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'90s Child, '80s Lover
I was born in 1994. My boyfriend, 1989. I've loved the 1980s since well-before I met him though. (I really really appreciate that he was born the same year that the The Little Mermaid was released; it's my favourite, for nostalgia, Disney movie!)
By Kaitlyn Dawn5 years ago in Styled
Androgyny
The 80's will long be remembered as one of the most radical eras of fashion, from glam rock to Madonna, extreme was the new normal. It was also the decade for disregarding social norms before we had phrases like "gender non-conforming". While the androgynous fashion of the 80's inspired many to play with unconventional styles, we seem to have moved away from the widespread embrace of androgyny itself.
By Eriko Jane5 years ago in Styled
My Moment in the Limelight
The Year at Hand … 2004. I was 16 years old. I was in grade 10. This was my second year of private school. I was surrounded by rich folks. Asian. White. Black. Brown. Everyone you could think of. They all had money and came from a wealthy background. The only traits I shared with them was that I am brown and I was there for an education, without my consent. Wealth or no wealth, barely scraping through the bills and sometimes living on money we didn’t have. That would not limit my education. But everything else in life the dollar saw an effect. One pair of sneakers a year, if lucky. The next one came when they fell apart! Clothes were hand-me downs from my two older brothers. A fashion sense was irrelevant and not even possible.
By Kishan Baskaran5 years ago in Styled
Do you prefer fashion victim or ensembly challenged?
I don’t know about anyone else but my sense of fashion has always been inspired by the movies. Upon the moment my eyes saw the bright lights of the projector reach the plain white sheet that uplifted images of glamorous woman and men alike, I knew that my inspiration for style would stem from my favorite icons of the silver screen. Maybe I’m shallow, but I loved watching woman strut around in pearls, diamonds, and silly hats. I loved the bow ties, sweater vests, and slacks that men of the silver screen championed. My fashion sense was inspired by the outfits and pieces I saw in the movies. Quite immediately, I wanted to reincarnate the old fashion trends of every era.
By Bella Leon5 years ago in Styled
The Face of Pop In The 80's
I sit here and think back to my childhood, I was twelve and my brother was a year younger. The year was 1996, my brother and I were out of school for the summer, and were making one of our weekly quest to the Dollar General on the other side of Friarsgate, the small neighborhood we lived in. We went to buy candy and snacks with whatever money we could produce through the week, (picking change from the couch or doing random task for the neighbors around us), for the Saturday afternoon movie marathon that played on Fox. Our father did not believe in an allowance, forcing us to earn for ourselves, however with four children and little income this was understandable. The trips were always an adventure to us, making our way to the neighborhood tennis courts, then using a path behind it to get onto the railroad tracks that ran through the neighborhood and led us the rest of the way to shopping center where our destination was.
By Jarred S Baker5 years ago in Styled
An Ode' to The 50's
Where “Grease Is The Word”, Poodle Skirts are in, and the Pink Ladies had Cool Guys in Black Leather Jackets and slicked back hair falling head over blue suede shoes.. The 50’s were a time of rock and roll; embedded in the hearts of hopeless romantics, and Pops Diner day dreamers.
By Rita Montgomery (Pearl M.)5 years ago in Styled
I Long For a Return of the 'Cary Grant Style’
Unless you’ve watched the TV Series “Mad Men”, you may not realize men used to dress so much more stylishly (and in my opinion, more attractively). The last time I was out about town, the only man I saw wearing a hat was a yellow baseball hat, turned the wrong way. Instead of being dressed up, he had a t-shirt with large letters that said, “Got Milk?” His look was completed with a gaudy chain and sloppy jeans that were three sizes too big; along with high-top tennis shoes in multiple colors. Both his hat and his sneakers looked like they would glow in the dark. Sexy? NOT! Oh, how I long for the day before t-shirts that are walking billboards; when men had class and style! If I could have one fashion wish, iit would be to bring back classy suits and Fedoras for men.
By Karla Bowen Herman5 years ago in Styled
