Get the look: 80s style

80s starlets like Clare Grogan were influenced by the big shoulders of Dynasty and Dallas. Here she appears wearing a less structured look Photograph: Eugene Adebari /Rex Features

Cyndi Lauper's fashion sense was known as rather odd, even in the 1980s. This look combines bold prints, big hair, a masculine jacket and the ubiquitous fingerless gloves Photograph: Ron Galella/Wireimage.com

Television's 'Green Goddess', Diana Moran, provides proof that harem pants are not a new look. Check out the American football-style shoulders Photograph: PA/PA Archive

Kim Wilde favoured DIY chopped hair and men's dinner jackets. Here she appears with Paula Yates (who pioneered black lace leggings) on The Tube in 1983 Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features

Martin Fry from the pop band ABC got many of his clothes from jumble sales. 'I would queue around the corner of the church with all the old ladies, hoping I would find a leather trenchcoat or a fantastic suit', he said Photograph: Sheila Rock/Rex Features

Although there's no denying stonewash and acid-wash denim is back, we're still hoping that the denim jeans and jacket combo doesn't make a return. It doesn't even look good on Sam Fox Photograph: I.B.L./Rex Features