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1980s Fancy Dress Women 1980s Fashion For Women- Skirts - Layered / tiered 'ra ra' skirts, ruffle skirts, skirts with really wide belts
- The gym bunny look - leggings with legwarmers, gym suit with belt, sweatband
- Bright colours and patterns - polka dots, stripes, checks (gingham), animal prints - leopard, tiger.
- Power dressing - huge shoulder pads
- Bike pants with fluoro stripes down the side
- High waisted jeans - usually stone washed
- Jumpers with big patterns
- Stone wash denim
- Big, puffy wedding dresses (Princess Diana)
- Lace
- 1980s evening wear - fuchsia pink, purple, royal blue and sea greens, red in silk and polyester copies, puffy sleeves, bows.
 
  
1980 Hair Style for Women- 1980 hairstyles for women was all about big and bouffy. You didn't go out without going through one can of hairspray or a big gob of mousse
- Fringes were often teased to stand up
- Madonna made the bleached hair - with roots showing - look cool.
- Permed hair was fashionable too - eg. Charlene on Neighbours
- Shorter hair was also in -eg. Lady Diana hair also known as Purdy hair
- 80s punk hair - mohawk
- Vivid coloured hair - eg. Cyndi Lauper
- Big hair bows, and bows in general. Often headbands were worn that were tied up and into a bow on the top or side of the head.
 
 
1980 Make Up- 1980 make up consisted of lots of heavy eyeshadow and mascara. Eyeshadow colour was shades of brown (see Sheena Easton pic below), to bright blues and pinks.
- Lips in tomato red
- Long fingernails painted red
  
1980 Accessories- Big over-the-top gold earrings
- Hoop earrings
- Fingerless gloves, lace gloves
- Charm bracelets
- Fishnet stockings
- Chunky plastic bangles and earrings in white, black, red and neon colours
Finally, get a feel for the 80s style with this Kylie Minogue The Locomotion videoclip!¡@ |
