Flashback to the 80's

You know how fashions come around in cycles? One year mod, sixties styles will be in, then 70's flowy hippy-ish stuff will be in then more 80's styles. Well, we're back in the 80's and I have some very mixed feelings about it.

I'm the first to admit that I'm a fashion magazine whore. I love new magazine day so I can see what the new styles are and what's up and coming. I tear through my In Style and Lucky and Glamour and even Teen Vogue. I don't do regular Vogue because I find that it's just a little too couture and abstract for my life. I'm not going to be wearing a taffeta bubble skirt, leopard print top and spectator pumps to the new Target. You know? But I usually find really good ideas about new outfits and ways to wear things in all my other magazines. Don't get me wrong, I'm no fashionista but I like to try new things. My boss doesn't really care what I wear so I get to be a little creative. Plus, I'm usually in t-shirts or tank tops and jeans on the weekend so I like to dress up a little more for work.

But, I've been seeing a lot more 80's styles coming back in the magazines lately that I'm just not sure I can try. It started with the footless leggings. I don't get why those are popular again. They do not flatter anyone! But now, an even bigger disaster is starting to show up in the magazines. Colored jeans. Why? I really can't understand the logic behind colored jeans. I like colored work pants but there is something about a pair of bright yellow, stretchy, tapered leg jeans that just screams, "NO"! I don't see how they could be flattering on anyone except maybe a 5'10" model and even then they still don't seem right. I think it's very irresponsible for magazines to be leading regular women into this really bad trend. I guarantee that you'll be seeing a lot of these colored jeans showing up in the "Don't" category in Glamour magazine.

One trend that I really like from the 80's is all the accessories. I am a terrible accessorize-r. No matter how many magazines I read I just can not figure out how to coordinate a belt with an outfit or figure out how to layer necklaces or what necklace I should wear with what earrings. Don't even get me started on bangles. I just don't know how. I can do shoes and purses but the other accessories really confuse me. It's one of my goals in life, to be well accessorized. I'm trying and I hope someday accessories will come to me naturally. I'd love to have one of those boxes of junk jewelry that old women usually have. The ones filled with broaches and pearls and big flower rings. I think it would be really fun to pick through one of those and play "dress up". Don't laugh at me- adults can play dress up too.

I wonder what the next trend to cycle in will be? I wonder if in the future, our kids will be wearing styles from this decade, the 2000 decade? Which actually will be styles from the 80's decade right? I wonder if we'll say to them the same things our parents say to us now, "that style was popular when I was a teenager"? It'll be interesting. Just like the perfect outfit should be.