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Extra emphasis on speaking like a Valley Girl in the topic title to drive my point home. So, here's a counterpart to the most 1990s uniforms ever thread, one about the 1980s.

Where do I start? These uniforms are the 1980s-esque ever, to the max! (I promise this will be the last time in this thread, or on these boards, I will speak that way.)

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Yes! I was hoping someone would start this eventually.

In my opinion, there were three big trends to the 1980s; some teams participated in some and others in others: 1. "Throwing back" to a simpler look for some teams, or maintaining tradition for others; 2. On the other side of that coin, early stages of the experimentation, weird designs, and bright colors we'd see in the 1990s; 3. Harder to explain than the other two, but straight-line, multicolored striping. (Think of the stripes on the Redskins' pants for an example of this, or the Seahawks' sleeves, logo aside, in the first post.) And let's add another for good measure: 4. (Mainly NFL) Team logos on uniforms, not just helmets. (Seahawks again, but they weren't the only ones. I suspect the tech had just come into play to cheaply affix logos to football jerseys and pants without making them stand out too much from the rest of the uni.)

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God, I absolutely LOVE this look for the Sox. No idea why I like them so much, either. There's just something about that simple SOX script and that chest stripe that just looks so damn good to me. I wish they would bring these back in their current colors.

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This has absolutely got to be it:

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There are a few more iconic '80s NBA duds:

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The Bucks' "Irish Rainbows" and Dominique/Spud Hawks uniforms are both up there.

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The Blazers have stuck with the sashes, but that font and particular style are very '80s.

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'80s Sacramento Kings - powder blue, huge front numbers, and names on the bottom.

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Reggie Miller rookie-era Pacers. The "laser" effect on the wordmark is very '80s to me.

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These Sonics jerseys bleed well into the '90s, but I think they're definitely "very '80s."

For football - maybe I'm biased, but the "Team of the '80s" had one of the "looks of the '80s" - in particular, that extra-extra-wide pants stripe.

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Nothing like pants stripes you can see from the front...

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But since that's been posted already...

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It's the wordmarks on that set that scream 80's for me, though I thought that they downgraded once they switched things up in the 90's, it ruined the entire look for me personally.

Tradition is the foundation of innovation, and not the enemy.

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I mean, look at this:

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That is a lot of sleeve real estate, and by God, the Chicago Blitz were going to use every inch of it they had in 1984. Full shoulder stripe, contrasting sleeve, sleeve numbers, and a full-sized cuff stripe with the logo inset for good measure.

In a similar vein, the Phoenix Cardinals:

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The USFL's Michigan Panthers had an AWESOME helmet design. One of my all time favorites:

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And one of my favorite Hockey sweaters is the Whalers' green away jerseys, especially in the early 80's when they still had Pucky the Whale on the shoulders:

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God, I absolutely LOVE this look for the Sox. No idea why I like them so much, either. There's just something about that simple SOX script and that chest stripe that just looks so damn good to me. I wish they would bring these back in their current colors.

I too loved them. Really jumped out on baseball cards, my first real exposure to MLB.

The batter logo remains awesome...

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...because RBI Baseball likeness;

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