wHaTs oN mY miNd??!: What Will I Wear

Tomorrow will be not just an ordinary day. Its our THEME DAY in the office! Too bad the first theme is the 1980's fashion!!! Until now I still don't know what to wear!!! Dang! Hmmm.. let me make my research first about this...

The 80's Fashion

The 80s has such diverse fashion, from the crazy hair styles to the scruncy socks, the 80's fashion is on ethat is most likely not too missed.

The Hairstyle

Hair styles of the 80s are the most diverse and funny charateristics of this decade. In early 80s, fashion styles kicked off the decade with great hair experimentation. For a while their seemed to be a competition to see who could build the tallest hair and have the strangest angles. After the early 80s hair extravagance of strange colors and cuts, the fashion settled down by about 1984, and focused on one simple concept - volume. More hair was better. The 'Hair Bands' of the 1980s applied this style which was strongest around 1987-88. Your hair could go up, out and down - as long as it wasn't straight. . You could even have short hair, as long as it 'up' (it didn't have to be up if your short hair was bleached, dyed a bright color or spiked with hair gel). Many accessories were available to assist with this process - you could tease your hair and stick it up with mousse. Some mousse even contained glitter or other sparkle pieces to give your hair 'extra interest and indivduality'. If you think shampoo stings, try getting glitter mouse in your eyes - a common occurrence as some brands tended to flake.

The 80's Look

Shoulder padded suits and traditional culture looks , so prevalent during the 80's, were almost obsolete Leg warmers started with dancers - and are still worn by many dancers today. In around 1983 they started making an appearance in wider society. Leg warmers were no longer black or some other functional color, now they were speckled, fluoro and some were worn so low that they would have been better known as ankle warmers. The true fans of these would wear them to a sweaty nightclub - even in summer. Strangely, leg warmers managed to hang around a little longer than many other 80's fashions and they didn't meet their fate until late 1984. By 85, they were extinct.

1. Headband
The headband, like leg warmers, is another ultimate 1980s fashion item. It lasted most of the decade from Duran Duran at the start of the decade, right through to the end.

2. Cats Eye Mirror Glasses
Not just your regular mirror glasses, but these are 'Cats Eyes'. Mirror glasses were hard to wear because they were often too dark. In addition, your eyes dilated too far and often caught too much stray radiation. To solve these problems, the tinting was reduced at the center and they looked like cat's eyes.

3. Fluoro Suit
Perfect color combination -pastels are too 'early 80s' to wear. Instead it is best to wear yellow, red and green-ish suitS. None of the colors should be too primary or dark.

Evening Ski Wear

Fluoro is fine on the ski fields, but it is 'so out' to wear fluoro or your ski suit at night. You will probably need to ditch the headband and sunglasses too. Since you will be skiing, it is safe to assume that it will be cold and you will need something warm. Around the world people call these woollen tops, jumpers, pullovers or sweaters

Parachute Pants

Fairly tight nylon pants with zippered patch pockets, the usual 2 front + 2 back, plus one or two on each leg. Zippered ankles. Parachute Pants were the craze in the mid 80s and now there back.

Satin jackets

Shiny jackets that buttoned down the front. Collar and wristbands always had two stripes (usually white). Most people wore them in their school colors, or had the name of their school on the back.

Bangle bracelets

These came in sets, 10-15 of them in a pack. They were made of lightweight metal and came in goldtone, silvertone and colors. You wore them all at once, halfway up your forearm.