80s-tastic

So, a couple of weeks ago I was speaking at a Marketing Industry Network event in Leeds about Using Social Networks for Business... and one of the other speakers on the panel was Colin Gilchrist from Digital Face.

After we'd both presented, and answered questions, and spoken to all the lovely people who came along, we ended up in the bar with our fellow speaker Adam Gordon (as you do...) and at some point in the evening somebody asked me where I come from (it's the accent). So I got to talking about the good old days of growing up in Camden Town, and how the Market isn't like it used to be (sigh). Turns out that Colin used to have a stall in Camden Market, selling dresses he'd made from a job lot of men's tweed jackets...

And wouldn't you know it, here is a photo of me, circa 1988 (aged 15), in aforementioned jacket-dress, made by Colin's fair hand! I was at my cousin Karen's wedding, and just in case you were wondering it was kind of obligatory to have bad hair in the 80s.

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And here's a wonderful photo of Colin himself from that era, much as he might have looked when he sold me that dress.

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What a coincidence! Anyone want to divert attention from my 80s hair by sharing some reminiscences of their own?!

4 Comments

  • Alan replied on 26 May 2010 at 10:25

    I actually had hair once and here is the proof, (I'm the one in the middle) http://www.tictocfamily.com/assets/0000/9776/17441_266654457810_699977810_3848975_6875735_n.jpg

  • Kate replied on 26 May 2010 at 17:07

    Alan: I'm so impressed at your hair! It was kind of curly too!

    I have to say that after seeing that pic of Colin I did get all nostalgic for the 80s (big jumpers, Levi's 501s and doc martens) and I had to explain to Sarah who the Thompson Twins were! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Twins for the very young amongst you)

  • Nigel Lister replied on 27 May 2010 at 12:37

    Wow! Love the jacket dress idea. How come that didn't catch on...
    And that chap was definitely in the Thompson Twins or somemthing... Did he play bass in Kaja googoo?

  • Colin Gilchrist replied on 14 Jun 2010 at 17:49

    Back then I wouldn't have liked the idea of being a basist for Kajagoogoo - I did have a thing for the Thomson Twins although my real fashion focus was: Tony James and the guys in Sigue Sigue Sputnik http://www.sputnikworld.com/ sad but true...

    Kate, how you persuaded me to provide that image... ouch. I suspect it'll hurt for a while!