Big hair, leggings, sky high shoulder
pads…it was the decade of decadence. Wall Street was flying high and so was
everyone’s taste for the good life. Consumer
culture reached a peak to the tune of Madonna’s “Material Girl.”
Though over 20 years have passed since we
said goodbye to the 80s, the style influences continue to infiltrate modern
fashion. The spring runway, like that of Ronald van Der Kemp's couture collection, was full of padded shoulders reminiscent of Melanie
Griffith in “Working Girl”…the only thing missing were her white sneakers.