1980s Forgotten Fads

I'd happily relive the 80s again. Pushing 50 in the 2020s blows.

Another 80s fad was the mall. Sure they still exist today but many are closing or turning into something else. In the 80s it was the place to be. You could easily spend all day there and not give it a second thought.

It was an amazing time to grow up. Not just the fashions but the way people acted it was just a wonderful time frame

Loved this I’m 54 and the 80’s were a great time to be a teen! You forgot the acid washed jeans, plastic bead necklaces and bracelets, rubber bracelets, neon colors, leg warmers, Love’s Baby Soft, large low slung belts for ladies, rock painted denim jackets, trapper keeper binders, standing up collars, la coste shirts, stretch jeans in crazy colors, hair mousse and gel, sun-in, mix tapes, purple iridescent lip gloss, Lee press on nails, capezio shoes, tee shirts with blazers, I could go on and on. I miss those days !!!! 🫶🏻

If I may suggest an honorable mention… shoulder pads! I had a dresser drawer full of nothing but shoulder pads. Sewed them into every piece of clothing I owned, even if it already had shoulder pads. “Only 1? Screw that! Need more!” I could have played in the NFL with my collection.

I love the first mall scene on Stranger Things. People younger than me have commented how "exaggerated" it is. ".,.it wasn't really all that".... Dude it was EXACTLY like that, they were spot on! 🤣🤣 If you were there, you know;

I turned 4 in 1980. That was such a great decade! It was probably the last time kids played outside. I remember the music, movies, going to the mall, and all the fads. I had several Swatch watches. What a time to be a kid! I feel bad that my kids missed it.

The 80's was the best years to grow up!!! ❤️

Don't forget that pencil eraser just in case your cassette hits a glitch and you have to rewind it back onto the spool! Haha!

One word to describe the 80’s “colorful”! Being a kid during that time, everything was so bright and colorful, the makeup, clothing, toys, cartoons, cereal, hair gel, kitchen appliances, music videos, everything! Fashion was fun, acid wash, colorful denim, denim everything! Dads wearing Hawaiian shirts, moms wearing tropical print rompers or matching shirts and shorts. Kids R Us for children’s clothing. Back to School was the time to show off your style looking for the coolest Trapper Keeper and Lisa Frank school supplies. LA Gears and Reebok Pumps were what you hoped for for new shoes, but if you were like me, you got saddle shoes because the 50’s “sock hop” look was making a comeback thanks to movies like Grease, Dirty Dancing, and shows like Happy Days. Recess was spent learning double Dutch, walking on wooden stilts, or hoping you were invited to learn the hand jive with the cool girls blasting the Dirty Dancing soundtrack on a pink Sharp boombox. Getting the newest Boxcar Children, Babysitters Club, Fear Street, or Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark from the Scholastic Book Order form was like Christmas. Saturday morning cartoons were a ritual, if you were really lucky your mom or dad bought the little cereal packs and it was a race to the Fruit Loops, Apple Jacks or Sugar Smacks. Spending the night at the grandparents house involved TV dinners on TV trays watching the Golden Girls. Summers were spent at the pool, riding bikes, pretending to be explorers like Indiana Jones or the Goonies, making friendship bracelets, buying candy with the change in your pocket, trying to stay upright on a pogo stick, roller skates, or whacking your shins with a Skip It. Going to the mall was an experience, it was always busy, bright and fun. We spent nights playing flashlight tag with all of the kids in the neighborhood, elementary age all the way to high schoolers, all were welcome. We went home to eat and out we went again. I’ll forever be stuck in the 80’s!

You know you're old when the music you loved as a kid in the 80s is now being played on "classic" stations.

That dog trying to join in on the break dancing by spinning on his butt melted my heart.

I was a teenager in the 80's. I'm 51 today and miss those times a lot. My adult children ask my wife and I what was so special about the 80's? We smile and start telling them, they listen in awe.

God I miss this era!! I never thought I would miss it this much. I can remember the arcades, the mall movie theaters, the music stores, the food courts, and the clothes. The mall was like an extension of school where there were no teachers or authority............ Except the mall cops. And yes, you could spend all day there and go back the next day like it was nothing.

As someone who turned 10 in 1980, this was definitely my decade. My favorite thing about the 80s was the arcades and the movies.

The 80's was the best decade to be a teenager. Class of 88!

the 80's was one hell of an era. being a kid growing up in the 80's just sitting back & chilling play the atari 2600 & having fun with the he-man & the transformers toy's & watching the Saturday morning cartoons. god i miss them days

I was 12 in 1980 and 21 in 1989. That was junior high, high school, and college all encapsulated in one decade. 1977 to 1985 was especially fun and great. I love the 80s and miss them dearly.

The 80s was one of the most amazing times in history.

OH GOD do I love the 80s.....what an INSANE decade that was......I am so grateful I was teen back then