The document summarizes 1980s fashion trends, including shoulder pads, miniskirts, leg warmers, huge earrings, fingerless gloves, parachute pants, Members Only jackets, acid wash jeans, oversized tops, and Units clothing. Key looks included the power suit, Madonna's style, and accessories like Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and jelly shoes. Major designers mentioned were Calvin Klein and fashion reflected the era's embrace of bright colors, self-expression, and blending of street and athletic wear into everyday outfits.

3. 1980
• Hip Hop, the black communities of the USA, rap music, graffiti
art, sportswear-based dress and other cultural elements.

4. New Romantics—
wearing
flamboyant (flashy)
clothes. Most of
the fashion of this
new period were
taken and
modified right
from punk
fashion...the
streaky eyeliner,
the spiked hair,
etc that was worn
and displayed.

5. Graffiti—art or vandalism (damage)?

6. Madonna Effect :- Please note Asymmetrical haircut and experiment with
color

7. Thriller look!
• The Thriller look was inspired by Michael Jackson's record
breaking album Thriller.
• Teenagers would attempt to replicate the look of
Jackson, which included matching red/black leather
pants and jackets, one glove, sunglasses, and curl.
• Leather jackets popularized by Michael Jackson

9. Preppy!
• Actress Justine Bateman in 1987
wearing a cropped bolero-style
jacket over a tight, flesh-colored
Lycra dress.
• Conservative teenagers, especially
in the United States wore a style
that came to be known as "preppy.
• " Preppy fashions are associated
with classic and conservative style
of dressing.”

10. 1980’s:
• The second fashion fad started
with exercise. Exercise became
a big deal in the 80's and
exercise clothes became bright
and worn casually. Lycra and
spandex was a big material
used, usually coloured in
brilliant greens and pinks and
loose knitted T, played an
important role.

11. • 1980s fashion tended to be
rebellious, colorful, and
crazy
• People used fashion to
express themselves
• But to some extent
conservative fashion
theory was missing here!
• Leggings, legwarmers, and
anything brightly colored
was in style
• Lots of glitz!

12. • Power suits emerge
– Broad shouldered, double-breasted suits!

13. 1980’s: Fashion Designer
• Calvin Richard Klein (born
November 19, 1942) is an
American fashion designer. In
1968, he launched the
company that would later
become Calvin Klein Inc.
• In addition to clothing,
Calvin Klein also gave his name
to a range of perfumes,
including and (fragrances for
both genders), now owned by
Coty Inc. Swatch Group
manufactures watches and
jewelry under the Calvin Klein
and Calvin Klein Jeans brands

14. Top 10 80’s Fashion Trends
• Shoulder Pads
• Mini Skirts
• Leg Warmers
• Huge Earrings
• Fingerless Gloves
• Parachute Pants
• Members Only Jackets
• Stretch Pants
• Oversized Tops
• UNITS (one size fits all clothing store)

15. 1980’s
• The 1980's brought two very
different styles in. One style ruled
the business world especially with
the women. Women's business suits
had broader shoulders, with the help
of shoulder pads, the suits
resembled those of the 30's except
with much brighter colours like
yellows, blues and pinks.

16. • The reason behind the sudden popularity of shoulder
pads 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 shoulder pads could be attached.

17. The 1980’s
• “The power look” – a uniform
style of suits and blazers with
shoulder pads called “Power
dressing”.
• Remained popular throughout
the 1980s and even the first
three years of the 1990s.

18. • women and girls loved miniskirts.
• Denim was the most popular, but miniskirts
were made in a number of other materials
including knit and leather.
• These were often paired with leggings. The
only people who weren’t wearing miniskirts in
the 80s were men (ok, well some did) and
elderly women.

19. Whatever be
the reasoning
was at the
time, at least
one or two
pairs of leg
warmers
could be
found in
Leg Warmers every girl’s
were not just for dresser
exercising in the
80s. These were
actually worn as a
fashion item!
Usually in
conjunction with a
short mini skirt.

20. Members Only Jacket
• Chances are, if you
were into 80s
fashion, you had a
Members Only
Jacket. These
jackets were very
popular in the 80s.
They were first
introduced in 1981
and came in a
variety of colors.

22. Acid Wash Jeans
• were jeans that were soaked in chlorine or
some other product that removed the top
layer of blue denim and left the jeans looking
white with blue undertones.
• If you were really cool in the 80s you wore the
matching acid washed denim coat to match
the jeans.

23. • You know how cute Christmas ornaments look on a
tree? During the 80s we thought the same would
apply to our ears. Huge earrings from various
costume jewelry collections were all the rage and if
your earrings didn’t touch your shoulder, they
weren’t big enough.

24. Fingerless Gloves
• Fingerless gloves were another odd 80s
fashion fad, and it seems to be coming back
into style.
• From romance enthusiasts to punk-rock fans,
fingerless gloves were popular with quite a
variety of 80s genres.
• The fingerless gloves are forever
interconnected with Madonna's look in the
mid-80s in her boy toy phase.

25. Stretch-Stirrup Pants

26. Oversized Tops
80s fashion fad of oversized tops. Big sweaters, sweatshirts and
t-shirts were totally hot and wearing them over a miniskirt or a
pair of leggings made them even hotter. These tops were most
often belted with big and gaudy, low slung belts with the top
bloused over the belt.

27. UNITS
• A one-size-fits-all clothing store featuring knit skirts, shirts,
belts and leggings in coordinating colors. The clothes were
sold in UNITS boutiques located in malls throughout the
United States. You could buy six different pieces of UNITS
clothing and create an entire wardrobe from them. It goes
without saying that UNITS did not make it out of the 80s

29. • In the late 1980s, in Italy
and most of Europe, it was
the fashion for teenage girls
and young women to dress
completely in black. Note
the wide belt with Bold
buckle worn low at the
hips!

30. Date : 1981

31. Title : Party Dress 1981

32. 1985!
• Princess Diana is
wearing a pearl choker,
1985!
• Designer jewelry, such
as diamonds and pearls
were popular among
many women, not only
for beauty, but as
symbols of wealth and
power.

33. Eighties Fashion
1985

34. Title : Trendy Couple
Date : 1985

35. Ray-Ban Wayfarer Sunglasses
Ray-Ban Wayfarers were by far the most popular
sunglasses worn in the 80s. Originally designed in
the 1950s, the Wayfarer had declined in popularity
by the late 70s. That all changed in 1983 when Tom
Cruise wore them for his break out movie role in
the film Risky Business. Demand for the glasses took
off with hundreds of thousands being sold
immediately after the release of the movie. The
glasses could be seen on many of the top celebrities
of the 80s, including Michael Jackson, Don Johnson,
and Madonna.

36. Jellies
were shoes made out of
PVC plastic that, for some
reason, were very popular
in the 80s. The shoes were
transparent and shiny
(hence the Jelly name) and
usually had some kind of
glitter on them. You could
usually pick up a pair of
these "high quality" shoes
for about a dollar!