There were a lot of "Styles' in the 80's...
I am born in 63, seen a lot of different people back then.
The girls all wanna look Madonna so to see, I hang out with a diferent crowd 😉
Oh, the other 80s crowd, no leg-warmers and Flashdance gym leotards?.... all is forgiven.
I was quite partial to the fashion/music style of The Cure back then... the days before Ian Curtis killed himself and Robert Smith turned into Elizabeth Taylor 🙂 .
80s music and fashion has aged very badly but there were a few gems.
Style council was nice, but we went with the dark industrial underground like front 242, sisters of mercy etc. so all black dresscode. Still everyone was able to have a "personal" style, I think it was a creative time, with a lot less tak about LBGTQ and more accepting them. Things have reverted a lot since then
Difference IMHO was you just assumed or knew a persons gender. Oh, he's probably gay. Or yeah my friend says he's gay. Now its "HEY EVERYBODY I AM GAY" and you have to accept me or you're a bad person. When technically nobody gives @$#$ who you're screwing.