Most people in the 1980s did not have a ton of hair-spray in it and looked like Wookies.
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For most it was relatively boring with maybe a little bit more fluff. Young girls were not putting anything into their hair.
You have to keep in mind that the more difficult a hairstyle is with a ton of hairspray, the less people in the real world are going to have it. Even the pics from the mall were hand-picked to show highly different looks to our current ones. In a way it's similar to taking shots of SJW pink-haired feminists and goths and then claiming that this is how most men and women looked in 2015.
As far as the fashion goes - it was mostly atrocious for sure. 1980s likely will never come back and will be forgotten just like the 1970s men suits with frills.
Some decades are a bit better and might make a comeback. On the other hand - again - most people were dressed in jeans, jackets, shirts, and suits - so essentially for the majority of the population it wasn't that different to now.
For most it was relatively boring with maybe a little bit more fluff. Young girls were not putting anything into their hair.
You have to keep in mind that the more difficult a hairstyle is with a ton of hairspray, the less people in the real world are going to have it. Even the pics from the mall were hand-picked to show highly different looks to our current ones. In a way it's similar to taking shots of SJW pink-haired feminists and goths and then claiming that this is how most men and women looked in 2015.
As far as the fashion goes - it was mostly atrocious for sure. 1980s likely will never come back and will be forgotten just like the 1970s men suits with frills.
Some decades are a bit better and might make a comeback. On the other hand - again - most people were dressed in jeans, jackets, shirts, and suits - so essentially for the majority of the population it wasn't that different to now.