1. By: Madison Olsen

2.  1980s was all about rock n roll 1. Michael Jackson 2. Prince 3. Madonna 4. U2 5. Bruce Springsteen 6. Run-D.M.C. 7. Van Halen 8. Public Enemy 9. Billy Joel 10. The Police 11. Phil Collins 12. Guns N' Roses 13. Def Leppard 14. Janet Jackson 15. George Michael/Wham 16. Whitney Houston 17. Metallica 18. N.W.A 19. Dire Straits 20. AC/DC 21. Rush 32. Journey 33. John Mellencamp 34. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 35. REO Speedwagon 36. Kool and the Gang 37. L.L. Cool J 38. Tina Turner 39. Queen 40. Beastie Boys 41. Ozzy Osbourne 42. The Smiths 43. Huey Lewis and the News 44. Bryan Adams 45. Hall & Oates 46. Pat Benatar 47. Eric B. & Rakim 48. Billy Idol 49. Peter Gabriel 50. INXS 22. Iron Maiden 23. Judas Priest 24. Lionel Richie 25. Bon Jovi 26. Talking Heads 27. Genesis 28. R.E.M. 29. Duran Duran 30. Motley Crue 31. The Cure

3.  As we entered the 1980s, fashion evolved once more. Skirts and dresses were once again longer and featured straight lines and more serious design.  As more and more women joined the professional work force business suits became a trend for women with straight conservative skirts and broad shouldered, boxy blazers topped the look.  In the eighties, fashion became highly influenced by music stars and movies with eclectic looks shown off by Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and movie star Molly Ringwald. In the 1990s, skirts and dresses were not as prominent and more casual looks became acceptable with hip-hop and alternative music setting the scene for fashion early in the decade.  Skirts and dresses were usually short and even provocative, especially in the latter part of the decade, however loose and flowing dresses as well as long denim skirts were also notable trends.  Pumps were common in the 1980’s, they were designed with higher and thinner heels than in decades before and they became more of a hit. For casual wear, tennis shoes (both high-tops and standard ankle high shoes) and leather dress shoes were very popular. Flats became popular too, especially with working women.

4.  The 1980s was a time of its own unique fashion. Men during this time who worked as an executive or other position of higher authority usually wore items such as a brown two-pieced double- breasted suit with long narrow lapels.  These suits were designed with broad shoulders and shoulder pads. Casual clothing that was significant of the 1980s included denim blue jeans, often worn with a matching jean jacket.  Punk fashion in the 1980s for men included clothing items such as sleeveless black leather jacket, off-center zip fastening, or flap pockets.

5.  From the 1980s to the current time punk hairstyles such as shaved heads, Mohawks, and painted hair were worn.  These were usually the hairdos of those who wanted to make a statement, or just simply to be different from mainstream society.  Many mainstream and independent artists had punk hairdos. Heavy metal hairstyles for men were quite popular, especially after the 1980s.  Male heavy metal rock groups would tease and/or color their hair, which usually was let to grow long. There are still standards for hairstyles in the present. For the workplace hairdos are very conservative, usually in a straight style, or sometimes waved or slightly permed.  In the seventies, eighties, and even nineties, handbags and purses became more of a catch-all with women narrowing their collection down to just one or two, a more formal bag and an everyday work type bag.  Presently, the type of handbags women own have become even more of a status symbol than in the past, with designer bags from Coach, Dooney & Bourke, Fendi, Prada, Michael Kors, Louis Vuitton, Kate Spade, and others costing thousands of dollars being the only purses women use, and often the only luxury piece of clothing many women own.

6.  The 1980s represented an era of downsizing and reinvention among Detroit automakers, and the continuing flood of Japanese imports.  The early 1980s was also a period of aggressive marketing and risk-taking by the Japanese. Later in the decade, better-designed engines and electronic fuel injection brought some horsepower back to American-made cars while the Japanese reintroduced the economical two-seater roadster that revived the fun factor in driving a car.  Ford  Ford attempted to produce a two-seater sport compact car in the 1980s as Mazda introduced its two-seater Mazda roadster and Toyota launched its MR2. In 1982, Ford introduced the EXP and its sibling the Mercury LN7.  The two-seater was a reconfigured Escort offered as a coupe and coupe. It was equipped with a 1.9-liter four-cylinder engine. Sales, however, were dismal.  In 1989, Ford replaced the EXP with the Probe, another sport compact that should have complemented the larger Mustang. The Probe had a 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine and short 99-inch wheelbase, but buyers saw the Probe as a cheap imitation of the Mustang and sales never took off.

7.  Chevrolet's Camaro for most of the 1980s was a shadow of its former pony and muscle car self.  For 1982, it sported a radical and very seductive body redesign, but the 1970s fuel shortages and rising costs at the pump prompted Chevy to equip it with an embarrassing 2.5-liter four-cylinder as standard equipment.  The famed 5-liter V-8 was available, but with only 165 horsepower. Chevrolet  Chevrolet's Camaro for most of the 1980s was a shadow of its former pony and muscle car self.  For 1982, it sported a radical and very seductive body redesign, but the 1970s fuel shortages and rising costs at the pump prompted Chevy to equip it with an embarrassing 2.5-liter four-cylinder as standard equipment.  The famed 5-liter V-8 was available, but with only 165 horsepower. Volkswagen  Volkswagen successfully manoeuvred the compact Golf to replace the aging Beetle by the early 1980s.  Beetle production as an U.S. import ceased in 1978. By 1986, the Golf Mike rode on a 97.4-inch wheelbase and barely tipped the scales at 2,000 lbs.  It featured a spunky 137-horsepower 1.8-liter in-line four-cylinder engine.

8.  1. The personal computer  2. The CD  3. The Walkman  4. The Video cassette recorder  5. The mobile phone  6. the ZX spectrum  7. The camcorder  Game Consoles

9.  Back to the future  Scarface  Stand by me  The Goonies  Beetle Juice  The Princess and Bride  The Breakfast Club  Cannibal Holocaust  Blade Runner  The Outsiders