No CC Decades Outfits 2.0

1980s: Kids and teens

Infants: 

For infants, the 1980s meant a return to the division of girls and boys, while the clothing items themselves pretty much stayed the same as they were during the 1970s. Onsies were popular, as were soft track suits with large prints on. This is the decade where pink for girls and blue for boys is truly cemented, interesting in the decade that had more men wearing pink (sorry, rose) than ever. I've mixed infants girls and boys for all categories clothing. 

Toddlers: 

Toddlers followed the trend of infants. Soft clothes with pictures and print (often Disney) in gendered colors (though unisex options existed as well, especially in the early 80s). Dresses were making a comeback for girls, often in bright colors. Still clothes often looked similar for boys and girls, just in different colors and with different prints.

Kids: 

For kids jeans and shirts of various types were very popular, but also sports wear and tracksuits. Just as with younger kids prints were common, as were neon colors but we have very little of that for children unfortunately. I've bundled up everyday day wear with summer wear for boys and girls respectively and will then look at the other categories for both genders. 

Boys - everyday and summer wear: 

Girls - everyday and summer wear: 

Kids winter wear: 

Girls and boys often had the same outfits for this category, but differed in colors and prints. The overall was practical and useful, especially for young kids. 

Kids - Formal and Party wear: 

Kids - work out wear and swimming: 

Work out wear followed the trends for adults, though more so for boys than girls. Tight body outfits were sold in catalogues for girls, often with shorts over. For swimming bold colors and prints were popular. I liked the ones with floats so I added those too. 

Kids - sleep wear: 

For kids pjs were common, often matching for the entire family. Kids underwear were simple, plain white or striped or with some simple print on. 

Teenagers - boys everyday, summer and winter outfits: 

For teens, a lot of the trends that set the tone for adults applied, but I've chosen to focus on jeans here. This became more and more the staple for teens in the 1980s, often in very light stone washed or acid washed varieties. With jeans you could wear t-shirts (most often with prints or in bright colors), sweaters, shirts or jackets. Michael Jackson and Tom Cruise in Top Gun were style icons so I've tried to incorporate that here as well. For parties, which would mostly be at home, everyday clothes were generally worn. 

Teenagers - girls everyday, summer and winter outfits: 

Girls too wore a lot of the same things that adults wore, but with some unique styles. Neon colors, lots of jeans, and towards the end of the decades baggier clothes. Skirts would be shorter for teens and YAs than adult women and sneakers the most common form of shoe. 

Teenagers - prom: 

Getting the prom look right is hard in the sims. Again too few ruffles in game! But I tried two more classic looks here, with boys in rather traditional outfits and the girls in voluminous skirts. It's the closest I could get to the prom pictures I looked at when making these.  

For the more bold teens, a shorter skirt and bolder colors on top is an option. These are a bit out of the ordinary, but still in tone with the decade. The second look is my attempt at something resembling Madonna's Like a Virgin look, something which would definitely be desirable for any girl. 

Teenagers - swimming and working out: 

Swim wear for teens were really just the same as adults. I added a few more options for swimsuits here, but in general anything that works for adults would also work for teens. 

The same can be said for work out wear, and so I only made a few looks for each. 

I chose not to make a category for  sleep wear as it would be the same as for adults. For party wear the every day wear would be used, as teens were not able to go to clubs the way young adults were.