the big brands of that time. The TV shows and music like in previous eras influenced the general public with there fashions and in this decade oversize shoulder pads were become most popular due to media. The women started to follow clothes worn by Madonna, a popular musician and famous movie Flashdance (in 1983) made it famous to people to wear ripped sweatshirts.
The famous New Romantic was a new wave in 80s and in the movement of fashion which take place mainly in night clubs of Britain. The eye streaky liner, spike hairs more like taken from punk culture was the fashion of new romantic. They have the punk designs, tattoos on clothes and body and they wear high heel shoes preferably boots.
The shoes used in 50s and 60s were back to fashion in 80s, these were point toes and spiked heels. Shoes were made of satin and also of canvas available in different bright colours. One of the popular trend of shoes worn by women was jelly shoe, which is made of transparent colour material like a jelly and made of rubber.
The dance popularity increases the fashion trends of dance clothes on streets. Women started to wear leg warmers and leggings in general. They also started wearing leotards which were mostly worn colourful.
The rapper styles and trends came into being in 80s and athletic shoes mainly of Air Jordan and Adidas, Nike etc started to be worn by these fashion followers. The Afro American started wearing bright and colourful T-shirts and baggy pants by this decade to introduce a rapper style of fashion.
In the late eighties, acid washed denim and jeans become popular in both genders. The jewelry worn in eighties mostly consist of pearls and big diamonds such like worn by lady Dianna.
The fashion industry was widely established in the decade of eighty. And many new trends were came into being mainly because of global media.
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