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Shoes, earrings and stuff

In today’s ecclectic fashion world, there are many elements that first came to light in the eighties.
Ballet shoes are all the rage again now with the kids. In the 80s they were slightly different, more like a real ballet shoe. Now they are ballet inspired flatties. However, I have seen some shoes that could have come from the depths of my cupboard where they have lived since the 80s.

The earrings the youth are splashing about are exact copies, in many cases- from the 80s. I for one remember getting about in my rainbow cloloured, shiny drop circle earrings made of only the highest quality plastic. They are everywhere again, even in the same sort of shops.

Little holes in the walls of malls, stocked to the rooftop with silver and plastic glinting “must haves”.

How come if they are all wearing it again now, and you can get it for $20, new – so you look like you are from the 80s. But, if you want to buy something that is actually FROM the 80s, which is the same, it’s called vintage or retro. AND, you will pay more than $20 for it!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh fashion……………

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Fluro or BUST

Have you walked past SUPRE lately?? It is like a flash back to the 80s. All the same FLURO colours screaming out the door at you. They have even re-hashed the plastic jewellery.

If I’d had a crystal ball when I was a perky teenager/young 20 something I’d have been SO IN now, it would have been ridiculous.

I even saw A GUY WEARING HAPPY SHOES last week, I tell you I almost had to stop him and say WTF!!!

In the 80s, CINCH was the SUPRE in the shopping world, and if you were lucky enough to live in the Campsie/Earlwood/Kingsgrove area you would beat a track to their door almost religiously. Every piece of carefully handmade (read cheap and nasty) piece of clothing was there at hand, eagerly awaiting your purchase. And because not much was over $20, you could usually buy multiple items……… sounds like Supre today…….

Any area would have had their own version on CINCH, and their own 80s haven to shop.
And as with the hair and makeup, too many accessories were NEVER ENOUGH.

Think WHAM….even in the 80s they were a bit much. But we all did CHOOSE LIFE. And today we are RELAXing and walking around in a variety of other semi suggestive slogans.

It’s the same, but with a twist I guess. Where we wore skin hugging fluro orange skirts that came down past our knees, with ballet shoes and pink studded belts over over sized T-Shirts, the kids today wear tiny bum showing shorts, crop tops with fluro coulours and multilayered singlets, and flatties.

However daggy we feel as we look back at ourselves, we know we were truely the LAST original fashion (and music) era.

EVERYTHING is sampled from the 80s. Sure, they might give it a shake and a stir, but its the same same………………..

Here is a link to a RIOTOUS thread from the Vogue Australia Forums…. What was cool in the 80s

http://forums.vogue.com.au/archive/index.php/t-2563.html

LOVE IT!!

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Martha Davis (The Motels), POET

Take the L out of LOVER

and it’s OVER

(1982 – “Take the L” /made it to number 21 in AU)

Classic, poetic, timeless, and to us teenage girls in the 80s, ever so POIGNANT.

She was right up there giving us the words of the era.

What else gave you inspiration??

Turning Japanese – The Vipers

Our Lips Are Sealed – Go Gos AKA – ALEX THE SEAL lol

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It’s all in the Hair Attitude

The 80s, the last bastion of great original hair attitude.

Back in the 80s only inner city dwellers would dare to have 2 toned hair, and now every suburban Tracey and Jacinta has it.

Back in the 80s the more makeup you had on your face at the one time, indicated your place in the pecking order of life. More was never enough…

A Flock of Hairdressers and Duranies alike revelled in the post romantic experimentation that was both girly and boyish at the same time. Boy George was an inspiration to many, even Marilyn had his place. We all existed in harmony and musicality. The bigger the beat, the bigger the hair do. the bigger the band and the wilder the dance moves.

 Blamonge (sp?) were living on the ceiling while the Clash were rocking the kasbah. Who cared, we all got along. Even Madam Butterfly ex  sex pistol punker Malcom McLaren found a new niche. Tears for Fears were telling us about the mad world and youngsters in America were passing the dutchie(sp?) on the left hand side – I SAY!

Come on and celebrate in tight jeans wearing brian Mannix’s of the day and all things UK. From those brilliant Nutty boys themselves to the pop/glam/rock of Bon Jovi.

Post, Read, Remember……………………………..

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