Somehow my worldly and wise husband survived the 80's without ever seeing or owning a pair of louvered sunglasses. I'm fairly certain he had no clue what I was talking about when I brought it up. Maybe his school called them slit-lens glasses or something. Where I grew up we called them louvered, since putting louvers on the rear window of low-riding sports cars with tinted windows was also en vogue at the time. Yeah...somehow we sent man (and woman) to the moon and back, cured numerous diseases, boast world class cities... and yet this is the best we can contribute to the fashion historian archives.

It started with the asymmetrical tops, the leggings, skinny jeans, and the pleated pants. I knew we were doomed to see repeats of the dreaded fashion from my high school years. I have to say, I didn't know what options I had back then, and yet I still knew we'd regret our sartorial choices one day. Big hair. Aqua Net hairspray. Polo Cologne. If you went graduated anywhere near the time I did, you're nodding your head right now.

But we're definitely in the midst of full on epidemic here. Yesterday I saw them. The louvered sunglasses.  An entire display full of them at Target. My theory on Target is that by the time you see a trend there, it's "over" and no longer "on trend." Knowing this, I can only assume we've hit the top of the 80s revival cycle and we'll begin to see it fade. (Fingers crossed!)

I have a theory on all of this, by the way. Or should I say a philosophy? If you rocked this look the first time out of the gate, you are not permitted to participate again. This explains why I love platform shoes & flare leg (ahem, bootcut) pants. It's all new to me. It was not a part of my youth. Tunics? New to me. But the torn leggings, louvered glasses and paint splattered jeans? You can keep them. I've seen them (and rejected them) before.

Meanwhile, I'll be rocking my modern prepster look and hoping the boys at high school these days haven't rediscovered Polo cologne and Drakkar. One can only hope they've at the very least moved on to new cologne.