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Subject: An Observation
When I was a kid in the 70s, there were a lot of "stuff" about the 50s. I remember sock hops, Happy Days, Leverne and Shirley, American Gafitti. etc. Then in the 80s, the 60s were popular. It seems that everywhere you looked there was some kind of reference to the 60s. Even mini skirts were back in fashion. Followed by the 90s where the 70s were popular. Tied dyed shirts, bell bottoms, and platform shoes made a comeback. Now in the 2000s, it seems that the 80s are very popular. Big hair is coming back on the scene. I know 10 years from now, everything 90s will appear once more.
What is it that makes 20 years ago very popular? Does anyone have any ideas why this seems to happen?
(Btw, I made this observation back in the 80s.)
Cat
Subject: Re: An Observation
I made that same observation years ago as well, but to me, it seemed to run in 30 year cycles. In the 80's there was a lot of 50's styles that seemed popular, and people in our school even had collections of 50's songs. The 90's to me seemed as though the 60's were making a return. Musical styles were similar, fashions were similar. Now in the 2000's it seems to me that the 70's are coming on strong.
Of course, this is just what I see in my area, your area may be different.
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I think it depends on which part of the decade you are thinking of. You both have valid arguments for 20/30 years. I DO see alot of 70's fashions, but 80's ways of thinking and music. IMO, you're both right. History does have a way of repeating itself, doesn't it? ;D
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I, too have noticed that in each new decade there seems to be a return of things that were once popular 20 years before. It is an interesting phenomenon. I guess all the great fashion designers can only come up with so many original ideas. ;D
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Oh Dear Lord! I sure hope this the 80's don't come back this decade... :P ;D
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Oh Dear Lord! I sure hope this the 80's don't come back this decade... :P ;D
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Speak for yourself! <bumps to the side>
:D <rolls-out the red carpet> ;D 8)
Subject: Re: An Observation
80's music (some of it) is cool, but the clothing needs to go very very very far away and disappear. Mullets don't need to come back. Tight jeans don't need to come back in men. Shoulder pads should be left to the football players.
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Ok yeah...SOME of the music was ok....like REAL rock. I hate 80's pop music. :-X
Ah yes, I am very grateful that I was only BORN in the 80's ;D
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Tight jeans don't need to come back in men.
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Speaking as a woman who enjoys a good view....
Yes they do!!!!!!!!!!!
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Speaking as a woman who enjoys a good view....
Yes they do!!!!!!!!!!!
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I totally agree. ;D
Cat
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Mullets don't need to come back.End Quote
Well John, you know I hear that down in the Southern region of the country, mullets never left. ::)
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Speaking as a woman who enjoys a good view....
Yes they do!!!!!!!!!!!
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No they don't. As an Okie, I would like to say that Wranglers should be outlawed :-X
Sorry, but I just find that guys look MUCH better in jnco's than they do in extremely tight jeans.
But maybe that's just me
Subject: Re: An Observation
Break out your Members Only jackets! Your polo shirts with the little alligator on them! Your Vanderbilt jeans! Your headbands! Your spandex leotards! Yes!
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Your polo shirts with the little alligator on them!
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Those are Lacoste shirts.
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I agree that there are these fashion and music cycles. I think it has to do with two things. First, there are only so many fashion possibilities. Second is rebellion. So kids reject the fashions AND music of their parents and "invent" their own. But with music, they are willing to rediscover the GOOD music of their grandparents, and gradually of their parents too (when I was a kid I refused to listen to Glenn Miller 'cause that was dad's music, gradually I rediscovered him and others). The same kind of thing happens with immigrants. The first US born generation often wants nothing to do with the old country. Their kids rediscover their ethnic roots. I'm sure there's more to it but just a thought.
Subject: Re: An Observation
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I made that same observation years ago as well, but to me, it seemed to run in 30 year cycles. In the 80's there was a lot of 50's styles that seemed popular, and people in our school even had collections of 50's songs. The 90's to me seemed as though the 60's were making a return. Musical styles were similar, fashions were similar. Now in the 2000's it seems to me that the 70's are coming on strong.
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I agree generally. I mentioned some time ago (I think in this forum, could've been somewhere else) that it seemed that while the '80s was quite unique, actually a whole lot of things were based on '50s culture even if only on the surface. Sure, there were mini-skirts (altho I didn't see a whole lot of them), but that's the exception rather than the rule about the '60s. Bright or pastel colors, sharp jackets, shoulder pads, sharp b&w suits, black leather w/studs, etc, seemed more in tune w/'50s stuff. I think most boys' hair actually were closer to '50s boys than we discuss (mullets were non-existent in real life here, anyway) - buzz cuts or mid-length waves w/near pomps. And yes, we teens were influenced alot by the '50s culture that showed quite a bit starting in the '70s w/pop culture but didn't really make a dent in every-day living until the '80s - we grew up on Happy Days and Grease. Some of us also had '50s parents, and no, we're not all averse to our parents so what they liked influenced us.
Actually, I think I see more of a cycle in rebelling against the older sibling - or at least, the "generation" immediately ahead of 1self. In the '80s it seemed every1 had some wholesale aversion to the '70s. (Not myself in general, but lots hated *everything* about the '70s.) As if to try to make 1self totally different from the 1s before.