A Members Only guide to dressing in the decade of excess. 1. Off-the-Shoulder Sweatshirts You didn’t need to know how to weld or work a stripper pole in order to get into the comfy casual slouchy sweatshirt look popularized by Jennifer Beals in 1983’s Flashdance (top). And since it really was just a sweatshirt, it worked for fashionistas of all ages. And it still works today (spend an afternoon crafting one at home ). 2. Members Only Jackets The cost of membership into the legion of kids wearing these utterly plain coats—which proudly displayed your Members Only status on the chest—was just a few sawbucks. Introduced to America in 1980, the coats were produced in a variety of colors and...
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Having a 80s beard and how to care for a beard is a hot topic at the moment. Do you already have a beard? Or are you looking for information on how to grow a beard? More and more men choose more hair because it is beautiful. You are on the right track! How to choose a 80s beard style? To choose the right style of beard, it is important to understand that the goal is to bring the proportions of the face to the ideal shape – oval. For face oval shape will suit any 80s beard. The General recommendation for round and square faces – using beard and short hair on the sides to balance and get visually oval. For a man with a rectangular or elongated face, more hair should grow on the sides,...
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Op-ed: The Gay Clones Everyone Knows One of the benefits of employment with Here Media and The Advocate is having the latter’s irreplaceable 46-year-old archive at my disposal. I’ve certainly read about Anita Bryant’s pie to the face and Barney Frank’s youthful(ish) indiscretions, but what really gets me into a time warp k-hole are the now-discontinued personals and advertisements for bars, clubs, and “spas”; you get to see how gay men really presented themselves and what the often-warped standard of beauty was. If the issue is from the ’60s, the featured guys are smooth, muscled, and white (diversity wasn’t our strong suit back then). In the Me Decade, a stroll down Castro Street would not...
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Heels, hair and purple clothes: 6 ways Prince explored sexuality, gender roles and fashion on his own terms Much like his adventurous, over-the-top life, music icon Prince Rogers Nelson, simply known as Prince, had an adventurous sense of fashion. By being himself, Prince, who died Thursday at age 57, pushed gender boundaries, caused wonder and awe among observers and fans, became a sex symbol, and, particularly during the 1980s and ’90s, helped liberate teenagers and young adults considered to be outsiders – artists, misfits, members of the LGBTQ community and others – who often had to repress their identities, sexuality and behavior. Despite his Midwest upbringing, Prince’s fashion...
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When you think of 80s style, the first things that come to mind are probably neon, spandex, and big hair. There was much more to the 80s than just a huge can of Aqua Net, though it did play a big part. Everyone had their favorite 80s look. Some were prep, some were punk, and others were just extreme. So grab your Billy Idol 8-track and put on some leg warmers as we go back in time to look at some of the styles that gave the 80s their fashion identity. For women, 80s style was, indeed, big hairstyles. Armed with hairspray and a curling iron, women could make their hair do just about anything. Bangs were usually big and feathered back and to the sides or completely straight and blunt....
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80's mustache styles 2019-12-04 01:20 Brians Song and Lady Sings the Blues made Williams a household name in the 1970s, and he carried that charisma and that mustache to the role of Lando Calrissian, probably the only StarWhile the music videos concentrated on Daryl Halls big hair and soulful voice, cowriter and guitarist Oates often played second fiddle but his iconic facial hair was impossible to ignore. 80's mustache styles The lampshade mustache is a variation of the painter's brush mustache. Pencil The reason why this mustache is called the pencil mustache is because it looks like it was drawn with a pencil. But here at The Bearded Savant, we understand the only worthwhile way to...
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Critics Pick the Best Modern Shows Set in the ’80s, From ‘Stranger Things’ to ‘The Americans’ Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.) This week’s question: What’s the best modern show set in the ’80s? (To qualify, the show must have aired sometime 2000-present.) Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall), Uproxx Recency bias would suggest “Halt and Catch Fire,” even though its strongest season, this last one, took place in the 1990s, or “ Stranger Things...
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Here at Cheap Pop Culture I’ve decided to honor this Movember by listing the Top Ten Mustaches in Wrestling. Like long glam metal hair and mullets, mustaches, and facial hair in general, are a wrestling fashion staple. Sadly, more and more wrestlers are doing away with the long hair and sporting a clean-cut Lou Thesz look. Mustaches seem to be going that route as well (beards and goatees however seem to be going strong). But just imagine what growing a mustache would do for wrestlers who desperately need a reboot like John Cena or how it would boost certain wrestlers to that next level like Cody Rhodes? The possibilities are endless. Stan Hansen was Stone Cold Steve Austin, before...
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