We’d almost forgotten about the striped tube socks, man perms and pleated jeans, but you reminded us.
Inspired by the Age of Excess exhibit at Kent State University, we asked readers to send in pictures of their best ’80s fashions, and here’s what we got. Thanks to everyone who dug through dusty photo albums and allowed these images to escape into the modern world. Don’t be too hard on them; if you’re over 40, you probably looked like this once, too.