In 1983, did everyone collectively come together & decide to stop wearing polyester clothing?

[Anonymous]

Agreed, by the 80s it was tight jeans and the men were starting to stop wearing plaid everything. Remember the whole preppy thing? Polo shirts and khakis were starting to creep in, too.

[Anonymous]

I love the texture and colors of vintage polyester clothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here it is listed as a 1972 catalog. OP is off by a decade.

http://superseventies.tumblr.com/post/30891810969/books-film-music-internet-designer-fashion-clothes-shopp

So everyone stopped wearing 1970s clothing on December 31, 1979?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here it is listed as a 1972 catalog. OP is off by a decade.

http://superseventies.tumblr.com/post/30891810969/books-film-music-internet-designer-fashion-clothes-shopp

So everyone stopped wearing 1970s clothing on December 31, 1979?

Define 1970s clothing. Perhaps wide ties and lapels took another couple of years to fade away, but disco died a quick death. By 1981, Michael Jackson was setting the trend and that man did not wear polyester.

[Anonymous]

Here's a link to the Sears catalog of 1981 and the clothes represent pretty well. You can definitely see the Princess Diana influence. There are polyester pantsuits, but definitely no jumpsuits. I'm not digging those men's v-necks, though. I'm pretty sure I owned those embroidered pocket jeans. My mom bought all my clothes out of the Sears catalog and I was extremely unhappy about it.

http://www.retrospace.org/2011/08/catalogs-14-sears-fashion-1981.html

[Anonymous]

I was 3, and clearly made it known to my mother that I couldn’t stand the feel of polyester. I’ve been wearing natural fibers ever since. Outerwear is fine, though.

[Anonymous]

There was a meeting in December 1982, and it was decided that the style and the fabric had to go.

A similar meeting is being scheduled soon to discuss male rompers. The meeting is expected to be brief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There was a meeting in December 1982, and it was decided that the style and the fabric had to go.

A similar meeting is being scheduled soon to discuss male rompers. The meeting is expected to be brief.

There must have been because by 1983 it disappeared practically overnight.

[Anonymous]

I was working in a higher-end department store in 1982 (Robinson's is anyone remembers) and I bought my mom a velour track suit for Christmas. It was the best gift ever.

But even she wasn't wearing polyester pants anymore.

Wasn't the early 80's the first round of culottes/gauchos? Kind of funny to see them back again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a link to the Sears catalog of 1981 and the clothes represent pretty well. You can definitely see the Princess Diana influence. There are polyester pantsuits, but definitely no jumpsuits. I'm not digging those men's v-necks, though. I'm pretty sure I owned those embroidered pocket jeans. My mom bought all my clothes out of the Sears catalog and I was extremely unhappy about it.

http://www.retrospace.org/2011/08/catalogs-14-sears-fashion-1981.html

That catalog has men in polyester jumpsuits. Right before the shoes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

A style that was still remained quite popular in 1980, 1981 and 1982 practically disappeared overnight in 1983.

By 1983 did everyone collectively come together & decide to stop wearing polyester clothing or had the style simply run it's course and it was time to move on?

I have no idea BUT everyone needs to collectively come together and decide to stop wearing polyester NOW because the poly scourge is unreal. $2000 MSRP for a polyester "designer" dress?! They are insane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There was a meeting in December 1982, and it was decided that the style and the fabric had to go.

A similar meeting is being scheduled soon to discuss male rompers. The meeting is expected to be brief.

There must have been because by 1983 it disappeared practically overnight.

Sorry you missed the invite!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agreed, by the 80s it was tight jeans and the men were starting to stop wearing plaid everything. Remember the whole preppy thing? Polo shirts and khakis were starting to creep in, too.

This. "The Official Preppy Handbook" came out in 1980. My high school years (Class of 82 represent!) were very preppy with a heavy touch of surfer dude a la Jeff Spicoli.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a link to the Sears catalog of 1981 and the clothes represent pretty well. You can definitely see the Princess Diana influence. There are polyester pantsuits, but definitely no jumpsuits. I'm not digging those men's v-necks, though. I'm pretty sure I owned those embroidered pocket jeans. My mom bought all my clothes out of the Sears catalog and I was extremely unhappy about it.

http://www.retrospace.org/2011/08/catalogs-14-sears-fashion-1981.html

Thanks for posting that. I had forgotten the little bow blouses and dresses. They were everywhere. And, shoulder pads as we moved forward into the '80s.

I agree with a PP--jumpsuits were defiinitely not '80s. Mid '70's. Polyester was far more than jumpsuits. And, I never saw a man in a jumpsuit--except for Elvis.

[Anonymous]

Nobody wore that kind of clothing in 1983, and I was a teenager then. The style you've posted looks like the early 1970s. Looks at the woman's hair; typical early '70s long with a hint of bouffant and a center part. Partridge Family clothes all the way.

The early '80s was all about looking punk, or like Princess Diana. This is not that. And polyester has always been around.