Thursday, July 5, 2007

So Totally 80's

Yes, people. Hate it or love it, 80's fashion is back. This trend is really picking up speed, most noticably in the urbanwear/hip hop market. Chris Brown went for a totally 80's look at the recent BET Awards, while Eve's video for "Tambourine," a multicolored mishmash of neon spandex, vivid makeup and ultra tight minis, is clearly channeling the excess that was 80's fashion.

In that same vein, Kanye West is right on target with these retro sunglasses from both his new video "Stronger" and his performance at Sunday's Concert for Diana. Kanye, whose Louis Vuitton collection would probably make KLS* drool, apparently went to famed glasses maker Alain Mikli with a photo of the style he was going for. The collaboration resulted in the above white plastic frames with no lenses, an unmistakable ode to the 80's.


*THE divalicious Kimora Lee Simmons