1980 s fashion

Remember the 1980s? Stadium Rock was the music of the day; Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan made up the dynamic duo on the world's political stage; and pastel colours combined with the "bigness" of fading '70s fads dominated the fashion in the Decade of Excess. Well friends, fashion and cultural trends are cyclical and like it or not, the '80s are back to some degree.

One of the best mediums to witness the resurgence in is fashion, most notably in the realm of t-shirts. The three staples of t-shirts in the '80s were bright colours, clever slogans, and caricatures. The colours began to quiet down with the turn into the '90s, but retailers are once again beginning to showcase neon green and pink, bright safety orange, stunning turquoise-blue, and fire-hot red. The colours that require sunglasses to look at.

Slogans and caricatures are back too. From "choose life" to Run DMC to the Transformers, it seems that anything '80s can be plastered on a t-shirt for you to announce to the world. Even the modern culture has embraced the '80 t-shirt genre, including that hip literary and film phenomenon known as Twilight.

Twilight t-shirts, hoodies, bags, and other accessories are currently a hot item at clothing stores in Europe, Asia, and the U.S. Driving the sales is a demographic which includes pre-teens, teens, and young adults enthralled with the story of Bella and Edward from the Twilight novel and film. The plot line and vampire theme are just the sort of things which will easily capture the imagination of younger people.

Much of the Twilight gear sports the customary black colour of the horror film genre, but that hasn't stopped clothing manufactures from slapping "I want to be a vampire" or "I love Edward, for life" on a bright neon-green hoodie. The sight of such a combination of colour and the slightly macabre is not s strange as it sounds. Done tastefully, the two actually complement one another nicely.

For those who prefer officially licensed gear don't worry, you've not been left out in the cold. There is a vast selection of hoodies, tees, bags, and even kitchen aprons boasting the images of Twilight's three main actors: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Cam Gigandet. Specific references to their characters and the plot line are aplenty as well.

For the younger set the t-shirt and hoodie selection is quite modest. All the bright colours are available but thankfully, manufacturers are trying to leave off the more graphic messages and images, preferring instead the seemingly innocuous phrases like "Do I dazzle you?" No need to make the young ones grow up too quickly, eh?

With the announcement of the Twilight sequel in 2008, and the promise of more to come, the marketing engine behind the story is sure to keep it at the forefront of their fan's attention. We might even see Twilight gear still in stores years from now as the '80s die a second death fashion death in favour of something new. Or perhaps, just maybe, the '80s will get bitten by a tracker and they'll emerge to live forever! Oh, let's hope not!

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