back to the '80s*
*title borrowed from a radio show aired on wednesdays from 6-7 p.m. at 93.1

i grew up in the 80s. madonna was our britney and men who wore make-up were rock stars, not metrosexuals. i contributed to the hole in the ozone layer all because i wanted cobra hair. i wore brightly printed shirts in bright pink and black simply because they were cool. esprit was at the basement of cinderella and glorietta was a quadrangle with four huge grassy lawns.

and aga was a certified teenager, not some middle-aged man making out with a girl half his age.

we had fun, and we all thought we were hip. jeans were tight and pumps were pointy. plastic accessories weren't tacky, they were the coolest thing since spiderman married mary jane watson in the comic book series.

and my mom definitely wore blue eyeshadow.

welcome to 2004. the 80s are back.

no matter how much i thought last year's preview's best dressed list was a list that reflected money and multi-entry visas to key shopping capitals in the world, i succumbed to getting this year's copy. whereas last year had a lot of stuff that i pretty much lusted after, this year was just plain tacky. i don't know. i probably just don't get why anyone would want 80s fashion back. it was cheap, tacky, and definitely not elegant. socks with your pumps and electric pleats. bright blue eyeshadow. printed on printed.

maybe i'm not just a fashionista.

or maybe all i had to do was take a look at MY own pictures from that decade and realize that there is no way am i going to wear orange and green together ever again.

not even to bed.