I Pity the Fool Who Doesn’t Accessorize: Everything You Need to Know About 80s Jewelry
When dressing rooms smelled like Aquanet and nothing could be big enough, the 80s fashion characterized a time when “more” just didn’t feel like enough. More needed more. More blue eye shadow, more hair height, and more jewelry. It only makes sense then that 80s jewelry needed volume. After all, it had to stand out amongst the parachute pants, shoulder pads, and hurricane-proof-standing-on-its-roots hair. It brought...
Friendship Bracelets
Back in the 7th and 8th grade there were several ways to show your love and devotion to your B/F/F. You could exchange little friendship pins, the safety pins with tiny, bright colorful beads on them. We’d wear them up high on the laces of our Puma sneakers or pin them to the straps of our purses. You could also break the sacred “Best Friends” charm in half and wear it on a chain around your neck – this was a ritual reserved for that...
Gold Chains in the 80s
The 80s were all about glitter and shine; and what’s shinier than gold? It makes perfect sense, then, that gold chains would be all the rage in the mid-80s. Perhaps Spandau Ballet said it best in their 1983 hit, Gold: Gold Always believe in your soul You’ve got the power to know You’re indestructible Always believe in, because you are Gold This particular fashion trend transcended gender, and guys were just as likely to...
