ST-TNG and 1980s hair fashion
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Yeah, she did a number of different appearances, including stunt work for Nana Visitor, Gates McFadden & Michelle Forbes
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Patricia_Tallman
Can we bring back 80s hair? I kind-of like it. 
^ Ishara Yar also conspicuously gave us a flashback of "the Jordache look". Not the first time a lady showed off her caboose in TNG. Restrained primetime network TV doesn't seem to allow that kind of "display" anymore.
As for "bringing back" 80s hair, I think it would be a hoot if someone either did a TNG revival or maybe a TNG-era fan film and the characters all had 80s hair again, faithful to TNG. Imagine a 24th-century analogue to Farragut or Exeter, with the characters recapturing that look.
The notion of "bringing back" 80s hair as a general fashion trend has some appeal, too. We have to keep in mind that, as different as the 1980s culture seems to us now, you can draw a line from many fashion aspects of then to what we see today. Designer jeans may look vastly different from the ghastly low-rise jeans of today, but it's simply one form of over-priced exhibitionism that evolved into another. The same with the hair: ladies back in the 80's used hot irons to curl their hair. In the 1990s, ladies started going with the Jennifer Aniston look because it was "wash 'n wear", but since then ladies have been using hot irons to straighten their hair for a newer, distinctive look. Now many of the ladies spend as much time straightening their hair as they would've spent curling it back in the 80s.
I will say this about dated 80s fashion: at least back then...
1: there was no such thing as "muffin top"
2: even alot a guys never thought of getting tattoos, and tattoos on chicks was a porn/freak thing
3: you were never in any danger of seeing a girl's scalp... or her ears...
4: and speaking of ears, the only things pierced in those days were a lady's ear-lobes.
There are probably a few I'm overlooking, of course.
As for "bringing back" 80s hair, I think it would be a hoot if someone either did a TNG revival or maybe a TNG-era fan film and the characters all had 80s hair again, faithful to TNG. Imagine a 24th-century analogue to Farragut or Exeter, with the characters recapturing that look.
The notion of "bringing back" 80s hair as a general fashion trend has some appeal, too. We have to keep in mind that, as different as the 1980s culture seems to us now, you can draw a line from many fashion aspects of then to what we see today. Designer jeans may look vastly different from the ghastly low-rise jeans of today, but it's simply one form of over-priced exhibitionism that evolved into another. The same with the hair: ladies back in the 80's used hot irons to curl their hair. In the 1990s, ladies started going with the Jennifer Aniston look because it was "wash 'n wear", but since then ladies have been using hot irons to straighten their hair for a newer, distinctive look. Now many of the ladies spend as much time straightening their hair as they would've spent curling it back in the 80s.
I will say this about dated 80s fashion: at least back then...
1: there was no such thing as "muffin top"
2: even alot a guys never thought of getting tattoos, and tattoos on chicks was a porn/freak thing
3: you were never in any danger of seeing a girl's scalp... or her ears...
4: and speaking of ears, the only things pierced in those days were a lady's ear-lobes.
There are probably a few I'm overlooking, of course.
Cindy Lauper and Sinead O'Connor want to have a word with you. There's also a miss Annie Lennox and half the women from MTV that disagree with you too.
Not to take this thread too far off-topic, but I just wanted to agree with this.
I’ve made the same observation myself in the past. As far as I can tell, the current generation doesn’t seem to have it’s own, unique style like in the past. I see young people these days and they’re dressed like they could have stepped right out of the seventies or eighties, or more usually a mixture of something in between. Its very post-modern.Its true of popular music too. Modern popular music sounds very 1980s to my tin ear. But in a good way.
Short hair styles for women were very popular in the 80s. Several women I knew sported hair cuts that revealed their ears. Artist Patrick Nagal ( who illustrated Duran Duran's Rio album cover) often used short haired women as models.
You can add Wendy O. Williams, Sheena Easton, Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin to youe list of "exceptions".
You can add Wendy O. Williams, Sheena Easton, Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin to youe list of "exceptions".
I'm sorry, but I have to take issue with this one. The low-rise jeans of today look way better than any pair of jeans from the 80s.
As far as I can tell, the current generation doesn’t seem to have it’s own, unique style like in the past. I see young people these days and they’re dressed like they could have stepped right out of the seventies or eighties, or more usually a mixture of something in between. Its very post-modern.
Its true of popular music too. Modern popular music sounds very 1980s to my tin ear. But in a good way.
Well, I occasionally listen to Casey Kasem's AMERICAN TOP 40: THE 80'S on a local radio station. It's even more of a hoot now than it was in the 80's.
In some respects, I agree with what you're saying. The use of synthesizers, drum machines, and certain motifs can easily be traced back to the 80s. No doubt about it.
Of course, one thing I notice very clearly about the Kasem shows: how male-dominated the music was back then. Maybe it's just me, but it seems things really changed after Madonna made a splash. It seems the American top 40 music scene is divided into pre-Madonna and post-Madonna, and there's been a steady progression of the presence of female acts ever since. I don't know if you could say the current scene is female-dominated, but women certainly have a presence there like never before.
Sorry, I just assumed you don't like low-rise jeans because you called them ghastly.
