The Everything 80's How to Guide

While you may not realize it, those floral jeans you just fell in love with are a major flash back from the eighties. I was shocked while out shopping with my daughters when they fell in love with floral print and bright colored jeans.  I had a major flash back.  I was their age when I was wearing the exact same thing.  As I looked around the stores I noticed all the 80's fashion stocking the shelves and racks.  It was totally rad!

Yes they bought the floral jeans and the bright colored ones as well. My eighties flash back continues.  I never thought my own fashion diva daughters would ever be caught dead in the clothes I wore when I was their age.  The high waisted jeans are even coming back.

These fashions were typically worn with lace tops. They were worn with many different bright colored tops and blazers which were also in style.

But lace was the really hot trend. Most girls had several lace tops, jackets and such.  I saw so much lace in the eighties you never catch me wearing it now.  I guess you could say I personally got tired of it.

It's a delicate functional lace with the off the shoulder cut giving you that everything eighties look.

You will want to pair this type of shirt with the 80s floral pants.

The white lace is perfect for matching every floral pair of jeans you own.  

Pair this with a brightly colored jacket and you've got the full look.

Plus add some retro 80's style jewelry, say some bright large earrings and a bangle bracelet or two and you've pulled it all together.

The jewelry of the 80's was big too. Thinking back it seems most everything of the 80's was big in terms of accents.  

The hair was big, the colors were big with big hair accessories and jewelry, I think I even remember the shoes being big.  Was it the 80s when the tennis shoes got big and clunky too?  

Have fun wearing jewelry like this with what ever you like. Color blocking must have been invented in the 80s because we wore loud colors with things others typically would not, meaning our parents.

The eighties were a great time for self expression.  I think it was the first time when a wide range of very diverse groups expressed themselves as loudly as possible.  You have us to thank for the great big mixed social structure you now enjoy. We broke all the rules and the molds.