1981 saw a brief fall vogue for knickers. Continuing a trend begun during the late 1970s, cropped pants and revivals of 1950s and early '60s styles like pedal-pushers and Capri pants were popular. Women's pants of the 1980s were, in general, worn with long inseams, and by 1982 the flared jeans of the 70s had gone out of fashion in favor of straight leg trousers. Widespread fashions for women in the early 1980s included sweaters (including turtleneck, crew neck, and v-neck varieties) fur-lined puffer jackets tunics faux-fur coats velvet blazers trench coats (made in both fake and real leather) crop tops tube tops knee-length skirts (of no prescribed length, as designers opted for choice) loose, flowy, knee-length dresses (with high-cut and low-cut necklines, varying sleeve lengths, and made in a variety of fabrics including cotton, silk, satin, and polyester) high-waisted loose pants embroidered jeans leather pants and designer jeans, though jeans were not as widely worn as during the 1970s.

Fashionable clothing in the early 1980s included unisex and gender-specific attire.

In the UK and America, clothing colors were subdued, quiet and basic varying shades of brown, tan, cream, and orange were common. In the US and Europe, practicality was considered just as much as aesthetics. The early 1980s witnessed a backlash against the brightly colored disco fashions of the late 1970s in favor of a minimalist approach to fashion, with less emphasis on accessories.Minimalism Young woman in 1980 wearing a low-cut spaghetti strap dress. Some of the top fashion models of the 1980s were Brooke Shields, Christie Brinkley, Gia Carangi, Joan Severance, Kim Alexis, Carol Alt, Yasmin Le Bon, Renée Simonsen, Kelly Emberg, Inès de La Fressange, Tatjana Patitz, Elle Macpherson, and Paulina Porizkova. Everyday fashion in the 1980s consisted of light-colored lips, dark and thick eyelashes, and pink or red rouge (otherwise known as blush). Women in the 1980s wore bright, heavy makeup. Television shows such as Dynasty helped popularize the high volume bouffant and glamorous image associated with it. Hair in the 1980s was typically big, curly, bouffant and heavily styled. This phenomenon has been associated with such phenomena as street style, punk and post-punk, as well as the phenomenon of deconstruction in fashion. In the 1980s, alternative trends became widespread. One of the features of fashion in the second half of the 1980s was the interest in alternative forms.

The first half of the decade was relatively tame in comparison to the second half, which was when apparel became very bright and vivid in appearance. Punk fashion began as a reaction against both the hippie movement of the past decades and the materialist values of the current decade. ( Jackée Harry, 1988)įashion of the 1980s was characterized by a rejection of 1970s fashion. video gamesĪmong women large hair-dos and puffed-up styles typified the decade.

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