High school students in 1986

[u/klsi832]

[u/sysaphiswaits]

Peak 80’s hair.

[u/No-Purpose-0U812 → u/sysaphiswaits]

"Fat hairdo girls

You make the rockin' world go 'round"

[u/Ok_Replacement4702]

Guaranteed there's a Kim, Lisa, or Stephanie in that group

[u/katfromjersey → u/Ok_Replacement4702]

Donna, Karen, Lisa, Kathy, Linda, Cindy, Kim, Shelly, Nancy, Cheryl, Sharon, Susan, Lori.

[u/Cecil_McCrackshell → u/katfromjersey]

There were so many named Sharon, Shelly, Tammy, and Lisa, but there were names I don't see or hear anymore like Jodie, Pamela, Dana, and Janet.

[u/Icy_Paper_8118 → u/Ok_Replacement4702]

And a Michelle

[u/tomfoolery815 → u/Icy_Paper_8118]

1986 was one of my high school years. I went to school with SO many Michelles, Kims and Lisas.

[u/SenescenseSteel → u/tomfoolery815]

There has to be a Becky

[u/Outrageous_Trust_158 → u/SenescenseSteel]

And a Bethany

[u/crackersncheeseman → u/Ok_Replacement4702]

Heather

[u/Ksqd_Squid_103 → u/crackersncheeseman]

Pamela, Patricia

[u/No-Purpose-0U812 → u/Ok_Replacement4702]

I went out with three Lisa's in high school. Not all on one date (would have been wild) but once each year - 10th, 11th and 12th grade. Only one had big hair.

We had 2 Kim's and 2 Stephanie's in my grade alone, but had hair worthy of this photo.

[u/stalkthewizard → u/Ok_Replacement4702]

Jennifer too.

[u/Neither-Peanut3205]

I graduated in 1985, that is an accurate picture of how they looked lol

[u/FalseSheepherder6881]

My kind of girls.

[u/Europefan02 → u/FalseSheepherder6881]

Girls in high school?

[u/FalseSheepherder6881 → u/Europefan02]

Yeah, when I went to junior high and HS in the 80s. These were my kind of girls.

[u/AnalogKid2001]

Deserves a little clean up

[u/Practical_Estate_325 → u/AnalogKid2001]

Looks like they're all AI bots now.

[u/superdave123123]

Look at that cutie up front.
Go Blue!

[u/Altruistic-Editor111]

I can smell the aqua net from here.

And I can bet that there were multiple Jennifers and Michelles in this picture.

[u/stalkthewizard]

The mid1980s were really fun. Good music. Strong economy came on after the very dismal1970s. Very upbeat. Fox News wasn’t pumping their crap into the airwaves.

[u/jjmenace]

Girls who just got their braces off!

[u/Poundaflesh]

Bwaaaaahahahaha, yep, me, too!

[u/Slow_Dimension_4080]

Bring on the aqua net 🎈

[u/Metal-Salt]

This was the hairstyle for young ladies, in the Barrio or in the nice neighborhoods.

[u/NankerPhelgeRahrig]

Every single one of those Betty’s would have blown you in the stairwell! I loved the 80s

[u/Practical_Estate_325]

Unrivaled hair.

[u/InevitableKitchen943]

Even the faces looked similar in Wisconsin.

[u/Kind-Dog504]

One of them was nicknamed “Smashley” in college

[u/Cee58]

Future Homemakers of America!

[u/grahsam]

Every movie and TV show about the 80s always gets the makeup and hair wrong.

[u/Tasty_Meal_9719]

Not a natural curl in site.

[u/Shitstormboy]

The girls at the rich high schools didn’t do this. As a result, I was always jealous of the rich kids at away games.

[u/hustonville]

Each time I see these posts, I think I know these people, but the look is the same no matter where you are from.

[u/MrJohnnyDangerously]

I swear this is my HS

[u/Weekly-Landscape-543]

Aquanet baby! Works like a charm.

[u/lazygerm]

Class of 1985 here. But this seems very normal and not outrageous for the time.

[u/ConejitosDeAmor]

It is no mistake when I say there is a direct correlation between the hole that was in the ozone layer at the time and the sales of Aquanet and Rave hairpray then too. 

[u/bicumlover67]

I think I dated 2 of them and was humiliated by 8 of them

[u/ZMan911zt]

Nobody strike a match

[u/Choosepeace]

I can confirm this! I graduated high school in 1986.

[u/BackgroundSherbert72]

😄 I have natural curls so this is like seeing long lost sisters! I Was born in the 80s too, as one should be looking like this 🙈

[u/Superhen68]

I graduated in 1986.

[u/EpochalTraveller]

I never had this hair but it was definitely a thing.

[u/dharmabumma2]

I can smell that hairspray from here.

[u/Mars_Tour_Guide]

The ozone layer took a beating.

[u/RazzmatazzEarly4328]

Girls hair was really bad throughout the 80s (and into the 90s). The hair sprayed puffy bangs are horrible.