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

[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

This is what I was born into. The fabrics are terrible!

OP's original photo reminds me of the "Parisian nightsuit" Sam buys on Freaks and Geeks.

[Anonymous]

What is curious to me, is that decade that had some great movies and music had such crappy fashion! I lived it. Watched Terminator 4 times when it came out, Back to The Future, Karate Kid... Music was much better then too, today's music is all the same, same melody in every song. And yet, it is like we lost our minds in fashion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is curious to me, is that decade that had some great movies and music had such crappy fashion! I lived it. Watched Terminator 4 times when it came out, Back to The Future, Karate Kid... Music was much better then too, today's music is all the same, same melody in every song. And yet, it is like we lost our minds in fashion.

That is not 80s fashion. No one wore polyester jump suits in the 80s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is curious to me, is that decade that had some great movies and music had such crappy fashion! I lived it. Watched Terminator 4 times when it came out, Back to The Future, Karate Kid... Music was much better then too, today's music is all the same, same melody in every song. And yet, it is like we lost our minds in fashion.

That is not 80s fashion. No one wore polyester jump suits in the 80s.

I know, must be some millennial OP... I was just making a side comment on 80s fashion. Nobody who was alive in 80s could post that photo as early 80s fashion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those Under Armour athletic clothes are made from 100% polyester knit. It is a much softer and smoother feel than that heavy knit from the 1970s.

That is wicking fabric with nylon and spandex in it, not 100% polyester.

Nope. 100% polyester.
https://www.modells.com/under-armour-mens-locker-short-sleeve-t-shirt/202327382.html?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=adlucent&utm_medium=pla&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3LHrmP3M2wIV1lqGCh0HlgmmEAQYBCABEgKoBvD_BwE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

This is what I was born into. The fabrics are terrible!

OP's original photo reminds me of the "Parisian nightsuit" Sam buys on Freaks and Geeks.

Man I wish I could get my hands on the old Christmas catalog

[Anonymous]

What a lot of people here are not getting is that Sears and JC Penneys polyester clothing was prole EVEN in the late 70s. Nobody in the professional educated class (ie typical DCUM reader) would ever have been caught dead in that outfit.

[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

No, there are polyester jumpsuits in that catalogue. They even named them "Traditional Jumpsuits!"

[Anonymous]

Those jumpsuits and hair look like 70s.

I do remember polyester track suits in the early 80s. I think. Need to go look at old photos but I’m too tired/old to pull out albums.

I couldn’t wear polyester though. Made me itchy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those jumpsuits and hair look like 70s.

I do remember polyester track suits in the early 80s. I think. Need to go look at old photos but I’m too tired/old to pull out albums.

I couldn’t wear polyester though. Made me itchy.

Sears has never been cutting edge fashion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those jumpsuits and hair look like 70s.

I do remember polyester track suits in the early 80s. I think. Need to go look at old photos but I’m too tired/old to pull out albums.

I couldn’t wear polyester though. Made me itchy.

Sorry. They were called “wind suits”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

High school only represents 5 ages out of the total human population though. There were other age groups alive back then besides yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All those Under Armour athletic clothes are made from 100% polyester knit. It is a much softer and smoother feel than that heavy knit from the 1970s.

That is wicking fabric with nylon and spandex in it, not 100% polyester.

Nope. 100% polyester.
https://www.modells.com/under-armour-mens-locker-short-sleeve-t-shirt/202327382.html?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=adlucent&utm_medium=pla&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3LHrmP3M2wIV1lqGCh0HlgmmEAQYBCABEgKoBvD_BwE

It's like working out while wearing a plastic bag!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Once again and I mean no disrespect, high schoolers are only a representative of 5 years (14, 15, 16, 17, 18) out of the total human population.

[Anonymous]

I have never seen anyone IRL wearing outfits like these. I was born in 1970. My parents never wore anything like these things either.

They all seem highly flammable.