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1980S Men's Fashion 1980s Men’s Fashion 1980s is known as the decade of excess, and everything had to be done on a big scale. Fashion was also at its most bold. In an age of excess, style reflected the zeitgeist perfectly. The 1980s left a fashion aftershock and parents were left cleaning up stuck-on bathroom hairspray for decades. Second to the dues, attire was bright, flashy, and especially tight. Men were no exception to this rules the majority of what they wore during this time was influenced by what they were in socially and musically. Although the men of the 80s may not have worn exactly the same outfits seen on screen, there was a lot of influence in this area. The look was often cool and casual. Men’s fashion ranged from ultra sleek and modern to downright embarrassing. In the early 1980s, fashion had moved away from the unkempt hippie look and overdressed disco style of the late 1970s. Athletic clothes were more popular than jeans during this period, as were more subdued colours. Popular colours were black, white, indigo, forest green, burgundy, and different shades of browns, tans, and oranges. Velour, velvet, and polyester were popular fabrics used in clothes, especially button-up and v-neck shirts. Looser pants remained popular during this time, being fairly wide but straight, and tighter shirts were especially popular. The general public, at this time, wanted to wear low- maintenance clothing with more basic colours, as the global recession going on at the time kept extravagant clothes out of reach. Also worn were striped tube socks sometimes worn with the top folded over worn with shorts. It was not uncommon to see parents especially fathers wearing these along with their kids. Popular clothing in the early 1980s worn by men includes tracksuits, v-neck sweaters, polyester and velour polo-neck shirts, sports jerseys, straight-leg jeans, jeans rolled to show off their slouch socks, polyester button-ups, cowboy boots, beanies, and hoodies. Around this time it became acceptable for men to wear sports coats and slacks to places that previously required a suit. In the UK, children's trousers remained flared, but only slightly. From the early to mid 1980s, post-punk and new wave music groups influenced mainstream male and female fashion. Commercially made slim-fitting suits, thin neckties in leather or bold patterns, striped T-shirts, Members Only jackets, club-wear, metallic fabric shirts, cat eye glasses, horn rim glasses with brightly coloured frames, androgynous neon coloured makeup, and pristine leather jackets were widely worn. Common hairstyles included a short quiff for men, or teased big hair for women, and typical unisex colours for clothing included turquoise, teal, red, neon yellow and purple. In response to the punk fashion of the mid-late 1970s,there was a throwback to the late 1950s Ivy League style. This revival came to be definitively summarised in an enormously popular paperback released in 1980:The Official Preppy Handbook. Popular preppy clothing for men included Oxford shirts, sweaters, turtlenecks, polo shirts with popped collars, khaki slacks, argyle socks, dress pants, Hush Puppies Oxford shoes, brogues, suspenders, seersucker or striped linen suits, corduroy, and cable knit sweaters that were often worn tied around the shoulders. In the mid 1980s, popular trends included wool sport coats, Levi 501s, Hawaiian shirts, shell suits, hand-knit sweaters, sports shirts, hoodies, flannel shirts, reversible flannel vests, jackets with the insides quilted, nylon jackets, gold rings, spandex cycling shorts, cowboy boots, and khaki pants with jagged seams. The mid 1980s brought an explosion of colorful styles in men's clothing. Michael Jackson was also a big influence of teenage boys' and young men's fashions, such as matching red/black leather pants and jackets, white gloves, sunglasses and oversized, slouch shouldered faded leather jackets with puffy sleeves. Men's business attire saw a return of pinstripes for the first time since the 1970s. Double breasted suits inspired by the 1940s were reintroduced in the 1980s by designers like Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Anne Klein. They were known as 'power suits', and were typically made in navy blue, charcoal grey or air force blue. Men wore styles that expressed their own individuality and creativity. The 80s saw fashion unlike any other decade, and some of the influences can be seen in clothing worn by men today. .
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