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In every decade music and musicians dictated fashion to a great extent, and accessories were a bit part of the fashion, regularly being simple to remove and become 'normal' again. Hair was one exception, and only the committed took a leap, but feet and hands were liberally embellished with the youth's badges of bravery and display of alignment with the music and fashion of the day. For some, the 80's were a fab time. The inception of MTV revolutionized fashion, bringing the radical new fashions into everybody's living rooms. For others, it was nothing but bad hair, worse clothing and music that commonly had more to do with machines than talent. We take a look at the previous approach and relish the surplus and preposterous fashions that the 80s made main line. We didn't accessorise - we "excessorised " and loved it. We attracted attention with completely over the top bits and bobs. Hair feet and hands decorations were vitally important as an element of the uniform and depended on one's leaning towards either the Punk or New Romantic end of the range. Here we list some of the well-liked trends of the day : Hair women Scrunchies plenty of gel Banana Clips Pineapple Clips Multi-coloured and / or platinum blonde Colored feathers in hair Crimped / ultra-teased Side pony tails Glitter Hair mascara Men Mohicans or long and layered Rainbow colors Frizzy / slightly teased / kinked Hands Many Swatches ( a well-liked giant gaudy watch ) Swatch Protectors ( to protect one's investment ) Plastic Charms ( the less expensive the better elves etc or anything actually ) hoop Earrings ( made of different metals, woods and plastic ) Beads ( bright colours made of wood or plastic, and more than one string ) Slap Bracelets Rubber bands Rhinestone / Studded Gloves ( to continue the theme of studs in the face and other bits of the body Fingerless Gloves ( one of the stranger fashions made from leather or PVC ) Feet Doc Marten shoes and boots with Grolsch bottle tops attached to laces armed forces Boots Leather Sandals Jelly Shoes Roller Skates Leg warmers High Top Sneakers Neon Socks It would be tough to select a top 10 as the entire point was that anything goes with anything and one should express individualism and demonstrate anti-establishment bents. When done correctly the entire look was silly, which was the point, and the choosing of one look or one accessory over another would fly in the face of the anti-government ethos of the era.
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