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Tawny Kitaen was a stone fox in the 80s. And generally, I think women got better-looking, because of the fitness craze and the concept of the hard body. In the 50s, a curvier look was more widely accepted. I think I prefer the hard body, but I don't mean the waif look, or an anorexic look, but a healthy, athletic look.
I also like the style the came about at the end of the 70s and was carried forward in the early 80s, thrift store chic, if you will. It was a direct rebellion against the polyester style of the 70s, favored by the disco scene, and it corresponded to the changes in music, with the influence of punk and new wave. You can see elements of 50s styles in both clothing and music, especially in new wave, with a return to rock 'n' roll roots like rockabilly (think Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, the Stray Cats). And it all have shifted or evolved away again by the mid-80s, into styles we would think of today as 90s.
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