Weird thing though, completely unrelated to being sick. The 80's are definitely back in this country. I don't know if 80's fashion has returned to America, but it's back in full force in England. Especially for women.
Par example:
This dress is typical fare for British college-age girls. I don't especially know why this fashion came back, but I wish it would have stayed away. I know that things are cyclical. For instance, I remember in the late 90's where people started wearing flare pants again.
My dad once noted: "People still pop their collars? God. People did that when I was in college and it looked stupid as hell then too."
I guess it goes to show that as long as there are idiotic looking things to do in the fashion world, people will do it, regardless of whether or not it is practical. Fashion's not about practical. It's about making a statement. And the statement that lots of young British ladies are making is that they were too young to remember the 1980's and how silly it looked. I may have been on the ass-end of the decade (although I wonder if the whole decade wasn't an ass-end) but I remember how stupid people looked, and I can remember making a choice in my little four-year-old brain to never ever wear acid wash jeans and a brightly colored windbreaker. I'm sure I did anyway though, because I think my parents dressed me until I was about six. But never again.
Another Reason The 80's are Back in Britain:
This is Eleanor Jackon, front woman for the ontemporary chart-topping British group, La Roux. (She's younger than I am. Scary.)
This is Mike Score, front man for Flock of Seagulls. I trust that you can see what I'm getting at here.
Mom, Dad. If I come back wearing parachute pants or denim cut-offs, just slip some high level poison in my food. The 1980's is one vortex I have no desire to get sucked into.
I have a splitting headache, so no more for today.
Eatcha veggies, stay in school and don't do drugs!
- Jonathan "I Ran So Far Away" Trenary
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