80S Pictures Like These Remind Us Why We Re So Nostalgic

The decade that declared “I want my MTV” leaves us full of nostalgia for its fashion, full hair, and killer music.

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1 of 561982.awkward family photos 2 of 56Typical kid’s birthday.reddit 3 of 56An 80s picnic in Central Park.All-That-Is-Interesting 4 of 56All-That-Is-Interesting 5 of 56Matching acid-wash outfits.vintag.es 6 of 56A premier men’s hairstyle: the mullet.vintag.es 7 of 56If this family doesn’t scream “80s”, then nothing does. reddit 8 of 561983.periodcult/tumblr 9 of 56reddit 10 of 56reddit 11 of 561989.80stimewarp/tumblr 12 of 56Early 80s road-trippin’. reddit 13 of 56Seen in an airport in the 80s. reddit 14 of 561987.reddit 15 of 56reddit 16 of 56internet k-hole/tumblr 17 of 56internet k-hole/tumblr

18 of 56reddit 19 of 561989.reddit 20 of 56vintag.es 21 of 56eightiess/tumblr 22 of 56internet k-hole/tumblr 23 of 56reddit 24 of 56Kids in this family were issued Michael Jackson “Thriller” jackets at birth. awkward family photos

25 of 56Mini dresses and hot dogs.Vintag.es 26 of 56MTV hits the airwaves in 1981.reddit 27 of 56reddit 28 of 56New York, 1984.reddit 29 of 56Caroll Spinney, the original voice and puppeteer of big bird and Oscar the Grouch in the 1980s. reddit 30 of 561982.reddit 31 of 56There’s just a lot going on in this photo from 1981.reddit 32 of 561985.All-That-Is-Interesting 33 of 56A festival in Pasadena, 1980. Barack Obama happened to be in this photo. reddit 34 of 56Halloween, 1985.reddit 35 of 56This 80’s couple are married, middle-aged parents now.Imgur 36 of 56awkward family photos

37 of 56Scenes from an 80s mall.superbestario/tumblr 38 of 56PYMCA/UIG via Getty Images 39 of 56awkward family photos
40 of 56reddit 41 of 56A 1984 shoot for the Herman Miller Furniture brochure. Susan Wood/Getty Images 42 of 56vintag.es

43 of 56a group of punks. Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images 44 of 56Virginia Turbett/Redferns/Getty Images 45 of 56The Jazzercise Center in Penington, New Jersey, 1989. George Tiedemann/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images 46 of 56The King’s Road, London, 1984. Paul Hartnett/PYMCA/UIG via Getty Images 47 of 56Tailgating and waiting for the Springsteen show. Ebet Roberts/Redferns/Getty Images 48 of 56Jamel Shabazz/Getty Images 49 of 56At the National Mall, Washington DC, 1980. Clarence Gatson/Gado/Getty Images 50 of 56Why doesn’t the baby have a sparkler? Hold my cigarette … oh, never mind. I’ve got this. reddit 51 of 561983.awkward family photos 52 of 561981.reddit 53 of 56hot80s-blog/tumblr 54 of 56All-That-Is-Interesting 55 of 56vintag.es 56 of 56Like this gallery?Share it:

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The nostalgia for the 1980s refuses to go away. People love the retro vibe of shows like Netflix’s Stranger Things and ABC’s The Goldbergs. Maybe people long for the simpler times of their youth; before cell phones and computers took up most of everyone’s time. These vintage 80s pictures bring us back to the times of leg warmers and boomboxes; of malls and jazzercise.

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1 of 561982.awkward family photos

2 of 56Typical kid’s birthday.reddit

3 of 56An 80s picnic in Central Park.All-That-Is-Interesting

4 of 56All-That-Is-Interesting

5 of 56Matching acid-wash outfits.vintag.es

6 of 56A premier men’s hairstyle: the mullet.vintag.es

7 of 56If this family doesn’t scream “80s”, then nothing does. reddit

8 of 561983.periodcult/tumblr

9 of 56reddit

10 of 56reddit

11 of 561989.80stimewarp/tumblr

12 of 56Early 80s road-trippin’. reddit

13 of 56Seen in an airport in the 80s. reddit

14 of 561987.reddit

15 of 56reddit

16 of 56internet k-hole/tumblr

17 of 56internet k-hole/tumblr

18 of 56reddit

19 of 561989.reddit

20 of 56vintag.es

21 of 56eightiess/tumblr

22 of 56internet k-hole/tumblr

23 of 56reddit

24 of 56Kids in this family were issued Michael Jackson “Thriller” jackets at birth. awkward family photos

25 of 56Mini dresses and hot dogs.Vintag.es

26 of 56MTV hits the airwaves in 1981.reddit

27 of 56reddit

28 of 56New York, 1984.reddit

29 of 56Caroll Spinney, the original voice and puppeteer of big bird and Oscar the Grouch in the 1980s. reddit

30 of 561982.reddit

31 of 56There’s just a lot going on in this photo from 1981.reddit

32 of 561985.All-That-Is-Interesting

33 of 56A festival in Pasadena, 1980. Barack Obama happened to be in this photo. reddit

34 of 56Halloween, 1985.reddit

35 of 56This 80’s couple are married, middle-aged parents now.Imgur

36 of 56awkward family photos

37 of 56Scenes from an 80s mall.superbestario/tumblr

38 of 56PYMCA/UIG via Getty Images

39 of 56awkward family photos

40 of 56reddit

41 of 56A 1984 shoot for the Herman Miller Furniture brochure. Susan Wood/Getty Images

42 of 56vintag.es

43 of 56a group of punks. Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images

44 of 56Virginia Turbett/Redferns/Getty Images

45 of 56The Jazzercise Center in Penington, New Jersey, 1989. George Tiedemann/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images

46 of 56The King’s Road, London, 1984. Paul Hartnett/PYMCA/UIG via Getty Images

47 of 56Tailgating and waiting for the Springsteen show. Ebet Roberts/Redferns/Getty Images

48 of 56Jamel Shabazz/Getty Images

49 of 56At the National Mall, Washington DC, 1980. Clarence Gatson/Gado/Getty Images

50 of 56Why doesn’t the baby have a sparkler? Hold my cigarette … oh, never mind. I’ve got this. reddit

51 of 561983.awkward family photos

52 of 561981.reddit

53 of 56hot80s-blog/tumblr

54 of 56All-That-Is-Interesting

55 of 56vintag.es

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55 Vintage 80s Pictures That Will Make You Laugh And Cringe View Gallery

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It’s a strange thing to miss the days when you were afraid to wander too far away from your tape deck radio and consequently not hitting “record” on your favorite song on time. Ditto goes for the VCR and your favorite shows. However, there is a certain magic that happened in the 1980s; one that Hollywood still strives to recreate and that we still miss.

80s-Style Entertainment

“So many of our greatest moviegoing experiences were actually experienced in our house, on VHS,” Stranger Things co-creator Matt Duffer reported. “These were the films that were on our shelves, that we would watch … These were the movies we grew up on. It became a part of us.”

Indeed, it seems that if you lived through the 80s, the decade will always be a part of you. The sheer imagination and fun behind the blockbuster films E.T., Back To The Future, and Ghostbusters is still being emulated today.

Music was another crucial part of the decade, which these ’80s pictures show in all their hair metal glory. There was punk, post-punk, new-wave, synth-pop, hip-hop, hair metal, and even those who still clung to disco. There was a fashion subset for everyone, as these 80s pictures will show. The 80’s remains one of the most baffling decades when it comes to fashion.

Weird Fashion Trends In 80s Pictures

For a preteen in the 80s, fashion meant jelly shoes, charm necklaces, sticker books, and Caboodles. This also meant copying Madonna — spandex, lace skirts, half-shirts, and crucifixes.

As for the rest, anything baggy or with geometric shapes was the utmost in fashion. These 80s pictures show that the muted harvest color craze from the 70s was well on its way out and replaced by — what else — neon.

The later in the decade it got, the bigger and more permed the hair became. Guys even permed the back of their mullets. Hairstyles in this decade, as these 80s pictures will show, have to be some of the weirdest — and that doesn’t even account for the 12-inch mohawks that some punks sported.

80s Politics

Reaganomics was the keyword of the day, politically speaking. Ronald Reagan was the president of the U.S. for most of the decade — from 1981 until 1989. As with any president, he had supporters and he had opponents. Things like the Iran-Contra affair certainly sullied his reputation but as a whole, Reagan left office a popular president.

Who can forget first lady Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” campaign? As the 70s ended, all the drugs once deemed as recreational were now looked upon with disdain. However, the crack-cocaine epidemic of the 80s still raged on.

When the Berlin Wall fell and opened Germany’s borders on Nov. 9, 1989, so too did the Cold War come to an end as the divide between communists and western democracy came together. Indeed, the hope at the end of the 80s was a sort of global reunification, and it is perhaps this hopefulness that we are so nostalgic for.

Or, as these 80s pictures show, it’s indeed just the fashion we miss.

After this look at vintage 80s pictures, check out this gallery of 80s metal aficionados. Then, take a look at these celebrity school photos that the stars probably don’t want you to see.

The decade that declared “I want my MTV” leaves us full of nostalgia for its fashion, full hair, and killer music.#

80s-Style Entertainment#

Weird Fashion Trends In 80s Pictures#

80s Politics#

The decade that declared “I want my MTV” leaves us full of nostalgia for its fashion, full hair, and killer music.

80s-Style Entertainment

Weird Fashion Trends In 80s Pictures

80s Politics