That's the happy, if stranger than fiction, turn that Renée Toft Simonsen's life has taken. Discovered at 15 in her native Denmark, Simonsen was the 1982 “Face of the '80s” modeling contest winner.
Before being discovered, Renée Simonsen worked as a cashier in Denmark. In 1982, she won the "Face of the Eighties" model search.
The Presidency. Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States on November 4, 1980. His triumph capped the rise of the new right/conservative wing of the Republican Party and ushered in a new era of governing. Reagan served as arguably the first true conservative U.S. president in over 50 years.
Brooke Shields' Complicated Feelings About Being TIME's Face of the 1980s. My cover shoot for TIME magazine was quick. I remember it was in the back room of a studio after a private showing for Valentino that he held for some of his more prominent clients.
Jackson was then rumored to have entered a platonic relationship with actress and model Brooke Shields in 1984. Shields later stated that they both held an equal admiration for each other, but that he started to become more asexual and distant towards her.
The 1980s have been called “the decade of decadence,” and one of the era's most notable movie characters, Wall Street's Gordon Gekko, famously declared that “greed is… good.” But the decade was about more than just excess. It was a period marked by defining events that continue to resonate.
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Michael Jackson had the highest number of top hits at the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (9 songs). In addition, Jackson remained the longest at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the 1980s (27 weeks).
Baywatch, Ghostbusters, Madonna, Prince and Pulp Fiction to name but a few. Take a look at our range of costumes to represent these characters, or get creative and purchase some of our accessories to create your own interpretation of your favourite character!
In the 1980s, Christie Brinkley emerged as one of the era's most iconic supermodels, synonymous with the all-American beauty aesthetic. With her radiant smile, sun-kissed blonde hair, and statuesque figure, Brinkley became a household name and face.
Here's the people who made the decade so memorable. David Bowie was a well-established musical phenomenon in the 80s, with many of his greatest albums being released in the previous decade. Bowie had already been through numerous re-inventions of himself, such as Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and The Thin White Duke.
Since at least the late 1980s, face! has been short for the dismissive exclamation in your face!, issued after a comeback or sick burn. Since at least the early 2000s, face has been a slang verb for inhaling something quickly or greedily, such as food, alcohol, or drugs, e.g., He faced that burrito.
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Big hair, big sound, and big money were only some of the trademarks that defined this extravagant decade. Besides all of the great television shows and movies that the 80s produced, what really elevated this iconic time period to the next level was its music.
The 1980s had indisputably gotten a reputation as the “Decade of Greed.” For Lagerfeld, the theme of the 1990s—just halfway over at that time—was clear. It was the “Edgy Decade.” From novels to music, critics considered “edgy” to be a word of praise.
The 1980s saw the reinvention of Michael Jackson, and the worldwide superstardom of Prince, Madonna, and Whitney Houston, who were all among the most successful musicians during this time.
"We had a bond," she said at his funeral. "Both of us needed to be adults very early, but when we were together, we were two little kids having fun." "We hung out," Shields says of their friendship, insisting to Wilson that there was nothing more to it. Still, she says Jackson was enamored with being seen with her.
Jackson usually avoided wearing patterned clothing to avoid attention to the disorder. Jackson's autopsy confirmed that he had vitiligo. His skin was found to have reduced (though not absent) melanocytes, the cells active in skin pigmentation. Vitiligo occurs in three different patterns.