by La Bellota
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April 11, 2006

80's Memories for Honey!

December 10, 2006 02:50 AM EST (Updated: December 10, 2006 10:57 PM EST)
views: 58 | rating: 9.8/10 (5 votes) | comments: 39

I was more partial to the 70s of my life but I did grow up in the 80s too so...

Top 10 80s memories.....for Honey!

1) Jelly shoes -

I had a love/hate relationship with them.  They were cute but made your feet sweat!

2) Thrift Store Creations -

This may apply only to me, I don't know.  A lot of people had excess money but I was not the one.  Sooo.  I went to the thrift for my crinolines, bustiers, retro clothes, big jewlery, tons of bracelets, pill box hats.....you name it.

3) Aqua Net -

I don't know about the rest of you folk but for big 80s hair in the south....aqua net was the solution.   Although I shellacked a fly to wall with Kenra Spritzer

4) Koolaid colored hair -

I liked it, my mom didn't

5) Fishnets -

looked with the cute lace up ankle boots and thrift store creations.  And as it was the 80s....it was all good if you had holes in them

6)  Perfume Beasts (Yash has given me the name of these creatures) -

They would wear Liz, Poison, Opium all these heavy perfumes.  I was still wearing Love's Baby Soft.

7) Weird and disaffected had its place.....and I was so there.

8)  Video Games  I remember missle command specifically

9) Oh fine,  For sure, Totally, Tubular, Rad, Like..., Gag me with a spoon, Word up, and other fine examples of the English language

10 ) MTV

Ok my list sucks...some one....HONEY...gimme a hand

 

 
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Comments: 39

Michelle W. Dec 10, 2006, 8:28am EST
Ankel socks with lace on them and high heels with short jeans.

Neon Colored cothing.
Auntie Smedley Dec 10, 2006, 10:21am EST
Torn sweatshirts a la "Flash Dance".

Leg warmers.

I used to wear the lacy fish net anklets over my panty hose, with high heels and a mini skirt. I was HOT! Sure wish I had a photo of that look.
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 1:18pm EST
ahhh you guys are right! I forgot about miniskirts. The only thing I ever got ISS for was my mini skirts...I am going to see if I have any photos.

And I remember neon everything and the anklet socks. Totally for sure!

Poutine? Not so much....But I do remember Bob and Doug, eh!
Tina H. Dec 10, 2006, 1:32pm EST
Thriller, Culture Club, Purple Reign, Menudo, Jeans with the legs sewed light to your legs, leggins and sweaters, neon colored nail polish, ahhh those were the days!
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 2:13pm EST
I kinda sorta agree. Because you have a synthesizer, doesn't mean you should. That's my thought on it.

But there were many bright spots as well.
Terry S. Dec 10, 2006, 2:51pm EST
When first married to my wife she wore Love's Baby soft.. I know I loved it wa back then ; )
Jody Says Dec 10, 2006, 3:11pm EST
Members only jackets, big hair, the Micheal Jackson jackets, punk, valley girls, Bass beats in the music, electronic dance music, ahh minis, high school.
La Bellota- please find and post pics :)
La Victoria Dec 10, 2006, 8:26pm EST
white pumps with baby doll socks
mini skirts with zippers on the sides
leg warmers with shorts and flashdance inspired sweatshirt
bandanas twisted into a headband (I had several colors)
All my jeans had zippers at the ankles
little black flats (shoes)
jelly shoes were great except they left those waffle marks on my feet...not attractive!
If you can believe it...this is the era that made me fall in love with Elvis. I was into everything 50's.
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 8:27pm EST
Pics have been delivered to sister for scanning.

I remember those things!!!

I also remember I felt defiant because I refused to give up my green herbal essences shampoo for the paul mitchells. They don't make herbal essences anymore.....the green kind with the picture of a lady with flowers and wildlife in her hair....i
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 8:30pm EST
HONEY!!! She is the coolest what ever era she is into. Yes, I forgot about the zippered miniskirts, the members only jacket....

Elvis is totally timeless......Did you see my Elvis pic in my images??
La Victoria Dec 10, 2006, 8:37pm EST
oh and I was a Loves Baby Soft girl too...that is the best perfume!
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 8:40pm EST
Totally.

Remember it had pink, blue, and hot pink scents.
La Victoria Dec 10, 2006, 8:41pm EST
oh and 80's Christmas time!!! The Waitresses Christmas Wrapping (I just heard it while I was shopping yesterday...that put me into the mood)
Now I just need to hear Do They Know its Christmas? by Band Aid and my holiday transformation will be complete!
Auntie Smedley Dec 10, 2006, 8:41pm EST
I remember Love's Baby Soft, but I recall it in the 70s, not the 80s (I graduated from high school in '80).

The toughest black-leather-jacket bully chick in our entire high school used to wear a pink Love's Baby Soft t-shirt that read "I'm Baby Soft" on a regular basis. It kind of turned me off on the stuff.
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 8:56pm EST
It must have spanned the decades. (87 for me)

Then again, I was living in podunk at the time.
Auntie Smedley Dec 10, 2006, 8:59pm EST
Remember the big belts that slung low on the hips? I think I might still have a couple of mine. There were wide ones that crossed in the front in a "V" shape, and I had a really cool narrow "double" belt, that wrapped around twice. It was red with grommets all along it, and when I wore it with my slouchy boots I felt soooooo cool!
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 9:01pm EST
YEs! I do! How about the sweaters that went off the shoulders. And I loved my witchy lace up boots the most. They look like they are coming back too! My favorite place for shoes was the Wild Pair.
Patty Mayonaise Dec 10, 2006, 9:02pm EST
Hammer pants!!!! Scrunchies!!!!! Garbage Pail Kids trading cards!!!! Hyperclor clothes!!!! I was born july 25, 1980, and I think that the 80's rocked!!!!
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 9:04pm EST
For Honey:

*clears throat*

It's Christmas time, There's no need to be afraid....

At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shame....

*puts on Boy George wig*

And in our world of plenty, we spread a smile of joy
Throw you arms around the world at Christmas time.....

OK guys....somebody be the other George!
Linda H. Dec 10, 2006, 9:06pm EST
i was in high school in the 80's...we wore colored leotards under our skirts or shorts,wore polo shirts and then wore a sweatshirt over that...i had the jelly shoes also, they gave me blisters on my feet...oh, and jordache & calivin klien jeans were hot items to have....
La Victoria Dec 10, 2006, 9:13pm EST
*But say a prayer....to pray for the other ones...at Christmastime...it's hard...but when you're having fun...
oooh now it's Stings turn!
Auntie Smedley Dec 10, 2006, 9:15pm EST
Nothing came between me and my Calvins!
La Victoria Dec 10, 2006, 9:18pm EST
oh yeah! I forgot about the big wide belts and scrunchy boots!!! I remember spending $15 for a super wide black belt with a gigantic silver buckle and it was the most expensive accessory I had ever purchased (I was 13 at the time)...I loved that belt!
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 9:35pm EST
oh no Honey....that was Simon LeBon....
But when you're having fun
There's a world outside your window
And it's a world of dread and fear..... come on errbody sing!!!

I would love to say that nothing came between me and my calvins....but even when i was a wee tiny thing....I have always had a ghetto booty. too much junk in the trunk.
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 9:37pm EST
Calvins don't cover the span of the ghetto booty

Although....i had a pair of Jordache....that I dyed purple....and carried needle nose pliers to zip them up.

My lower half would be purple from dye or lack of circulation....not sure which.

It is a wonder i have kids today
Auntie Smedley Dec 10, 2006, 9:41pm EST
Ghetto booty? LOL!

Once when I was home from college I came upstairs all dolled up to go out in my Calvin Klein jeans. My brother, teasing, said "Nothing comes between her and her Calvins".

My father looks me up and down, raises one eyebrow, and in a gruff voice says "And she just better keep it that way, too!".

He was totally serious.
La Victoria Dec 10, 2006, 9:45pm EST
Yes but then it goes to Sting
*Where the only water flowing...is the bitter STING of tears...
La Bellota Dec 10, 2006, 10:01pm EST
*straining Bono voice*
And the Christmas bells that ring
There are the clanging chimes of doom
Well tonight thank God it's them instead of you

Yep.....Nobody got between me an my calvins/jordache...not even air.

Where was J Lo in the 80s.....This sister needed help
Timothy V. Dec 10, 2006, 10:14pm EST
Guns 'n' Roses, Tesla, Great White, White Lion, Ratt, Van Halen ( not Van Haggar ), Warrant ( Uncle Tom's Cabin )
jessie voigts Dec 10, 2006, 10:42pm EST
those sweaters that were blocks of color!!

i remember when mtv first started. we didn't have cable so still had to videotape friday night videos. my parents wouldn't let us stay up that late.
Emily C. Dec 10, 2006, 11:15pm EST
Jelly shoes were awesome!
Jody Says Dec 11, 2006, 11:31am EST
"Do they know its Christmas time at allllllll"
I was a teenager in the 80's you ladies are bringing back some wonderful memories talking about the boots and skirts and stuff- whew!
Thanks for the Pics, I miss those days.
Rhonda *TheTightwad* S. Dec 11, 2006, 1:19pm EST
No matter the decade, I always wore jeans, tees, and flip flops. Missed out on all the "fun" fashions being discussed. In the 80's I spent much of my time in my Navy uniform also
La Bellota Dec 12, 2006, 9:02am EST
Jeans, tees, and flip flop never go out of fashion :)
Carla S. Dec 14, 2006, 8:47pm EST
chunky belts, Guess! jeans, Jordache jeans, Big hair bands!

I was in Jr High! LOL
Marie Louviere Dec 17, 2006, 9:56am EST
for me it was dolphin shorts, slip on vans, tight ass designer jeans and Journey concerts....Ohhh yes I remember it well
La Bellota Jan 23, 2007, 2:46pm EST
Did anyone carry pliers in their purse to get their jordache jeans on?

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