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[Blade2.0]

So, I was born in 1987 and I never understood it. It looked terrible, honestly that whole decade looked like ass. Every woman and man (at least in the states) with garbage hairstyles, gaudy fashion sense and shoulder pads every where. Why? Someone tell me why.

 

[kanjobazooie]

When I was a kid (in the early 90s), I thought women wore them to look big and muscular.

 

[Rest]

honestly that whole decade looked like ass.

Why make a thread just to announce you have no tase?

 

[Blade2.0]

Why make a thread just to announce you have no tase?

Yea, it's fucking me with the bad taste...

Nah, it's all of you that had to breathe the leaded gasoline as kids with the bad taste

 

[Mossybrew]

OP discovering how fashion styles change, babby grows up.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Every decade looks ridiculous to the next. Back when I was in high school it was Hollister, American Eagle, Doc Martins, fur lined hoodies, and popped collars.


We looked like fucking douchebags.

 

[Blade2.0]

OP discovering how fashion styles change, babby grows up.

Yes, for the better. The 80s was garbage.

 

[Mossybrew]

Yes, for the better. The 80s was garbage.

Can't argue with that.

 

[Blade2.0]

Every decade looks ridiculous to the next. Back when I was in high school it was Hollister, American Eagle, Doc Martins, fur lined hoodies, and popped collars.


We looked like fucking douchebags.

We were dressed by adults that couldn't properly dress themselves. What did you expect?!

 

[Blade2.0]

Can't argue with that.

I'm mostly just having a laugh, but I really did hate the shoulder pads. It has always looked comical to me.

 

[bender]

Every decade looks ridiculous to the next. Back when I was in high school it was Hollister, American Eagle, Doc Martins, fur lined hoodies, and popped collars.


We looked like fucking douchebags.

 

[jufonuk]

Grunge fashion looked good still does.

 

[sinnergy]

Look swole as fuck !

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

Two words. Miami Vice.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Are you looking me in the eyes and telling me you wouldn't make fun of your teenage self in his bootcut jeans and fur lined Hollister/American Eagle hoodie?

 

[k_trout]

how dare you

 

[ahtlas7]

You should have been born about 15 years earlier then you’d have a different opinion. Not really

 

[Locutus]

So, I was born in 1987 and I never understood it. It looked terrible, honestly that whole decade looked like ass. Every woman and man (at least in the states) with garbage hairstyles, gaudy fashion sense and shoulder pads every where. Why? Someone tell me why.

80s fashion was straight trash. Nearly everything about it was terrible.

 

[bender]

Are you looking me in the eyes and telling me you wouldn't make fun of your teenage self in his bootcut jeans and fur lined Hollister/American Eagle hoodie?

Leave Doc Martin's out of this please.

 

[Nobody_Important]

80s fashion was straight trash. Nearly everything about it was terrible.

I don't know. It had it's moments.


EDIT: Okay so I was going to post some hot ass examples of 80's fashion working wonders on women and men alike because I have fucking SEEN them, but thanks to the hellscape that is Instagram and TikTok along with the shit ass google algorithm that gives what is popular instead of WHAT YOU FUCKING ASKED FOR I just get random internet whores (both men and women) in the search results trying to pretend they give a damn about the aesthetic mixed in with random off angle shots of what is clearly vintage 80's photos, but is NOT what I asked for.


God damn it I just want pictures of vintage 80's models and shit Google. Give me the 80's workout clothes and the ridiculous tight jeans and cutoff tops. Not Sarah and Kevin who like TOTALLY just wanna pop off and look lit in their made up costumes so their simp followers can "like comment and subscribe"!

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[GymWolf]

The only valid shoulder pads consist in you having a motorcycle with at least 100hp and a bicker jacket with shoulder protection.

 

[k_trout]

^^

 

[nkarafo]

how dare you

That's cheating. She can wear a clown costume and still look good.

 

[Nobody_Important]

That's cheating. She can wear a clown costume and still look good.

You gave me unwanted mental images.

 

[GeekyDad]

...Why? ...

Marketing.

/thread

 

[Patrick S.]

I was going to blame Milli Vanilli but they were probably late to the shoulder pad party

 

[Kadve]

Broad, pointy shoulders was in the vogue at the time. The trend was also popular back in the Interwar period and a lot of stuff of that era saw a reurgence in the 70s-80s. These included.

 

[ClanOfNone]

80's fashion is hideous, I love it. Still the best decade to be a kid in. Incredible movies, great music, and the rise of video games and arcades, it was a helluva time to be alive.

 

[Insane Metal]

Anyone who hates the 80s is my enemy. The 80s were the best. Music, fashion, culture, just everything.

 

[Aesius]

I was going to blame Milli Vanilli but they were probably late to the shoulder pad party

Girl you know it’s

Girl you know it’s

Girl you know it’s

Girl you know it’s

Girl you know it’s

 

[jufonuk]

Girl you know it’s

Girl you know it’s

Girl you know it’s

Girl you know it’s

Girl you know it’s

 

[jason10mm]

Everyone was still thin in the 80's (partly due to smoking and cocaine , but mostly because sugar hadn't quite won yet) so fashion could be more experimental.

 

[AJUMP23]

I thought 80s fashion had a lot of character and was a lot of fun. I know my moms clothes had shoulder pads but I never paid attention to them.

The company I work for now the CEO still wears ladies business suits with huge shoulder pads.

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Business moms in the 80s thinking they discovered the epitome of fashion:

 

[Revolutionary]

 

[Darchaos]

Im downtown right now, and im wearing a mighty fine pair of shoulder pads. Dont leave home without them.

 

[jm89]

Will forgive them. Fuckers gave us good music.

 

[Rival]

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

 

[Mihos]

Everyone was still thin in the 80's (partly due to smoking and cocaine , but mostly because sugar hadn't quite won yet) so fashion could be more experimental.

I still remember the one fat kid in high school

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

On a side note what it today’s fashion like?

 

[jufonuk]

And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

 

[Grildon Tundy]

On a side note what it today’s fashion like?

I would also like to know this. Beyond minor cosmetic plastic surgeries being more mainstream, I couldnt tell you what I should be doing to keep up these days.

Going by what I see in work video calls...is it pajamas?

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Because i looked cool and sexy. On the right woman

 

[Northeastmonk]

My mother wore them. I remember looking at them and trying to pull them out. Some were sewn, some were tucked into a small pouch. Ugly blouses.

 

[ReBurn]

Those were interesting years for fashion. I remember sport coats coming with shoulder pads and I would take a seam ripper and rip them out because they were so uncomfortable. The 90's was really weird for fashion all around, though. Zubaz and ugly grandpa sweaters and berets all at once.

 

[kruis]

Ah, just think of the fun future generations will have when they see photos of fashionable men and women of today with their weirdly colored hair, glasses, nose piercings and tattoos. They'll believe the world went crazy in the 2020ies - and they'd be absolutely right.

 

[Blade2.0]

Ah, just think of the fun future generations will have when they see photos of fashionable men and women of today with their weirdly colored hair, glasses, nose piercings and tattoos. They'll believe the world went crazy in the 2020ies - and they'd be absolutely right.

Haven't people done that since the 80s? I feel like 80s hair bands started that trend.

 

[poodaddy]

^^

Cocaine and starvation diets were at an all time high for women in the 80's apparently.

 

[belmarduk]

how dare you

Jenniffer Connoly sure is looking good these days. She was great in M3GAN.

 

[-Minsc-]

Broad, pointy shoulders was in the vogue at the time. The trend was also popular back in the Interwar period and a lot of stuff of that era saw a reurgence in the 70s-80s. These included.

Vegeta, what does the scouter say about her power level?

Because i looked cool and sexy. On the right woman

I'm thinking diamond is unbreakable.

Ah, just think of the fun future generations will have when they see photos of fashionable men and women of today with their weirdly colored hair, glasses, nose piercings and tattoos. They'll believe the world went crazy in the 2020ies - and they'd be absolutely right.

Loudly coloured hair can stay in anime.