1980 punk fashion

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Trafalgar Square, and the Pop Group's Margaret Thatcher T-shirt. 1980.

FROM punks to new romantics to mods, it seemed everybody in the 80s belonged to their own tribe. And one photographer’s work has revealed just how different the music, lifestyle and even the …

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London is known for all sorts. Its mawkish tourist attractions, its pie and mash shops, its diversity, its unparalleled destruction of every...

Chances are you knew someone into 80s punk fashion if you grew up during the best decade ever. Punk fashion trends of the 1980s varied greatly, with clothing and hairstyles changing rapidly as fashions became more extreme. The bold colors and eccentric styles of the late 1970s evolved into more sophisticated looks throughout the 80s.

She became the icon of Goth girls everywhere, a mantle she didn’t accept or relish, but nonetheless Siouxsie Sioux is synonymous with goth s...