1980s in fashion
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Fashion of the 1980s was characterized by a rejection of psychedelic colored, ornate fashions of the 1970s. Punk fashion began as a reaction against both the hippie movement of the past decades and th
Among women, large hair-dos and puffed-up styles typified the decade. (Jackée Harry, 1988)
A jelly shoe.
Young woman in 1980 wearing a low-cut spaghetti strap dress.
A young woman from the mid-1980s wearing a denim mini skirt with two thin belts or a single double-wrap belt.
1990s in fashion
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Fashion in the 1990s was defined by a return to minimalist fashion, in contrast to the more elaborate and flashy trends of the 1980s. One notable shift was the mainstream adoption of tattoos, body pie
Example of 1990s men's and women's fashion, 1994
Bob cuts were favored by women. (Saffron, 1996)
Actress Paula Abdul wearing semi-transparent black dress, curled hair and smoky eye makeup, 1990.
Slip dresses first became widely worn in the mid-1990s, as part of the underwear-as-outerwear trend. (Jane Leeves, 1995)