I’ve notice that parts of the 80s are back. Some of the parts I participated in the first round so that makes me out of the loop this round.

I did create a very amusing retro slide show about the PE activity of “Cup Stacking.” Included was the classic Beverly Hills Cop theme. It was a toss up between that and a Herbie Handcock song. Listen to both and pick your favorite.

beverly-hills-cop-axel-foley-theme.mp3

herbie-hancock-rockit.mp3

Now for the fashion. The idea of what 80s fashion should be wasn’t so bad. See below.

How it translated into fashion for the 35 plus demographic was so, so very ugly.

These women were suppose to be well-dressed and highly stylized. The rest of us just ended up with unflattering, drop waist, baggy clothing with shoulder pads the size of the padding in the WonderBras of the early 90s. Hey, I always wondered what they did with all those extra shoulder pads when they dropped out of fashion….

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