’80s Fashion: Top 10 Most Influential Movies and TV

Don’t forget the preps! The follow-up to The Breakfast Club was the Brat Pack post-college romp,St. Elmo’s Fire (1985). The studied, casual cool of Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, and Ally Sheedy served as inspiration for college and prep-school students everywhere. Pearls, popped collars, excessive layering, stone-washed jeans, bows, and ponytails became the uniform of the anti-Valley Girl set.