Whether you remember these fashion trends first hand or whether you are younger and are researching what life was like in the 80s, we hope you find our nostalgic trip down fashion’s memory lane fun and interesting. Our writers come to the stories from personal experience, and in many cases include their own pictures from the 80s to demonstrate what these fashion trends really looked like. It wasn’t all fingerless gloves (although they certainly had their moment) and neon (also had its moment), as today’s 80s parties would have you believe. It was also that rainbow striped shirt you had in the 5th grade and the dyed-to-match prom shoes a few years later. For guys, it was tight-rolling your jeans and the much-coveted gold chain. To borrow from the Member’s Only tagline, which describes perfectly how we feel about the lasting appeal of 80s fashion–“when you put it on, something happens.”