The 1980s were a time of eclectic styles, with bold and unconventional influences ranging from music and pop culture to high fashion and streetwear.

The career-oriented and materialistic decade saw a growing presence of women in corporate settings and became synonymous with power dressing, characterized by sharply tailored suits, padded shoulders and bold silhouettes. Women displayed a strong and confident style in the workplace, often opting for blazers with shoulder pads and wide belts, combined with slim skirts that became increasingly shorter as the decade progressed. Another hallmark of the 1980s, the decade of the yuppie phenomenon, is the emergence of designer brands and the prominent exposure of their logos. As for colors, the 1980s saw an interesting shift from the dominance of non-colors in the early years of the decade to bright solid colors in the later years.