Fun & Famous
THERE WE ARE AGAIN!
by Maddy Stolk
They are back from actually never really gone. In fact: it promises to be the biggest fashion trend of 2017. The eighties are making a rather unwanted comeback, because no one, and I mean absolutely no one, looked good at that time.
Think: neon-colored plastic lightning bolts in the ears, the difficult, upright hair of Wham! during ‘Club Tropicana’ and Bananarama (‘I'm your Venus’ – ugh), scrunchies, body warmers, and boat shoes. With that prospect, I have only one question left: why? W-h-y do we have to go back to all that ugliness? It's the circle of life, as Mufasa says in ‘The Lion King’ (yes, you can get life wisdom from anywhere, and although the lion king was talking about dying and being reborn, on a micro level it is also applicable). But this cycle could have been broken in my opinion. Here we go again with Michael Jackson's ‘Thriller‘ and Jane Fonda's workout videos (weren't they already camp?). We were actually quite fed up with it, but they're back. Again.
In my world, the glass is usually half full, but in this case, it's a very tiny bottom – I can only think of two good things related to the eighties. ‘Stranger Things‘ (set in the eighties) is coming in summer 2017 with its second season and T-shirts with a (politically correct or not) statement on it. My favorite at the end of December is a Christmas green variant with ’cold turkey‘ in large white letters on it.
“It's the circle of life, as Mufasa says in The Lion King”
Alright, one more bright spot: sportswear is here to stay. I say: yay! I think I'm one of the few, but I'm perfectly happy that those dreadful skinnies can go. They look nice, but feel awful. Especially if you lead a sedentary life and sit behind your desk typing all day. Long live the flares and the good old jogging pants; legs need breathing space. Mine certainly do, and they are anything but oversized, but just don't like to be squeezed. I also work from home quite often, so a comfortable home outfit is certainly allowed. And they actually look quite nice too, until the sixth package deliverer (the fate of the home worker: all packages for the whole neighborhood are parked at my place, and I always open the door, you never know when you need that good neighbor) makes the joke: ‘Are you going to bed at this time?’ Then the fun is a bit over.
Anyway, the eighties revival is inevitable: the remake of ‘Ghostbusters’ already came out this year, everyone is wearing Vans again, and Madonna has, well, never really taken off her cone bra.
If you can't beat them, join them. I put on a gold lamé mini dress (including shoulder pads), white stilettos underneath, and a customized denim jacket (with sequins) over it. For Christmas, a costume party, at home on the couch: I'm ready in one go. Let's see what my package deliverer has to say about this.
