Nostalgia Alert: Watch these 1984 high schoolers talk about fashion.

Drop everything and watch this video.

It’s a high school documentary made in 1984, asking a bunch of students to define ‘what fashion means to them’.

Some answers include:

“Just… How you wanna be.”

and:

“They can’t handle it, because I’m different.”

and (possibly best of all):

“The style I like is kind of ska and punk. Ska is from England. It’s kind of like Duran Duran. Sort of. But they’re kind of mediocre to this. They’re not as intense.”

This video is an historical document of significant importance. It’s addition to Youtube has made this a better day for all mankind:

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