Talk:1980s fads and trends in North America
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[edit] Legend
A lot of people seem to be confused over what this page means so I've made a legend. This page is to document all fads and trends of a certain era of time sorted by years upon its Age of Popularity and mainstream status. Can include fashions, video games, TV programs or commercials, toys, obsolete technology (cassete tapes, Atari), dances, and other popular phenomenons.
[edit] Television Programs
Many hit television shows can not be fads or trends unless one thing is changed.
Example
- Star Trek - not a fad or trend
However...
- Star Trek and related merchandise - is a fad/trend.
[edit] Video Games and Related
Video Games are kind of controversal because many people have separate opinions. Some believe that it is insulting for a game to be listed as a fad, but the reality is that they are under the trend part of these lists. It is not meant as an insult are only on here for the sole purpose of documentation. Documentation is worth mention because the NES can be a cultural icon of the '80s, Nintendo 64 a cultural icon of the '90s, and the XBOX a cultural icon of the 2000s.
Computer Software is for the same reason. Windows ME and Windows 2000 could be labeled on the list because they are now obsolete. The same goes for old gaming consoles such as the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Dreamcast.
[edit] The Dates
Another thing people find confusing is the dating system that follows the fad/trend
Example: (1983 – 1999)
The dates are not meant as a snap and then the fad/trend is over, but more as the fad/trend fading point or when it begins to become the average lifestyle. The dates are more like its peaking moment, when the fad/trend was most popular. This is not always true though, some do end in a flash such as the 2003 Bungee Ball, it was baned in most stores and was gone as soon as it appeared.
Speaking of the Bungee Ball, its peak only lasted one year. So the date should read as only one year, not two. Bungee Ball – (2003)
Also, Everyone has their own opinions on when a fad/trend ends or fades. This depends on when a person gets into the fad/trend, some may join it with everyone and then there are those that join them late or even years after the "Age of Popularity". And to keep away from POV's a plus-minus sign(±) is added. That way the end can fluxuate a few years.
[edit] Omission?
Just curious, it seems like the brick cell phone should be here somewhere. Did I miss it, or is this from another decade? - Bongadorus -2.27.07
[edit] List from List of fads and trends
The lists are being removed from List of fads and trends as each decade now has its own list and it not a good idea to maintain two separate ones. I will post the 1980s lists here in case anybody feels that any of the info should be merged into this list. --musicpvm 22:03, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- Acid wash jeans
- Afrocentric clothing
- ALF
- The A-Team
- Aviator glasses
- Baby On Board car window stickers
- Bandana worn as a headband
- BETA
- Big Johnson T-shirts
- Biker hats
- Black & White striped shirts
- Bleach blonde hair
- Bola Ties
- Bow headbands
- Break dancing
- Broomstick skirt
- Cabbage Patch dolls
- Calculator wristwatches
- The California Raisins
- Care Bears
- Chia Pets
- Chic jeans
- Choose Your Own Adventure books
- Club Kids
- Colecovision
- Color Me Beautiful
- Converse sneakers
- Cowboy Boots
- Cut-off shirts
- The De Lorean DMC-12
- Designer jeans
- Designer shoelaces
- Doc Martens
- Donkey Kong
- Erasable pens
- Fade haircut
- Fashion plates
- Flowers in the Attic
- Freezy Freakies
- French braids
- Friendship bracelets
- Galaga
- Game & Watch
- Garfield
- Garbage Pail Kids
- Ghostbusters
- G.I. Joe dolls and action figures
- Gitano clothing
- Glo Worm
- Hair Crimping
- Hair metal
- Hair teasing
- Hypercolor shirts
- Intellivision
- Imitation car phones: popular in Japan
- Iron-on decals
- Jane Fonda workout videos
- Jenga
- Jheri curl
- Jolt Cola
- Keds sneakers
- Keytar
- Kid Sister
- Knight Rider
- Leather jackets, pants, and boots
- Leg warmers 1982 – 1989
- The Legend of Zelda
- Pogo Balls
- Lycra fashion
- Max Headroom
- Madballs
- Mario Bros.
- Members Only jackets
- Miami Vice clothing & accessories
- Michael Jackson clothing
- Micro Machines
- Midriffs
- Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
- Monchichis
- Monster trucks
- Mud wrestling
- The Mullet
- My Buddy
- My Little Pony
- The neo-hippie movement
- New Romantic attire (Primarily in England)
- New Wave fashions
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- The Noid
- Obsession by Calvin Klein
- Ocean Pacific
- Pac-Man
- Parachute pants
- Penny Racers
- Post-it notes
- Pound Puppies
- Preppie fashion
- Press on fingernails
- Prince clothing
- Punk fashions/the mohawk
- Rambo
- Rat tail
- Reebok
- Ribbon barettes
- Ripped jeans
- Rubik's Cube
- Satin jackets
- Ski goggles
- Slap bracelets
- Shell suits – UK (especially Merseyside and North of England) and Europe
- Simon
- Smurfs
- Snuggles the Bear
- Sour Patch Kids
- Spiked hair
- Stirrup pants
- Strawberry Shortcake
- Super Mario Bros.
- Swatch Watches
- Striped stockings
- Teddy Ruxpin
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Telephone Party Lines
- Tetris
- The Clapper
- Transformers
- Trapper Keeper
- Tube skirts
- Valley Girls
- Wacky Wall Walker
- The wave
- Where's the beef? from the Wendy's commercials – 1984
- Where's Waldo
- Women's work suits
- Yuppies
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