What Did We Wear Before There Were 80s Costumes

It is always fascinating to see, as we get older, just how fast time flies. Here we are, another year is almost half gone, and soon we will be searching for another costume for Halloween, or other celebration. Have you ever thought about what we wore before there were 80s costumes? Back then, when we were in the eighties, what were our costumes? Did we realize, that our way of dressing ourselves then, would be changed into costumes we only wear during party time, now?

Remember those silly leg warmers? What was the purpose for those things? Yes, the argument can be made that they served to keep the legs of those, who exercised, warm. This is understandable but, these articles usually fell down to the ankles during the first five minutes of a workout. So, the question remains, how did they keep the legs warm? A person would spend most of an hour just trying to keep up the leg warmers. Hey, maybe that is how they kept the legs warm!

What about tight, leather pants, and tight, stone-washed jeans? The large, overwhelming, confusion here, is how in the world did anyone get those things onto their bodies? Was there a requirement that you had to soak in a vat of butter, have a friend get a good distance from you, as he or she held a pair of these jeans or pants, run as hard as your little legs could, and taking a leap of faith, hopefully slide into these contraptions? Once you had them on, did you need to carry around an oxygen tank, just so you could breathe?

Parachute pants! Oh my god, was this the idea of a paratrooper, who jumped out of a perfectly good plane, while he was intoxicated? Did he have the absurd notion (and think it was an epiphany), as he was free falling, to create a set of pants that would be used more by the break dancing crowd, than anyone else? Did people actually run around thinking, “I must have a pair of those wonderful pants made of parachute material.”

Fingerless, lace gloves. Yes, it is true, that bikers, and ice fisherman, probably need leather, fingerless gloves to have a good grip as they ride, or use their fishing poles. This is understandable, as they need their fingers unobstructed so they can shift gears or reel in their fishing rods. But, what is the purpose of fingerless gloves made of lace? So far as is known, lace may have a gripping power for about all of two seconds, but other than that, what good are they?

Slap bracelets. It is true that the world probably had a big shortage of bracelets, and a person decided, it was time to fill the world with their presence. You never know, the state of the nation could have been changed, had enough bracelets been passed around. With these bracelets all you had to do was sneak up on unsuspecting individuals, slap a bracelet on their wrists, and be gone before they realized what had occurred. What would we have done without these gadgets?

Whether we believe it or not, the following generation is going to make fun of our little idiosyncrasies. Back when we were living in the eighties, we wore clothing from the fifties and sixties as our costumes. Heck, in the nineties, we used clothing from the seventies. It is just the way things are done.

The point being, do not worry, it is all in fun. It has been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Well, if flattery is being performed, then several people have done a very good job. Enjoy your life, and the costumes which are in it.