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Why Were the 1980s so Colorful and Extravagant? Understand the AI Photo Trend that Viralized

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Artists responded to the crises that were going through the world, from the military dictatorship in Brazil to the years of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom, challenging patterns of behavior through fashion, hair, makeup, video clips and other cultural manifestations.

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Michael Jackson sings at Madison Square Garden, New York, during his Bad tour in 1988 Kevin Mazur/Wireimage It is not just ChatGPT or Gemini who imagine vibrant colors, voluminous hair and clothes today seen as extravagant when we ask them to recreate a photo as if it had been taken in the 1980s, part of the trend that viralized on social networks this week. Saved the exaggerations that artificial intelligence can commit while trying to imagine …

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Artists responded to the crises that were going through the world, from the military dictatorship in Brazil to the years of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom, challenging patterns of behavior through fashion, hair, makeup, video clips and other cultural manifestations.

·London, United Kingdom
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Artists responded to the crises that were going through the world, from the military dictatorship in Brazil to the years of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom, challenging patterns of behavior through fashion, hair, makeup, video clips and other cultural manifestations.

It is not only ChatGPT or Gemini who imagine vibrant colors, voluminous hair and clothes today seen as extravagant when we ask you to recreate a photo as if it had been taken in the 1980s, part of the trend that viralized on social networks this week. Read more (09/12/2026

·São Paulo, Brazil
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BBC News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Saturday, September 12, 2026.
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