Now, admit it, cast your mind back… shoulder pads…
My favorite garment was a Steven Sprouse cropped tuxedo jacket with shoulder pads I could have challenged a linebacker in.
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George Kaplan
May 18, 2013
Good call, S. K., my thoughts exactly! All she needs is Elvis the Alligator and three-day stubble.
Looking at that scary coxcomb or tsunami of hair makes me think that it was a prototype of Elaine’s do from the earlier seasons of Seinfeld. Except Julia L-D pulled it off better 😉 Sorry Jackie, I be bitchy today!
We were indeed young, save for Jackie. 😉
And as for Stephen Sprouse…aha..I have given away much but not his pieces. They are just too perfect of the time that was. I was happy to have linebacker shoulders and wear graphic neon prints. All the better to bust through the throngs of NYC…
I hung on to much of it and then I discovered that in Southern California woolens have to be dry-cleaned and then SEALED in plastic during the summer or they turn into just so much food for moths.
I hope shoulder pads make a comeback, maybe a little more subtle, but… 😉
Dearest V
With a face like that you would have thought that Jackie would have specialised in horror, or thriller at the very least.
That is the visage of a lady one doesn’t want to fool around or fall out with!
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
She’s softened her look – thank god! But you still don’t want to cross her 😉
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George Kaplan
May 19, 2013
Suggestion for a New Dynasty: Jackie and Joan Collins starring as themselves trampling all before them or swiping with well-manicured claws. John Forsyth would appear from beyond the ether as a hologram (or as a head in a jar) while Linda Kristal will bring with her the mystery of whether she can laugh without cracking her plasticated face (if she’s not available, poor Joan Van Ark would make a decent replacement)! Ouch! Bwahahaha! I’m so wicked today… 😉
I never paid much attention to either of the Collins and they in turn ignored me so we all remained happy.Looking at Jackie I think she would hjave been perfect for or British Hammer Horror films or perhaps a lead inThe Stepford Wives.
Speaking of The Stepford Wives its Director Byan Forbes actor,director and novelist has very recently died.He was a great friend since boyhood of my late Father in Law the painter Albert Herbert.Would you care for me to share a few anecdodes about him{Forbes} from his book as well as a few personal memories?
Is that Jackie or Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) from Miami Vice? 🙂
Now, admit it, cast your mind back… shoulder pads…
My favorite garment was a Steven Sprouse cropped tuxedo jacket with shoulder pads I could have challenged a linebacker in.
Good call, S. K., my thoughts exactly! All she needs is Elvis the Alligator and three-day stubble.
Looking at that scary coxcomb or tsunami of hair makes me think that it was a prototype of Elaine’s do from the earlier seasons of Seinfeld. Except Julia L-D pulled it off better 😉 Sorry Jackie, I be bitchy today!
The other dead give away of the eighties is the highly defined, extreme, makeup — it was a “thing”.
Ah, the 80s. The hair and the shoulder pads a dead giveaway.
Yes! And, I look back on that era fondly (maybe with a little cringe at the fashions) but we were young!
We were indeed young, save for Jackie. 😉
And as for Stephen Sprouse…aha..I have given away much but not his pieces. They are just too perfect of the time that was. I was happy to have linebacker shoulders and wear graphic neon prints. All the better to bust through the throngs of NYC…
I hung on to much of it and then I discovered that in Southern California woolens have to be dry-cleaned and then SEALED in plastic during the summer or they turn into just so much food for moths.
I hope shoulder pads make a comeback, maybe a little more subtle, but… 😉
Dearest V
With a face like that you would have thought that Jackie would have specialised in horror, or thriller at the very least.
That is the visage of a lady one doesn’t want to fool around or fall out with!
Yours ever
The Perfumed Dandy
She’s softened her look – thank god! But you still don’t want to cross her 😉
Suggestion for a New Dynasty: Jackie and Joan Collins starring as themselves trampling all before them or swiping with well-manicured claws. John Forsyth would appear from beyond the ether as a hologram (or as a head in a jar) while Linda Kristal will bring with her the mystery of whether she can laugh without cracking her plasticated face (if she’s not available, poor Joan Van Ark would make a decent replacement)! Ouch! Bwahahaha! I’m so wicked today… 😉
I never paid much attention to either of the Collins and they in turn ignored me so we all remained happy.Looking at Jackie I think she would hjave been perfect for or British Hammer Horror films or perhaps a lead inThe Stepford Wives.
Speaking of The Stepford Wives its Director Byan Forbes actor,director and novelist has very recently died.He was a great friend since boyhood of my late Father in Law the painter Albert Herbert.Would you care for me to share a few anecdodes about him{Forbes} from his book as well as a few personal memories?
We’d love to hear about either – when you’re not pressed for time 🙂
Ok Vickie,I will try and write a little something.
If it weren’t for the title I would’ve mistaken Ms. Collins for someone who auditioned for Duran Duran. =3
Oh, the 1980 and the wonders of hair gel aka glue.
Not to mention toothpaste, beaten egg whites and Aqua-net.