1980s - The MTV generation

The age of Thatcherism and fast forwarding developments in technology gave birth to the Yuppie. The first brick shaped mobile telephone was made commercial in Japan in 1979 (phonehistory, n.d.) and the first home computer system was brought out by Amstrad in 1984 with the first PC in 1986 (Amstrad, 2008). To match this sophisticated technology, Yuppies sense of style was also sophisticated which meant designer suits for both men and women.

Amstrad Home Computer

Then you have the glam stars such as Madonna and the MTV generation when MTV was purely just music.
Both boys and girls had similar hair styles which were held up with masses of hairspray, both short and long styles. Less was a bore, so everything was made to stand out. Clothes were bright coloured, shoulders were accentuated to the max for a masculine style and jewellery was piled on.

Madonna

Front man from Twisted Sister

Leather was a staple piece for most cliques in the 80s. Rock’n’roll stemmed off into the sub-genres hair metal and heavy metal which included bands such as Bon Jovi, and Judas Priest. Even pop stars such as Michael Jackson wore heavy leathers. Studs, zips and fringes were popular features of leather garments at the time. 

Bon Jovi

Judas Priest

Michael Jackson

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