Clothes of the Eighties, Clothes Beginning with misc

The eighties saw a wider variety and quicker change in clothing styles than currently. That's why I thought this list would be fun for others to read and add to, so feel free to send me any suggestions. Years are approximated, since some fashions tended to last longer in some regions opposed to other regions.

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Name Sex What When Description
17th Street Surf Shop Male/Femal T-shirt 1986 + White background with various designs, sometimes a surfing cat
8-ball (or other pool ball) leather jackets Both Clothes 198? Think of Salt -n- Peppa
andrew male sleeveless tee shirt 1988 I have the 1988 College Special Edition of Rolling Stone and it shows both Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in these, but has no collegiate content. The miami vice look was big in the late 80's OUCHY!!!
aqua-net hairspray unisex super hold hairspray 80-89 All you needed was a 1/2 can of aqua-net, and you could achieve any style, any height! Perfect for a tight perm to blow out bangs to the ceiling. Required 2 shampooings to remove and still left white "glue-like" substance in hair, the build-up made it easier to get skyscraper bangs next styling!
arm warmer both, but mostly female a long glove with no hand 1988 These were essentially elbow-lengh gloves with no hands. I saw them worn by The Stingers members Phoebe "Rapture" Ashe and Ingrid "Minx" Kruger in the last year of Jem. Rapture sometimes wore only one.
arnica male collar button signaling mid 1980s In many junior high subcultures if you buttoned your collar it meant you were "taken": if you left them unbottoned you were "free".
arnica male one pierced ear early to mid 1980s It was fashionable for guys to have one pierced ear. In the junior high subculture if you had your left ear pierced you were straight, and if you had your right ear pierced you were gay. No one pierced both ears but George Michaels, so it was speculated that he was bisexual. It turns out this was true, and now I think he's come out as queer.
bandanas unisex accessory 1983-89? Rockers and New Wavers favored these worn cowboy-style. The styles ran from western to bright checks to tiger stripes. You could also roll one, tie a triangle knot in it, and wear it with the knot in front with your Polo shirt, collar up, of course.
bangles female accessory 1980's These came in various sizes from thin to thick and wide. They were mostly round but also came in square and wavy.
baseball-style concert t-shirts both shirts 1980-88 Concert shirts with colored 3/4 sleeves on a white scoop-tailed t-shirt - most likely bands: Journey, Genesis, Asia, ELO, Phil Collins, Styx.
boxer boots male canvas boot 1984 You had to buy 2 pair . 2 different colours you had to wear a different colour on each foot.
braided leather belt male accessories late 80's Extra long braided belt, looped, and allowed to hang to the ground, the longer the bettter. Also cool was to have your baseball cap strapped to your belt loop on the same side.
caterina female leggings 80's strechy-like capri's that go under short dresses or skirts (usually black or brown)
charm necklaces female 1984 - 1986 Popular with younger kids, not sure about high schoolers. These were plastic link necklaces with plastic charms that would clip onto them. Girls used to trade charms with their friends. You could fit A LOT of charms on them because they clipped all along the plastic links. Most of the charms had little bells attached so you were sort of noisy walking around with them. Some of the charms had cool moving parts, like a plastic roller skate with moving wheels. They were really popular around 1985 or so. In sixth grade even my teacher had one!
clutch purses f purse dont know No strap purses that you had to "clutch" under your arm. Rabbit fur was very popular but your arm tended to wear off the fur.
converse both sneakers 1986 ish My mom used to wear CONVERSE with almost everything ...she had white ones and would change the shoelaces...it was pretty cool!
corset belt female accessory c.1987-88 A corset belt is a short, wide belt that laces up the center, it's basically a short, belt version of the medieval European corset vest. These were worn with minidresses, cinched over big shirts, or worn like a regular belt. I've seen them worn on Jem in the third season.
dungeres girl jeans 1980s ???????
fedora both head mid 80s through early 90s Fedoras could be worn with everything mostly if you had long hair.
gelati jeans femail clothing Jeans brought out by companies such as Nif Naf and Sandy Surf Co. These jeans are similar to bubblegum jeans. They came out in a range of gelati colours, with one of the most popular colurs being peppermint green.
hair bobbles and slides female for bunches 1981-83 novelty hair slides such as tothbrushes were liked. Hair bobbles were often just hard round and plastic and huge, but there were many new designs happening. hairbands and bun-nets were popular.
jammers unisex sunglasses 80'-90's Jammers multicoloured sunglasses
jaw clips Female head late 80's Brightly colored jaw clips used to pull up one side of the hair while the other side was left hanging. Paired with dangle earrings that reached your shoulders you were considered cool. And from what I am seeing the jaw clips and the earrings are coming back. Not used in the same manner of course...lol
jeans with white piping m/f 80's Mostly girls wore these. The jeans had a white piping down the outside of each leg.
jelly shoes female shoes '80s Clear shoes that little girls wore. Came mostly in clear or pink, and, if you were lucky, sparkily. Usually worn with socks that had beads at the tops so when you folded them it would produce a jingle-bead effect. All the rage in pre-k, but everyone soon caught on.
john m Skillito Thongs early 80's Really narrow thongs that every time they were worn your feet would end up really black as they paper thin on the soles. they were brightly coloured
john fluvogs female shoes 80s shoes that were SO pointed you could kill the smallest spider in a corner.
laura female Empire Waist Skirt 88-90 Skirt who's waistline came up to just below the bustline area, common in pencil and ra-ra skirt styles - somtimes worn with suspenders and/or bolero jacket
leaf earrings female leaf earrings 1981-82 Gold leaves that looked like actual gilded elm or poplar leaves hanging from the earlobes by a small chain. Very popular in my Texas suburb with Siouxsie Sioux-style teased hair and the briefly popular under-the-hair headbands (as opposed to the Native American-style over-the-hair headbands of the late 1960s/early 1970s).
lee lee female butterfly tops 1986 These were blousy dressy tops made of sequins in the pattern of a butterfly. The sleeves even hung a bit like the wings and the entire shirt made up the actual butterfly. We wore these with black stretch pants and matching flats.
leggins female skin type lycra trousers 1980's Lycra material trousers which are skin tight mostly worn inside to lounge around in. Came in blue and pink. Also worn working out.
liberty spikes both hair 1980s-today Spikey hair that is chunked into long parts that taper to a point usually any color of the rainbow and can be very long, 3 ft tops beeswax is usually used to put them up.
lisa f Italy Jackets 1986 Okay, if you lived in Philly or New York this was a must have for all the guidos. It was a white silk material jacket with a zipper. You dudes would have your name embroidered on the front and on the bag was a huge Italy boot! Around the waistband and wrists were the italy colors on the elastic, red green and white. Oh my god, with the gold chains with the italian horn hanging and the black slicked back hair, it made my heart skip a beat! Damn if they didn't get out of the iroc smelling like cheap cologne, send my heart aflutter.
megan female for this information like now i need this website and everything....!
melanie female def leppard british flag t-shirts 80's the famous t-shirt that looked like an entire british flag front and back made famous by Def Leppard.
melanie female rainbow shirts 80's 3/4" sleeve white shirts with a rainbow extending from 1 arm, across the chest to the other arm.
mid mohawks both hair 1985-95 Mohawks that were gelled on top,and left the hair on the sides down very famous for punk rockers
moon boots female/male snow boots. 80-89 moon boots were the boots that looked like neil armstrongs when he landed on the moon. mostly kids wore them in the snow, but sometimes there would always be that one kid who wore them all the time and they smelled so bad.
mullet female safety pins mid to late 80's You were not stylin unless you had about 15 safety pins giving the bottom of your jeans that great "tappered" look.
nICOLE FEMALE Esprit Woven Shoes 1987 White leather woven sandal-like shoes. Kinda of crisscrossed like a checkerboard on the top of foot and woven around heel. So cool! Only white!!
net gloves both accessory 1980's These were fingerless gloves made of a lacy or fishnet pattern that ranged from wrist length to over the elbow.
nightwear female nightdresses 1982 Victoria plum or similar design such as mrs piggy nightdress in pastel colours pink yellow and blue, They were often quite long with a valance at the bottom that flared out like a gypsy dress.
peg rolled jeans both jeans 80's Jeans that you pulled so tight at the ankle then rolled them 1-2 times.
peter pan Boots female boots 1980's Peter Pan Boots came in leather or suede, you would fold over the top of the boot. You tucked your guess jeans into the boot or your stirup pants. They were very cool
philly kid male casal glasses '82 - '90 Very expensive, trendy eyeglasses worn by hip hoppers of the 80's. The frame was made of plastic with 14k gold on the rim, nose bridge and along the top of the frame. These glasses were also sought after by thieves who often went so far as to murder individuals who were reluctant to hand them over. Yep, that was the 80's.
ring sweater F sweater early 1980s Any solid color sweater with a design encircling the neck -- like a ring.
rita Male/Female I.D Bracelets early 80's I.D Bracelets-usually worn by couples with their names inscribed on the inside.
rolled up jacket sleeves male man top mid 80's A suit jacket with a dress shirt rolled up to your elbows
sarah female Frolsch beer bottle tops Late 1980s Inspired by boyband Bros, you would atatch the bottle top to the front of your doc marten shoes, worn with stonewash jeans with turn ups so your sock showed.
scarf Female accessory 80's Big scarves worn around the hips pirate fashion, seen in Pat Benatar videos.
scrunches female accessories late 80s to early 90s Hair accesories that people would wear on their side pony tails or just their pony tails
shikira female woolen dresses 1982 Snow-themed woolen dresses that had a picture of snow flakes on the front and a little village in the background. They were hugely popular and mainly came in the colour blue. These were around the same time as those woolen hats also with snowflakes on, with a long plaited tail at the end.
shikira female patent leather shoes 1987 They looked like Dr.Martin boots but were in the style of a shoe found in Kay's catelouge. They came in different colours from orange, green, black, red and yellow. Mine were shocking pink and were very loud looking with my school uniform.
shoulder pads both Shoulder pads the 80s Shoulder pads
shoulder pads, multiple female mostly shoulder pads, layered early to mid-1980s The shoulder pads that were everywhere in the 80s looked best with tailored, fitted clothes. Unfortunately, they were also put in the oversized cotton jersey clothes that were popular at the time. A lot of these came with velcro in the shoulders so you could put in any size and shape of shoulder pad you wanted. With oversized tops, the pads would often slide off the shoulder to the front or back, so it was common to see women repositioning them. This was especially funny when they'd wear an oversized top with shoulder pads under an oversized jacket with shoulder pads under an oversized coat with shoulder pads. They'd have one pad sliding to the back, one to the front, one sliding down the arm, etc.
skirts/spandex F skirts/spandex 83-86 Wearing a short skirt over long, tight spandex.
slip female petticoat dress 1982 Tartan slips that were like plain white vests underneath and tartan skirts all in one's. A jumper was often worn over the top with matching tights.
star earing female accessory 1983-1989 Big star earrings with many different, bright colors. I remember wearing them like to school dances. Very popular back in the day.
stirup pants female pants the 80's Stretchy pants with an elastic waist that had an additional piece of elastic sewn to the bottom foot opening. The elastic was worn hooked under your heel, A STIRUP. It was popular to wear scrunchy socks over the top of these. And don't for get your KEDS!!!
sweatbags female purse 1985 A sweatbag was a purse made of sweat shirt material and they came in all different colors and they had tears of sweat underneath the name.
tight-rolled pants female jeans/any pants late 80's Girls would tight-roll the bottoms of their jeans or any pants that they wore.
toe socks female brightly stiped socks w/ a pocket for ea. toe 1976-1982 and 2001 These were very popular in the late 70's and early 80's but disappeared after leg warmers got popular. They were usually worn with Birkenstocks (although some sported the flip-flop Big Bird look.) I was extremely happy to find them at Walmart recently (with matching gloves, of course!) and even found one in turquoise tye-dye!
tretorn female shoes late 80's The tretorn shoe was the coolest shoe to have. If you had the plaid striped, you were just in a league by yourself. I wish I had a pair now! I loved my shoes.
v-back sweaters female sweaters Usually fluffy & knitted with giant needles, the V went at the back.
vest both tops mid 80s to mid 90s Vests were really cool back then it could go with anything! T shirts, dress shirts, etc.
waffle jumpers male/female a jumper knitted in a waffle type design 1981 Everyone wore these in blue to school and maroon coloured at home. They were really cool. Skinheads wore them too. They could be round or v necked.
watch ring female ring that is also a watch late 80's It is a ring that is also a watch... 2 in 1!


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