New Romantics 1980s fashion HELP!

[clarebear1]

Im doing a project including the history of 1980s fashion, need some help i cant seem to understand what New Romantics is, any extra info on this era would be much appreciated thanks!

[gothicmama]

new romatics were born out of punk and the American New wave scene. New romantic groups were visage it was about men in eyeliner and frilly shirts and much more

[JackieNo]

Wikipedia link, and tons of information.

[janeite]

Google Spandeau Ballet, Malcolm McClaren, Vivienne Westwood, Adam and The Ants.

And have a drool at this.

[JackieNo]

He was gorgeous then, wasn't he. Those cheekbones...

[Ohforfoxsake]

God! I feel old now!

[janeite]

Those eyes.................

[Ohforfoxsake]

I nearly married him.

Glad I didn't now.

(I was 11 at the time BTW)

[soyabean]

OFFS love your name

baggy trousers with tight belt. Pixie booots, frilly shirts, lopsided floppy hair...

[BikeRunSki]

Lots of eye make up.

Actually, just lots of make up. Men and women.

Flamboyant pirate and military looks.

Vivienne Westwood is your woman. Saw a restrospective of her work last year, fabulous, and made me feel very nostalgic. I was a bit young, but we lived in south London and used to make our parents t

[BikeRunSki]

take us down King's Road to see all the punks, New Roms, Teddy Boys, Mods etc. Loved it. Hand knitted tank tops and Clark's shoes didn't quite cut it. (Although I would have been very cool if Pulp had been around when O was 9!).

[Ohforfoxsake]

Visage, The Blitz Club, boys in make up. Couldn't get myself a boyfriend in eye-liner, was very uncool

[clarebear1]

when abouts did the new romantics come in? im comfused about what order fashions went in if u know what i mean!

[clarebear1]

bump!

[verygreenlawn]

I would say 1980 - so post New Wave, groups like Spandau Ballet, Steve Strange, David Sylvian. DH says Flock of Seagulls too! I'd say later (by mid-80s) it got a lot more pop - people like Nik Kershaw, Howard Jones, Heaven 17.

All I can really remember of it was lots of dramatic make-up for the boys, the pirate look was big (baggy trousers and ruffled blouses), dramatic hair (quiffs, etc) - sort of stuff my dad would say "what's SHE wearing" whenever one of my heroes was on the telly ...

[clarebear1]

ok fanx,any other replys greatly appreciated!

[time4tea]

David Sylvian & Japan I think are probably a key look. There was an interesting Observer article a few months ago about him, saying that in the late 1970s/early 1980s, everyone wanted to look like him. Even Lady Di as she was then. Completely true, IMO. I was about 11, obsessed by his fabulous beauty... still a fine-looking man (I feel one million years old..)

[Buda]

Oi!!!! You cannot possibly be doing a project on history and it be my era!!!!! I am but a youngster.

[HeadFairy]

buda... I'm singing fade to grey in my head now! I LOVED visage!

[HeadFairy]

blimey, it still sounds brilliant!

[Buda]

• all i get with that link is 'this video is not available in your country'.

[HeadFairy]

sorry buda, I've just been dancing around my office to that

Now listening to Vienna by Ultravox on You tube, I had a big thing about Midge Ure, funny cos he's not really a big thing at all, teeeny weeeny little fella

[Buda]

oh yes - I liked him too. Esp with those shaped sideburns.

[HeadFairy]

Blimey I had sophisticated music tastes for an 11/12 year old, that's what happens when you've got a sister 4 years older than you I guess.