Subcultures of the 80s

Posted by Accentillia@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 124 comments

Hello Gen X! Id like to start by saying that im from the very late end of Gen Z and Im about to finish high school. My school organizes whats called "La semaine des Rhetos", which I guess id translate into "Senior week". Basically, we decide on a prompt for each day for an upcoming week, and for that week we dress up as the prompts. I have my ideas for most other prompts but there is one I really cant wrap my head around what to do. Wednesday is "Return to the past (1980s)". As you can guess I was very much Not Alive during that time, and while I already did a bit of research, I thought itd be nice to ask the people who were teenagers or young adults during that time for some help.

Like, what were the prevalent subcultures? Any tips? Maybe ideas on what to do that could be nice? Idk, anything you could tell me would be awesome!