Hodge Podge

 


Flashdance Fashion
(bare shoulder torn sweatshirts, leg warmers, etc.)
Style

Heads

Backwards baseball caps
Banana Clips
Mesh hair ties
Headbands
Crimping
Mousse
Designer Glasses
Ray Bans
Hot Designers

Laura Ashley
Benneton
Ocean Pacific
Bugle Boy
Guess?
Lauren
Banana Republic
Armani
Members Only
Tops

bare shoulder torn sweatshirts
Izods
Argyle vests
down-filled vests
Bottoms

Parachute Pants
Spandex
Jams
Floods
leg warmers
backwards pants
Designer Jeans
Calvin Klein
Gloria Vanderbilt
Jordache
Guess?
Sassoon
Chic
Dress Up

Skinny Ties
Knit Ties
Power Ties
The Miami Vice Look

 

 

In Our Mouths

New Coke
Sushi
Lean Cuisine
Haagen-Dazs
Mrs. Fields' Cookies
Microwavable Popcorn
Dominos Pizza
Games

Trivial Pursuit
Rubik's Cube
Space Invaders
Pac Man
Ms. Pac Man

 

Causes

Hands Across America
Live Aid
We are the world/U.S.A. for Africa
Band Aid
Farm Aid
No Nukes
Sun City
Work

Terrible job market in early '80s
Wall Street Crash in '87
Networking
Rolodex
LBOs
Yuppies
"Lets do lunch"
"Work Hard / Play Hard"
"Be a team player"
"Greed is Good"

 

 

 

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