Fashion in my 20s: what was I thinking?

I thought I would give you a laugh by sharing some of the outfits from my 20s. This was in the 1980s, a decade not noted for sartorial style. But even so......
The first horror is the jade green jacket and matching trousers that I wore to see David Bowie in the Serious Moonlight Tour in Milton Keynes. For some reason, I'd left it until I actually got to Milton Keynes to buy an outfit, and I only had about two hours. Plus, I was staying in a village called Stony Stratford rather than the town centre. So there was only one boutique, and it wasn't exactly offering cutting edge fashion.

At that time, I hardly ever wore jeans.  I was convinced they made my thighs look huge. Well, to be honest, they did.  Normally I wore skirts or dresses. But I figured everyone at the concert would be wearing jeans, so I thought this outfit would be the most appropriate thing.  The red shoes are a nod to a line in his song "Let's Dance."

Next. This was the sort of dress I wore a lot of the time. It had a drawstring waist, which is a flattering shape for me normally. I didn't have much of a waist so I was drawn to dresses that tried to give  me one. The pale pink dress was in a weird toweling material. My mum hated it! To make it worse, I used to wear it with white tights. Remember them?  My hair was in this style for a long time until I went very short (more on that shortly). I had dyed it black but missed a bit at the back, and a child on the bus said very loudly "why does that lady have a piece of hair that doesn't match the rest?"

Next up is the primrose yellow pie crust collar blouse and skirt I wore for a significant job interview. My mum was shocked to say the least when I came home with this, bought specifically for the interview. Somehow I managed to get the job.  The Princess Diana influence is apparent in the pie crust blouse with ribbons. Very twee on me, but it was fashionable. I know now that this style doesn't suit my personality.

Now these trousers were quite fashionable at the time, and I stand by them. I've got a touch of the Donald Trumps in terms of the fake tan.  I remember going overboard on the Ambre Solaire, for my brother's wedding.

This next outfit makes me shudder. I only wore it once. It was a case of this type of outfit being in fashion, and me being determined to wear it because I was still young.  My hair is very short which did nothing for me. Neither did the shapeless short set!

This one is a real "what was I thinking?" I'm with my Grandma and she looks far more chic than I do, in my hideous clown suit. I think it came from one of those parties (Pippa Dee?) where someone hosted and you felt obliged to buy something. Mum bought me this.

Finally (drum roll) - I saved the best until last. This was in my early 30s, so we're talking the 90s. The jacket was a nice soft leather bought in Munich. But it looks far too long and bulky. The skirt was a thrifted abomination. And the hair! It's what I used to call "my baked bean head look."

What memories do you have of what you wore in your 20s?