Fashion And Fads In The 1980's

Into –, subculture, refer to quote • Fashion, specifically between the 1950s and 1980s, played an extremely essential role in the construction of people’s identities and was often or not a way of expressing somebody’s personality and perhaps their current feelings. • Subcultures, especially post world war two, formed as individuals felt as though they were not part of the mainstream, consensual society. Fashion and style was very important to these subcultures as their alternative or quirky sense of style allowed them to be set apart from everybody else. • As time went on these stereotypical styles evoked certain ideologies and their fashion sense provided ‘outsiders’ with almost a ‘shortcut to meaning’ (Richard Dyer, 1979) of what the subcultures stood for, what their values were, and

People may say that the true years of fashion began in the late nineteen forties and went on through the early nineteen sixties. If you look at fashion today, its almost repeated the look from sixty years ago. In each generation fashion trends become based on history and/or important events. in the nineteen forties fashion was being modeled by the military wear. World War II caused a drastic change in the way clothes were being made and worn. In the nineteen fifties Americans admired the fashion of movie stars and music artists. Media had a strong influence on the wordly trend. The people of the sixties expressed there personalities and emotions through

The 1980’s is one of the most interesting decades that was experienced in the United States. Dealing with the stock market, the coming up of new inventions, all the way to the types of music people listened to. During the 1980s, the only thing that made Americans be “Americans” was because of the things they were provided with. Many Americans had fun throughout the 1980s with materialistic, glamorous, and technological life styles; therefore there were different economical problems that Americans faced.

Throughout American history and the 1900’s, fads have been a hugely successful form of self expression. From fashion, to recreation, to dumb and sometimes dangerous things that youths do, fads are a way to distract from the troubles of the world and find something else fun to do.

    The 1980’s was a time of prosperity throughout America. From the Calendar that went from January 1st to December 31st to the increase of jobs. This decade was full of good changes socially, economically, and politically.

The events that are affected by the 1980s decade was music, music has influenced the 1980s so much with Madonna and Michael Jackson. Madonnas hair was all the rage, big curly hair with ratted bangs as high as you could get them she was the queen of the 1980s her fashion influenced so much of the 1980s, girls were curling there bangs just like Madonna she was an icon everyone looked up to her.

This essay will explore the effects social and political changes had on fashion in the 1980’s. This period was chosen because the new romantic fashions were so different to the punk fashions that had been before, this essay will therefore identify the changes that had taken place to influence this change. Primary evidence used to support findings will include interviews and photographs which will show a firsthand account of the period.

Sports in the 1910’s continued to grow and become an increasingly popular pastime. This growth was very much a reaction to rural communities becoming urbanized in addition to people having more free time. This, in turn, allowed more opportunity for children and adults to get involved in sports, especially baseball, which was the most popular sport at the time. The increased urbanization and the development of communities also aided in the rising of popularity of sports by letting people who enjoyed sports not only spread influence but allowed them to create local organized sporting events. In addition to baseball, sports like boxing, American football, golf all increased in the span of their influence as their popularity grew which then led to those sports also becoming popular all across

In the 1940’s many changes were occurring culturally in the United States, many due to the war that was being fought. In this essay, many of these cultural innovations will be discussed and assessed. As will the events that caused such changes and evolutions in the American culture.

The transition from the multicultural era of the eighties to the postnetwork era of the nineties triggered abrupt changes in American media and culture. [6] From fashions to family life, relationships, and attitudes, many new cultural elements subsequently changed television portrayals of ordinary American culture within this time period. More specifically, the culture of the eighties is often characterized by the rise of MTV and megastars, techno music and club drugs, and popular fashions such as leather, leggings, and Ray Bans. Eighties culture can be described as the ‘bombdigity’ and nineties culture can be described as more toned down, moral, and ‘sweet’.

Boxing was popular too. Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey was almost as famous as Ruth. Horse racing, golf, and tennis all had their fans. College basketball was still a young sport. Professional football and basketball were minor sports.

Since the late 1970s, Hip-Hop fashion has changed significantly over the years. As the future approaches it has become a prominent part of the fashion world as a whole across the world and for all ethnicities. During the 1980s, fashion consisted of clothing items like large glasses; Kangol hats multi-finger rings and Adidas sneakers. These items were worn by the "big" hip-hop stars like

Back in 1990’s there was a huge demand for the neon colors. By 1992 animal prints started to become very popular, including giraffe and tiger prints. Then in 1993 came a return of the bell bottom pants and platform shoes. 1994 was all about the grunge look for both men and women. Finally in 1997 baseball caps were being worn by everyone, even the children.

Looking at my family’s photos and their progression in fashion over the years was extremely interesting to learn about. For the most part I think my family’s choices of clothing from the 1920’s to the 1990’s were right on track. The twentieth century saw so many changes and fashion firsts its hard to believe that anyone could keep up with what was in and what was out. Women went from wearing dresses on an everyday basis to being able to wear pants to work. Men’s style changed significantly when they started to wear jeans and t-shirts instead of trouser and a jacket. It is interesting to look at these photos of my family because I got a sense of who they use to be just by analyzing what they were wearing.

In 1985 president Ronald Reagan was halfway done with his office. In 1985 they played a show called growing pains. Fashion was a really big thing the 80s especially in 1985. Rock n roll was really popular in 1985. lunch ables where a big thing in 1985. Lunchables was created by Oscar mayer. The electronic iron was invented in 1984 by Henry seeley. Donkey kong was a really big game in the 80s. The back to the future was a big hit in 1985 it had the most views in that year. The reason y back to the future was because of christopher lloyd and micheal j fox. The breakfast club was the 6 top watched movie in that year also. The goonies was the second most viewed movie in 1985 and it still is popular now. Mario bros was the most popular game in