Bushy Eyebrows: The New Fad?

Do you want bushy eyebrows? Every girl in the 80’s did. How was this fashion trend set? By the global pop icon, Madonna. Madonna debuted with her first album Madonna in 1983, with the song “Lucky Star”. She was an instant hit, and soon her style of dress and attitude was extremely popular among girls in their teens and twenties.

Even though her style of dress can be arguably seen as disorganized or muddled the girls of the 80s loved Madonna's new style. Madonna featured the puffy hair and unmatched earrings, multiple bracelets and torn clothing. Madonna’s style, as we look back in time, is seen as the epitome of what a girl wore in the 80s. How did this come to be? Almost everyone loved Madonna in the 80s, as most do now, and many of the girls from the 80s identified with her. Madonna was a new celebrity and was an instant sensation, and since not everyone can sing like she can, her fashion was the first thing a lot of girls from the 80s identified with, thus making it part of their identity. What better way to be like Madonna than to look like Madonna. Since fashion can be seen as a form of expression as well as give a sense of power and identity, it is usually the first thing that a fan will mimic from a celebrity. The celebrity can be seen as a role model since they are in a place of power and position as well as adoration. The reason fashion trends become fashion trends is because those who follow these trends want to be like the person who set them.

How did Madonna and other celebrities set the stage for cultural identity in our society? Do these celebrities sometimes promote problems with the identities of their fans? Are the identities of the celebrities really who they are or is it all for show? Madonna set the stage for cultural identity at the time by becoming famous. Once this was established, our society reacted and tried to match their identities to hers in order to achieve similar fame and fortune. Sometimes I think that these identities can promote problems with the identities of their fans. No one can ever be Madonna and when people attempt to look like her and be her, they are not being true to their own real identities. Does that mean that celebrities are not really who they set their identities as? It is very possible that this is all for show and that each celebrity chooses an identity that most often is unique to the rest of the celebrities and puts on a show to maintain it. If no one would follow you if you were average, why try to make it big with the “average” identity. Sometimes you have to be a little “out there” (Lady GaGa) to get people to notice you and support you. Once you become noticed and famous, the only option left is to let your new identity define who you are for your fans.