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Nov 16, 2016 · Like a time capsule, fashion in movies is often reflective of the era—and nowhere is that more apparent than in these hits from the ‘80s.
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- American Psycho
- Do The Right Thing
- Dirty Dancing
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Flashdance
- Footloose
- Pretty in Pink
- Scarface
- The Breakfast Club
- Top Gun
Protagonist Patrick Bateman is a Wall Street yuppie so immersed in 1980s fashion and media culture it drives him to kill. Bateman may be a shell of a man, but he nonetheless looks sharp. He dresses in tailored Armani suits, red power ties, eats at only the most in vogue Manhattan restaurants, and suffers an anxiety attack when he can't reserve a ta...
Sneaking in at the end of the '80s is Spike Lee's film about racial tensions among minority groups, Do The Right Thing. The film is prophetic in foreseeing the fashion trends that would predominate the early '90s. Baggy shirts paired with knee-high shorts, mid-top shoes, tube socks, brim hats, and others with the bib flipped back all form the aesth...
Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey co-star in one of the sexiest films of the decade, 1987's Dirty Dancing. Besides the timeless choreography and soundtrack, the film also encapsulates the simplest but most classic fashion statements of the 1980s. Grey has her hair styled in a perm and wears a belly high button down on top of tight blue denim. Swayze...
The first big teen movie of the decade, 1982's Fast Times at Ridgemont Highshows the '70s influence on early '80s fashion. Sean Penn plays a breezy surfer type who still has long shoulder-length blonde hair. In comparison to films that came only a couple of years later, the characters are dressed more conservatively. RELATED: The 10 Best Dramatic P...
1983's Flashdance is one of the most famous dance movies of all time. Part of its fame comes from lead actress Jennifer Beals's style. The cover poster for the film includes her most iconic outfit which features her big voluminous '80s perm, cropped shoulder pullover, which her red heels offset. Throughout the film, she often trains in a leotard, a...
Kevin Bacon stars in 1984's Footloose, as a big city teen adapting to small-town life. The attire and hairstyles of the characters summarize the fashion sense of the decade. Bacon wears tight faded denim jeans with a sleeveless white undershirt, tucked in of course, or at other times he pairs his light denim with a mid-week gray pullover. He also m...
One of the more fashionably conscious films of the decade, 1986's Pretty in Pink captures the loud and bright fashion trends that audiences imagine when they think of the '80s. Lead character Andy Walsh is the epitome of teen fashion, wearing pink naturally, but also lipstick, various colors of eye shadow, fake pearl stud earrings, brim flower hats...
The Miami Vice aesthetic of Brian de Palma's 1983 Scarface gives the remake a bold neon facelift from its original black and white old Hollywood appearance. Floral patterns and colors abound. Men usually prefer white and light blue suits to the classic black and white. No matter what the occasion, characters always leave a couple of buttons loose o...
Assembling a single member from the variety of cliques populating high schools at the midpoint of the decade, The Breakfast Club functions as a barometer of '80s teen fashion. This colorful cast of characters shows how the spectrum of fashion covers denim jackets thrown over plaid shirts, varsity jackets, tucked-in pinks v-necks and bob cuts. The f...
In one of Tom Cruise's most iconic roles, 1986's Top Gun brought some new fashion trends to the second half of the decade. In particular, Cruise's aviator jacket and aviator glasses became instant classics after the movie's release and are still popular today. Compared to the first half of the decade, the character of Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mit...
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- The Breakfast Club. Undeniably one of the most beloved and iconic films of the 1980s, John Hughes’ 1985 teen dramedy The Breakfast Club focuses on teenagers from different high school cliques as they gather to spend a Saturday in detention.
- St. Elmo’s Fire. Brat Pack members like Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore and Judd Nelson appear in the 1985 coming-of-age drama St. Elmo’s Fire, which centers on a group of recent graduates who must adjust to post-university life while embracing the responsibilities of adulthood.
- Heathers. In Michael Lehmann’s 1989 black comedy teen film Heathers, Winona Ryder, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, and Kim Walker star as high school Queen Bees who rule the school and instill fear in fellow students.
- Flashdance. The 1983 romantic drama dance flick Flashdance features Jennifer Beals as a steel mill worker who is also a passionate dancer with big dreams of becoming a professional ballerina.
Nov 21, 2023 · From the rebellious charm of "The Breakfast Club" to the otherworldly chic of "Blade Runner," these films didn't just entertain; they dictated the corridors of fashion with an iron, padded shoulder. The '80s cinematic landscape was a diverse canvas.
Apr 24, 2015 · Here, the defining cinematic style that shaped the over-the-top decade of the '80s—from the big hair to the even bigger shoulder pads. Plus see the best fashion flicks from the '50s, '60s and...
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Mar 13, 2015 · We're rounding up the most important movies by decade—from the 1950s to today—that every fashion lover should see. Plus, see the best fashion films from the 1950s and 1960s.
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