The Diva of the 80’s and the Sunglasses of the 80’s

The 80’s fashion was influenced by popular youth icons of that time. Madonna created new designs and styles for herself and created revolutionary fashion trends during this period. Madonna became the most famous icon of this period skyrocketing into fame. Being a talented performer, she was glamorous and continued to change her style and looks quite often making her the most sought after icon that most women of this period wanted to copy. From hair to shoes, Madonna was very keen on details and when she wanted to change her looks, she kept in mind all the singular details and changed every bit of it.

If you start talking from the different hairstyles that Madonna had in the 80’s you will get exhausted. From blonde to grey to black, she carried off all the different styles properly and with panache. Her famous wavy hair looks with highlights was a craze among the women in the 80’s. Madonna experimented with her looks separately for her music videos and separately for her movies. The oversized sweatshirt with no sleeve that she wore over smaller shirts or bras was another iconic look. Everyone copied the bad girl image that she displayed. The dirty bleached blonde hair combined with the junk jewelry that Madonna wore gave out a rebellious attitude.

The iconic conical bra was another famous aspect of the 80’s fashion trend that was made famous by Madonna. She is also famous for the layering of clothes that she started through her music videos and movies. You could see these layering in clothes as well as in jewelry that she wore. Multiple necklaces and different mismatching bracelets were the common aspect of these layering. In clothes, she did the layering aspect by wearing mismatched clothes over each other. For example, one of the most famous look of Madonna is the mini skirt over tight fitting striped short pants. Teenage girls simply loved this look of the style icon. It is without a doubt that Madonna was among the icons of this era, which inspired different trends in the 80’s fashion.

Accessories played an important role in the 80’s fashion and was decisive in crating new looks for the fashion trendy people of this period. Among the important fashion accessories of the 80’s one can never forget the importance of sunglasses. There were a huge variety and styles of sunglasses available during this time. However, there were four types of sunglasses, which were more famous and popular then any other types of sunglasses during this period. The Wayfarers, Robot-sunglasses, Aviator-Sunglasses and the Shutter Shades were the classic 80’s style sunglasses that were quite famous and popular.

The Wayfarer-sunglasses were the most famous types of sunglass styles of the 80’s. Hollywood movie stars, celebrities and models endorsed these sunglasses and made them quite popular. Synchronizing with the 80’s culture of mismatch and bright color combination, Wayfarers used two-toned earpieces for the sunglasses having bright fluorescent colors in contrast to the dark shade of the lens. The Robot-sunglasses were another type of sunglasses, which gave you the look of a robot or of an alien from outer space. These are thin striped shades, which covers your eyes and moves towards your ears as a single piece. These lost their popularity in the late eighties for unknown reasons.

The teardrop shaped Aviator-sunglasses were also sought after sunglasses and after the release of the movie Top Gun; the popularity quotient seemed to increase. It has a very smart and masculine look and until date is a very popular style among modern sunglasses. The Shutter Shades were not exactly sunglasses, had no functional value as they did not have any lenses, and had only a plastic shutters in the frame. These shades were the symbol of the 80’s pop culture.