80s Party Costume Idea: Robert Smith, The Cure
This is a great male costume idea. I mean, nothing’s cooler than The Cure, right? This is a particularly good costume if you are the macho type – throw them off guard, show them all your sensitive, inner-poet side. This 80s party costume is . . . Just Like Heaven. What You Need for This Costume The other beauty part to this costume is that it is relatively easy to pull together. Hair – you got to get the hair right...
What Happened in 1983?
One site reader described the awesomeness of 1983 as follows. 1983, hands down. Michael Jackson and The Police dominate the Billboard charts, while “Murmur” is released and the Smiths put out their first single. Hair bands have not yet screwed up MTV for the rest of us. “National Lampoon’s Vacation” and “Valley Girl” are in the theaters, but George Lucas has hinted at the suck in our movie...
Beat It, Michael Jackson Music Video
Beat It Music Video Michael Jackson, Thriller, 1983 Information on Michael Jackson on MTV.com
Square-End Ties
It Was Hip to Be Square Lest we think that all 80s fashions trends of note were for the ladies, let’s not forget the guys and their totally 80s fashion trends. It wasn’t just us girls and our shoulder pads and leg warmers that screamed THE EIGHTIES. Men had their own 80s fashion moments and one not to be ignored is certainly the knit, square-bottomed tie. These ties were ubiquitous and available in every imaginable color....
80s Costume Idea: Flock of Seagulls
It’s all about the hair. Hair that can make people run, run so far away . . . Flock of Seagulls is synonymous with outrageous hairdos. None is more famous than front man Mike Score’s waterfall coif. His exaggerated blond pompadour had up swept sides with the front falling forward in a long point down to his nose. This distinctive do sparked a new hairstyle trend fittingly dubbed the “Flock of Seagull” haircut. To get the “I Ran (So...
