This is post number 10 in the series “30 Days of Tales from the Loop,” a celebration of the game set in an 80s that never was.
The 1980s was an amazing time for fashion! It was a hot mess of color and experimentation and expressiveness.
This list of 80s fashions is intended to spur a player (or the GM’s) imagination when describing how a Kid (or an adult) is dressed in the game. Or, more entertainingly, to decide what to wear to game night.
(A big thank you to my fellow 80s-era friends who donated photos of themselves for this post!)
Hair
- Banana clips
- Big hair
- Fade haircut
- High bangs
- High-tops
- Jheri Curls
- Mohawks
- Mullets
- Perms
- Rat tails
- Scrunchies
- Side ponytails
General Fashions
- Acid wash jeans
- Airbrushed T-shirts
- Animal prints
- Headbands
- Iron-on letters
- Jean jackets
- Neon colors
- Preppy
- Ripped jeans
- Spandex
- Sweater tied around the neck (This is usually the sign of a douchy villain.)
- Tracksuits (especially velour)
- Underoos
Men’s Fashions
- Hawaiian shirts
- Jams shorts
- Members Only jackets
- Miami Vice style
- Parachute pants
Women’s Fashions
- Guess jeans
- Huge earrings
- Jordache jeans
- Lace gloves (especially fingerless)
- Leg warmers
- Leggings
- Leotards
- Miniskirts
- Shoulder pads
Shoes
- Air Jordans
- Doc Martens
- High-tops
- Jelly
- Loafers
- Nikes
- Reeboks
- Sneakers without laces
- Vans
Accessories
- Calculator watches
- Digital watches
- Fanny packs
- Narrow bracelets (jelly, bangles)
- Ray-Bans
- Skinny ties
- Swatch watches
- Tortoise-shell glasses
