirt look to expensive fabrics. Flashdance is a 1983 musical/romance film co-written by Tom Hedley (story/screenplay) and Joe Eszterhas, and directed by Adrian Lyne. ...

The Thriller look was inspired by Michael Jackson's record breaking album Thriller, teenagers would attempt to replicate the look of Jackson. Androgyny became a trend among popular music singers. Michael Jackson's high pitched voice was one example. Annie Lennox's short hair and mannish clothes and Boy George's feminine cosmetics were other high profile examples. Musical and film influences played a strong part in the dictation of fashion, these influences included those such as The Bangles, Tina Turner, Belinda Carlisle and Cyndi Lauper. For other people with the same name, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation) Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana) is an American musician and entertainer whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop culture for the last quarter-century. ... Thriller is an album by pop singer Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on December 1, 1982. ... Annie Lennox with David A. Stewart, with whom she formed Eurythmics, in a promotional shot for their 1999 album, Peace. ... Boy George George Alan ODowd better known as Boy George (born June 14, 1961, in London, United Kingdom) is a British singer-songwriter and disc jockey who gained fame with his group Culture Club during the 1980s. ... The Bangles in a 1980s publicity photo; Debbi Peterson, Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson, Michael Steele. ... Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939) is a Grammy Award-winning American pop/rock singer, Buddhist and occasional actress. ... On the cover of Playboy, August 2001 Belinda Carlisle (born Belinda Jo Carlisle (a. ... Cyndi Lauper Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper (born June 22, 1953), better known as Cyndi Lauper, is an American pop singer, New Wave artist and actress whose melodic voice and wild costumes have come to epitomize the 1980s, the decade in which she first came to fame. ...

Madonna's Like a Virgin album cover exemplifies the bold lingerie-as-outerwear look.

Frizzy hair was cemented as a common fashion style and was complemented by the attire of the times. "Banana" clips were another favorite. Young women wore wild earrings, often long or of peculiar design. Shoulder length earrings often contrasted with hair that was chin length or shorter. Gloves, sometimes lace and/or fingerless were popularized by Madonna, as well as fishnet stockings and layers of beaded necklaces. Another club fashion for women was lingerie as outerwear. Prior to the mid-1980s it had been taboo to show a slip or a visible bra strap in public. A visible undergarment had been a sign of social ineptness. In the new fad's most extreme forms, young women would forego conventional outer-garments for expensive bustiers with lacy slips and several large crucifixes. This was both an assertion of sexual freedom and a conscious rejection of prevailing androgynous fashions. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x885, 364 KB)Like A Virgin is the second album by singer Madonna, released in 1984. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (900x885, 364 KB)Like A Virgin is the second album by singer Madonna, released in 1984. ... Like a Virgin (1984, see 1984 in music) is the second studio album by singer Madonna. ...

Converse shoes were popular in the first half of the 1980s. Air Jordan basketball shoes made their debut in 1985. Athletic shoes had been worn as casual wear before, but for the first time they became a high priced fashion item. The National Basketball Association banned these shoes from games when they first debuted, which increased their cachet. Soon other manufacturers introduced premium athletic shoes. Adidas sneakers took the decade by storm, popular amongst teenagers and young men. The Adidas sneaker was popularized by the Run DMC song My Adidas. Nike had a similar share of the market coming out with Air Max and similar type shoes. Converse College is a school in Spartanburg, South Carolina; see Converse College. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Adidas is a German sports apparel manufacturer, part of the Adidas Group. ... Run-DMC is a hip hop crew founded by Jason Jam Master Jay Mizell that included Joseph Run Simmons and Darryl DMC McDaniels. ...

Meanwhile women's fashion and business shoes returned to styles that had been popular in the 1950s and early 1960s with pointed toes and spiked heels. Some stores stocked canvas covered fashion shoes in white and dyed them to the customer's preferred color. While the most popular shoes amongst young women were bright colored high heels, a trend started to emerge which saw 'Jellies' become popular, they were flat, see through plastic and colorful.

Men's business attire saw a return of pinstripes for the first time in decades. The new pinstripes were narrower and subtler than 1930s and 1940s suits. Three piece suits made a return as a business option and neckties became narrower. Button down collars made a return, both for business and casual wear. The growing popularity of the Miami Vice television series saw men wearing casual t-shirts underneath expensive suit jackets. Miami Vice was a popular television series (five seasons on NBC from 1984-1989) starring Don Johnson (James Sonny Crockett) and Philip Michael Thomas (Ricardo Rico Tubbs) as two Miami police detectives working undercover. ...

Sales of Ray Ban 'Aviator' sunglasses jumped 40%, following the release of the 1986 film Top Gun, they were worn predominantly by Maverick, played by Tom Cruise and Iceman, played by Val Kilmer. Ray Ban is a manufacturer of sunglasses, founded in 1937 by Bausch & Lomb, on commission of the United States Air Force. ... Top Gun is a 1986 American film directed by Tony Scott and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in association with Paramount Pictures. ... Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV on July 3, 1962 in Syracuse, New York) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies and remains one of the most successful movie stars in... Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. ...

Both sexes were wearing stylish undergarments, such as those modeled by celebrities and on television. Women began to favor satin fabrics for lingerie, and the Jockey company, long known for its mens line, began manufacturing lace-trimmed, french cut styles aimed at more conservative women. The teddy, or all in one camisole and tap pants was often worn on television, by stars such as Cybill Shephard in Moonlighting, and was very popular as a more modest garment that nearly eliminated the need for a slip. Bright jewel tones to match the silk charmeuse and satin blouses shown on Dallas and Dynasty were the rage. With baseball star Jim Palmer the new Jockey pitchman, focus on skimpy bikinis and bold prints worn by the athlete in print ads became popular. Fashion underwear was influenced by Michael J. Fox's lilac Calvin Klein briefs in "Back to the Future," and Oakland Raiders star Howie Long in colorful Hanes bikini and colored brief ads. Colored, patterned, and figured men's bikinis or low rise briefs, for the trim pant silhouettes, were available and widely popular with men of all ages.

At the beginning of the decade digital watches with metal bands were the dominant fashion. They remained popular but lost some of their status in later years. Newer digital watches with built-in calculators and primitive data organizers were strictly for gadget geeks. Adult professionals returned to dial watches by mid-decade. Leather straps returned as an option. By late in the decade some watch faces had returned to Roman numerals. In contrast, one ultramodern status symbol was the Movado museum watch. It featured a sleek design with a single large dot at twelve o'clock. Teen culture preferred vibrant plastic Swatch watches. These first appeared in Europe and reached North America by the middle of the decade. Young people would often wear two or three of these watches on the same arm. Movado is a Swiss watch company, whose name is Esperanto for movement. The company is most renowned for their Museum watches that feature a black clock face with a single point at XII oclock. ... Swatch is a brand of stylish quartz watches (some available in Automatic) produced by The Swatch Group Ltd. ...

Late 1980s

Acid-washed jeans and jean jackets had now become very strong with both sexes. Acid washing is the process of chemically bleaching the denim so it would break down the fiber of material, forcing the dye to fade and thus leaving undertones of the original dye which would leave pale white streaks or spots on the material. This became associated with the heavy metal trend (called "hair metal" in later decades for the large frizzy coiffures worn by both male and female enthusiasts). Big and eccentric hair styles were popularized by film and music stars in particular amongst teenagers. There was generally an excessive amount of mousse used in styling an individual's hair which resulted in a desired shiny look and greater volume, some mousse even contained glitter. The mullet existed in several different styles, all characterized by hair short on the sides and long in the back. Mullets were popular in suburban and rural areas among working class men. This contrasted with a conservative look favored by business professionals, with neatly groomed short hair for men and sleekly straight hair for women. White collar men's haircuts were often shaved at the nape of the neck to create an artificially even hairline. Women's hairstyles became increasingly long in the latter part of the decade and blunt cuts dominated. Unlike 1970s blunt cuts, which were often longest at the spine, late 1980s long hair reached an equal length across the back. During the middle and late 1980s it was unfashionable to part either men's or women's hair. Jean is a common female given name in English-speaking countries, pronounced (IPA). ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1967 and 1974, mixed blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the... Hair mousse is a toiletry consisting of aerosol spray foam which is added to hair for extra volume and shine. ... A typical mullet Mullet in profile A mullet is a haircut that is short in the front, on the top, and on the sides, but long in the back. ...

One popular look for men in the late 1980s was Hawaiian shirts. Often they would be complemented with sport coats with stitched looks. They were often gray and white, and were worn for both casual and business settings. When worn in the business setting, they were often worn without a tie. Authentic Aloha shirts are dull in color and are adorned with traditional Hawaiian quilt patterns. ...

Leather jackets popularized by Michael Jackson and films like The Lost Boys, often studded and left undone to create a messier look. Oversized, slouch shouldered faded leather jackets with puffy sleeves from Europe caught on. Gloves, sometimes fingerless, would also accompany the jacket. Late in the decade plain brown aviator jackets made a comeback, styled after World War II fighter pilot jackets. Already popular aviators were joined by other forms of sunglasses. It was not unusual for sunglasses or shades as they were known, to be worn at night. Leather jackets A leather jacket is a piece of outerwear. ... For other people with the same name, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation) Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana) is an American musician and entertainer whose successful music career and controversial personal life have been at the forefront of pop culture for the last quarter-century. ... The Lost Boys is a 1987 American comedy/horror film about young Californians who must fight a gang of teenage vampires. ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8 million Civilian dead: 4 million Total dead: 12 million World War II... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ...

Earrings became a mainstream fashion for male teenagers. Teen culture held that to pierce the left ear was acceptable for a heterosexual male. A right ear piercing indicated homosexuality. Adults who did not understand the fad worried about how this would affect young men's job prospects as they reached adulthood. Ear piercings left a scar even if they closed from disuse. Increasingly short hair fashions for men meant that there was no way to conceal the mark, which remained taboo among older generations. A womans ear with a large silver earring. ...

Ensembles featuring the colors of Africa, green yellow and red, become popular among African Americans mainly named kente cloth. In the urban hip-hop communities however, sneakers usually worn unlaced, tons of gold jewelry and headwraps donned the young of the eighties. African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... Jewelry (the American spelling; spelled jewellery in Commonwealth English) consists of ornamental devices worn by persons, typically made with gems and precious metals. ...

Severely bleached and ripped jeans, either manufactured purposely or done by hand, become a popular fashion trend, being a main component of glam metal music acts such as Poison. Although gay men have often been thought of as trendsetters in the fashion world, elements of gay fashion exploded into the mainstream in the 1980s. The outdoor look, such as the wearing of huge hiking boots, jeans and flannel shirts in the city caught on, drag styles for men and butch styles for women spread into straight society. Tattooing and piercing began to enter the mainstream. Blue Jeans The backpocket of a pair of Evisu jeans. ... Glam metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music, that arose in the late 1970s in the United States. ... Poison was also the name of both a shortlived British punk group who eventually became the thrash metal band Anihilated, and a German black metal band. ...

References

• John Peacock, The 1980s, ISBN 0500280762 (October 1, 1998)
• Tom Tierney, Great Fashion Designs of the Eighties, ISBN 0486400743 (Mar 18, 1998)
• Catherine McDermott, Made in Britain: Tradition and Style in Contemporary British Fashion, ISBN 1840005459 (May 9, 2002)
• Christopher Breward, Fashion, ISBN 0192840304 (Jun 1, 2003)

External links

• New Romantics 1980s Fashion History
• Nostalgia Central - Fashion in the 1980s
• Museum of 1980's sports and leisurewear