Tuesday, January 18, 2011

80's 90's retro tees

Lavish use of both fine and costume jewellery was worn day and night on the show and it drifted into mainstream fashion. Big, almost huge gilt fashion earrings several centimetres across drew attention to faces drowning in shoulder pads. Stones could be fake or real. Diamante, pearls and gold chains were intended to tell the rest of the world you had arrived.
The women in Dynasty wore all the trimmings of jewellery along with a wide range of lavish covetable underwear and lingerie.  In the 80s the all in one body the teddy, known in some countries as a bodysuit was a favourite outfit for bedroom scenes.  Another 1980s fashion to find favour was the comeback of French knickers and camisoles lavishly embellished with crusty corded lace.
Big was best and fashion hair styles of the 1980s grew bigger to match the look.  Mousse and gel was essential to create the style. The effects of excess mousse were so horrifying on waking up that it became normal to wash hair daily. As the eighties progressed the TV series 'Dallas' created hairstyles that blossomed ever bigger like opening flowers. 
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Both Dallas and Dynasty heralded the return of the shift dress in strong colours.  Fuchsia pinks, sea greens, purples, royal blue and red shimmered in silk and polyester foulard copies.  Lavish use of fabric in batwing sleeves was in keeping with the excessive largesse of the era.  The 1980s saw the revival of an old fashion, the batwing sleeve. The batwing style was translated into two tone sweater knits with cowl collars.  Sometimes they were covered in satin appliqué free forms often worked over a mohair or angora knit.  Shoulder pads were essential in knits.
1980s blouses were based on romantic looks of earlier eras in fashion history. The blouses had intricate stock or cravat effect neck wrappings, deep pleated shoulder tucks or swathed crossover fabrics.  All were made up in silk or polyester satin foulard or crepe de chine substitutes which softened the harshness of severe man tailored jackets.  Snug fitting jersey knit bodies that buttoned under the crotch and gave a smooth silhouette also became popular especially after the mid eighties.

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