{"id":20663,"date":"2013-05-16T16:16:24","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T20:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=20663"},"modified":"2013-12-18T22:23:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T03:23:04","slug":"throwback-thursday-1980s-denim-jacket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/throwback-thursday-1980s-denim-jacket\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: 1980s Denim Jacket"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though I have fond memories of the 1980s fad for painted denim jackets<\/a>, I never owned one myself, to the best of my recollection. I don’t know why. Maybe I couldn’t decide which band I wanted painted on the back? I was equally devoted to the Beatles and Duran Duran.<\/p>\n

I did have a standard Levi’s-style jacket in 1984 (I bet it was by Guess though!). Here I am wearing it with my favorite neon-pink Guess top on the first day of my senior year of high school.<\/p>\n

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Click for a post about neon colors that included this photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

I then upgraded to an oversize jacket that I thought was much more stylish and “New Wave.” As you can see in this photo, I was still devoted to the pink Guess top (with a matching skinny scarf) and popped jacket collar.<\/p>\n

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In California.<\/p><\/div>\n

If you look closely, you can see that I’m wearing the pink rhinestone heart earrings that I still own and previously posted here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By 1985, I had switched from blonde bangs to dyed-black hair, but I kept the New Wave jacket. In the photo below, you can glimpse one of my favorite shirts under it. It was a long button-down with a cartoon pattern that I wore over leggings or Guess ankle-zip jeans.<\/p>\n

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Whoa! The collar is down.<\/p><\/div>\n

The next photo isn’t very good quality, but you can see the shape and size of the jacket. It reminds me of my oversize leather motorcycle jacket <\/a>from the same era.<\/p>\n

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A bulky look was in!<\/p><\/div>\n

When I found these photos, I said to gorgeous designer<\/a>\/stylist<\/a> Stacy Lomman, “I loved that jacket soooo much. I wish I still had it.” She took one look and said, “I’m glad you don’t.” Ha! <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even though I have fond memories of the 1980s fad for painted denim jackets, I never owned one myself, to the best of my recollection. I don’t know why. Maybe I couldn’t decide which band I wanted painted on the back? I was equally devoted to the Beatles and Duran Duran. I did have a…<\/p>\n

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