The Best Shoulder-Baring Looks of the ’80s That Inspired the Spring Runways Inline

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    Gene Anthony Ray and Irene Cara in Fame, 1980

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    Jennifer Beals in Flashdance, 1983

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    Cynthia Rhodes and John Travolta in Staying Alive, 1983

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    Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer, in Footloose, 1984

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    Sigourney Weaver in Ghostbusters, 1984

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    Lori Singer, 1984

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    Madonna, 1984

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    Jon Cryer and Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink, 1986

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    Norma Kamali in Vogue, 1987

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    Whitney Houston, 1987

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    Winona Ryder in Heathers, 1988

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    Helena Bonham Carter in Getting It Right, 1989