Comment on Everything was indeed brown.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 6 days agoI was a teenager in the eighties. I remember a “jungle” trend (khaki), purple paisley, bottle green, grey with abstract prints, light pink and grey t-shirts with the sleeves cut off and lapis blue. I have NO idea where the idea of “it was all neon” comes from.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 6 days ago
The idea comes from the fact that there’s multiple concurrent trends at any given time. But also the BTTF posters. Also consider how the monochrome movement made neon stand out even more than it did during the vibrant 60s and 70s. And yet, all of this varies greatly by region. We’re all seemingly assuming USA, so an NYC/LA experience will not match Birmingham or Dallas