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Going to an 80s gig this summer? How to rock the look

By Kirsty Cameron
New Zealand Listener·
4 mins to read

Being a true fan of a band you love is a form of cos-play and for some, they’ve never left the look they glommed onto at a formative age: Lemmy from Motörhead remains influential on a certain subset of boomers.

In the 1980s, you could dance like there was nobody filming, because there wasn’t. So if you rocked Madonna’s Desperately Seeking Susan style (the ra-ra skirt, fingerless lace gloves, legwarmers) or devoted Friday night to being Aotearoa’s Adam Ant, there’s

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