This Is My 80s Bro - 80's Party Costume Fancy Dress T-Shirt

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Punk Dressing Style 80s UK music culture shifted from punk to giving birth to the post-punk fashion era that included new stylistic movements such as Goth and Indie. The post-punk fashion trend of the 80s was led by unorthodox fashion designers such as Vivienne Westwood. Inspirational films:“Flashdance”– Jennifer Beales had a huge part in popularising dancewear as streetwear. “Beetlejuice”– Geena Davis for her curly permed, Laura Ashley dressed housewife, and Catherine O’Hara for her power dressed art dealer character. “Desperately Seeking Susan” perfectly captures 80’s style clothing as Madonna and Rosanna Arquette model frosted perms, lace gloves, multiple chains, wayfarer sunglasses and lots of attitude.

Notable shoulder pads matched vaporous dresses with puffed sleeves to create unique geometric shapes and cuts. Jewellery in 1980s fashion was small and fussy, in gold preferably, or big and bold. Massive earrings in both button and dangly styles highlighted the face. Costume jewellery was perfectly ok, and obvious plastic not a problem – it made for the brightest of colours, anyway. Costume gilt was made to catch people’s eye – buttons or earrings, it had to be big and smoothly shiny. Oversized men’s watches or dainty gold watches were worn by women.The products – which often bear the brand’s name on the elastic band – were way famous before Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid modeled them. Its popularity in the 80s was largely brought by Brooke Shields and Christy Turlington – who are considered two of the hottest models of the 80s. Sunglasses: Ray-Ban The music television channels (MTV launched in 1981) and the first generation of personal computers (1st Apple Computer launched in 1984) significantly influenced the looks of 80s fashion. Stirrup Pants and Leggings Trend Designed for comfort and simplicity, 80s stirrup pants and leggings were some of the most loved 80s styles, worn as either the gym or casual outfit pants.

Apart from the designer brands stated above, 80s fashion also enjoyed a dash of color – many thanks to the United Colors of Benetton. Founded in 1965, the Italian brand became the 80’s fashionable voice behind various issues. Meanwhile, Andre Agassi and John McEnroe famously wore large mono-lens sunglasses with high base-curve injected plastic lightweight frames. If you’re looking for that 80’s tennis court look, choose large mirrored lenses with a tight wraparound curvature. Blenders eyewear offer all kinds of frames and sun lenses for different sports and light conditions. In the 1980’s, Wayfarer sunglasses were a symbol of style, attitude, and power. And no brand was more associated with this image than Ray-Ban. Thanks to their association with celebrities and movie stars, Wayfarers became the must-have accessory for anyone who wanted to look cool. Hair was teased and permed to the limits, voluminously styled, and sometimes crimped; make-up was bold with clashing colors, almost like face paint. Easily the most futuristic sunglasses design during the ‘80s, cyclops sunglasses featured a mono-lens design for maximum facial coverage. Inspired by sci-fi films, these robotic-looking shades wrap closely around your head for full eye protection and maximum retro aesthetics. Cyclops shades are having a resurgence in both sports and avantgarde fashion.The 80s fashion styles were influenced by those times stars and celebrities, promoting fitness and aerobic exercises on TV.

Clothes Printed With Animal Patterns After reaching peak popularity in the 60s, ‘Animal Prints’ returned to the 80s fashion scene, popularized by 80s celebrities like Joan Collins and Bon Jovi and iconic fashion shows such as Yves Saint Laurent F/W 1982/83 runway. Form meets function in at least a few instances of 1980s fashion. And that goes beyond the function of making bold statements and standing out in a big world that could overlook people who went with the flow. With parachute pants, the material and shape helped those who wore them . The light, loose fabric made moving easy / YouTube screenshot

This period of inter-war expansion was overseen by a new generation of the family. Harry Moss joined the business at the age of 13, learning the trade on the shop floor. In 1921, aged 25, he was made director and became fondly known as the ‘Guvnor’. Harry was particularly interested in growing the readymade section of the business, in line with the developments happening in the new factories in the East End and in Leeds. He drew on the skills of London’s Jewish migrants to achieve this. The firm hired two key figures: ‘Sol Rye’ Debensky, who cut the coats, and Sam Levy, who did the trousers. Levy had been born in Poland in 1890 but was established as a fixing tailor in Whitechapel by 1911. By 1921, he had his own workshop in Mile End and in 1925 Moss Bros began to employ him. It has been estimated that, by the time he died, Levy must have made almost half a million pairs of Moss Bros trousers. Worn with colorful leotards (among many other vibrant things), large neon earrings are often sported with a larger-than-life coif. They’re also paired with many other 80s accessories, such as the ones that will be discussed below. Much of Moss Bros’ success over the twentieth century can be attributed to Harry Moss, who understood how to tell a compelling story about clothes and the impact they can have. Formal wear in Britain is both aspirational and tied to a strict social hierarchy. Moss Bros helped its customers feel confident that the firm’s clothes allowed them to belong in British society, no matter where they came from. When Hellmut Feisenberger fled to London from Nazi Germany in 1933, he found that the clothes he brought with him marked his difference. He became a Moss Bros customer, using the company’s services to help his integration into British life and his eventual role as chief cataloguer for Sotheby’s auction house. Dresses With Oversized Shoulder Pads A more subtle vibe of power was conveyed via the ’80s padded shoulder dresses. Joan Collins; Dolly Parton (1987); Brooke Shields; Princess Diana.

Designed to promote gripping, fingerless gloves were made to another thing – and that is to keep the hands cool. And while it’s often worn by weightlifters, cyclists, rollerbladers, and skateboarders, these gloves – which are usually netted in design – have become more of a fashion accessory in the 1980s. Plastic Bangles News Breaking News! This category is devoted to all of our news articles, with a focus on the biggest breaking stories in the world of show business. We’ve managed to break plenty of viral news stories in the past, from the release of the new Lion King live-action movie to the announcement that Holly Willoughby would be replacing Ant McPartlin on I’m A Celebrity. As well as entertainment news we also feature breaking articles from the most weird and wonderful corners of the internet. If you want to keep up-to-date with fascinating news stories that are slightly off-the-radar, then this is the place to be.Nevertheless, watching After the Screaming Stops, it is hard to avoid the feeling that the traumatic aspects of Bros’s success might have outweighed the positives. In the documentary’s most disturbing moment, the brothers recall appearing on TV chatshow Wogan, performing and taking delivery of platinum discs, hours after being told that their sister had been killed by a drunken driver. This is an edited excerpt from the chapter ‘Moss Bros | Generations of Moss’ in the book Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style , by Bethan Bide and Lucie Whitmore, available to buy at the Museum of London online shop . Experimental, outlandish and unforgettable, this decade of futurism explored the definition of what eyewear could be.