Question:
What was the most popular fad of the 1980's?
Morgan
2009-06-06 08:10:17 UTC
Need help for a project, and I wasn't alive then ;]
Fourteen answers:
Kathy H
2009-06-06 08:21:50 UTC
Atari

Roos (Kangaroo tennis shoes)

Legwarmers worn over jeans

charm necklaces

Yo-Yo Sandals

jeans with the zippers up the legs

Aqua Net Hairspray

The British Invasion (U2, Duran Duran, Culture Club, A-Ha, etc)

Swatch Watches

Apple Computers

Rubik's Cube

Strawberry Shortcake

Guys with one earring

Care Bears

Slinky

Jelly Shoes

Simon (the game)

Shasta soda

Neon (clothings, bracelets, signs, etc.)

Scrunch Socks

Spandex

Schoolhouse Rock

Friendship Bracelets

Josie and the Pussycats

HOT stickers

Sock Sweat Bands

Mullets and Rat tails (long strip of hair in back of neck)

Slap Bracelets

Mohawks

Dungeons and Dragons

Hanging out at Video Arcades

Trapper Keepers

Big Hair Bows

Brat Pack

Bandana tied around one's leg

Popples

Ripped jeans

Smurfs

BBS (Bulletin Board Systems - Kind of like the Internet but text based )

Chuck E. Cheese

"Word"

Where's the Beef

Hershey Kiss Lip Gloss

Valley Girl talk

Hungry Hungry Hippos

Teddy Ruxpin

Penny Loafers

Weird Al

American Gladiators

Lip Smackers

Garfield

Goatee Beards

WWF Wrestling

Vans Tennis Shoes

Judy Blume books

Big Hair with lots of hairspray (including glam/hair metal bands)

Break Dancing

Brightly colored feather roach clips in hair

Denim Jackets

Muppet Babies

Michael Jackon type glitter gloves

Paint Pens

Ouija Boards

Having your collar up

Pac-Man

Lace fingerless gloves (like Madonna wore)

Feathered Hair

Jazzercise

California Raisins

Crush soda pop

Miami Vice Fashion

Weeble Wobbles

Skater Hair Cuts (lopsided haircuts)

Rainbow Brite

Hello Kitty

Koosh Balls

Wacky WallWalker

Duck-tails

Nintendo

Connect Four

Scratch 'n Sniff Stickers

Leveraged Buyouts

Skateboarding

Sticker Collections and Albums

Slip 'n Slide

Gucci

Catsuits

"Just Say No"

Trivial Pursuit

Ray-Ban sunglasses

Tupperware Parties

Chia Pets

Alfred E.Neuman

Roller Skating Rinks

Parachute Pants

Hacky-Sack

Sleeveless shirts

"Psyche!"

Sony Walkmans

Tetherball

Remote Control Cars

Pop Rocks

"Members Only" jackets

New Wave music

John Hughes Movies (Sixteen Candles, Breakfest Club, etc.)

Horror Movies (Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, etc.),

Boom Boxes / Ghetto Blasters

ESP

Big Shoulder Pads

The KGB

He-Man

Pee Wee Herman

Polaroid cameras

Bomb disaster drills at schools

Cabbage Patch Dolls

Garbage Pail Kids

Army Ants

The Preppy look

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ghost-hunting

"Totally awsome!"

My Little Pony

Crocodile Dundee Hats

Sweater on Waist

'Baby on Board' Signs

Moonwalking

Doc Marten Lace-Up Shoes (army boots)

Beauty Moles
?
2009-06-06 08:19:12 UTC
Rayban sunglasses

Garbage Pail Kids

Chia Pets
Kanga
2009-06-06 08:16:36 UTC
Big hair, Disco Music, Blue Eyeshadow, Leg Warmers, Bright Bright Colors, and thats about it.
Silly Rabbit_<3's Life
2009-06-06 08:14:36 UTC
that was 5 years before I was born lol.



Here's a website with some 80s fads:



http://www.crazyfads.com/80s.htm
HAYLEY
2009-06-06 08:26:20 UTC
Depends where you lived... I remember big hair bands... so many went for that big hair look... those awful mullets..

.Doctor Scholls massage shoes. They had little rubbery bristles and gel shoes. Tight paint on jeans. Toga parties, records, phonographs, eight tracks too name a few:) Good question
Rano
2009-06-06 08:12:57 UTC
Leg warmers? Shoulder pads? Techno music?
2009-06-06 08:13:47 UTC
BIG HAIR!

Check out Cindy Lauper---

she did it all! She defined the 80's!

Check out MC Hammer, too!

He popularized a lot 80's trends.
Tom H
2009-06-06 08:14:12 UTC
80s music all about having a good time
gsmom
2009-06-06 08:15:55 UTC
jelly shoes

parachute pants

atari

Mulletts

care Bears

aqua net hairspray

cabbage patch dolls
Veritas
2009-06-06 08:13:02 UTC
Big hair, leggings
2009-06-06 08:12:58 UTC
BIG, BIG, BIG HAIR.

Skinny jeans.

Leggings.

Bright colours.

"Glam" look.

A lot of animal print, I remember leopard the most.
2009-06-06 08:14:00 UTC
parachute pants, leg warmers, rubix cube were the big three i remember
confused
2009-06-06 08:13:06 UTC
funkadelic groovy wigs
2009-06-06 08:14:20 UTC
big hair.. shoulder pads...


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