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The laser beam portrait background. My parents were too cheap to pay the extra $5 for this epic background, and I’m still bitter about it.

The portrait background of the future, brought to you by the ’80s.

Today’s willing victims are Jeff and Teresa. Thank you both for sending in some deeeeeeeelightful pictures!

First we have Jeff:

Photo via viewfromthecloud.com

Uh, Jeff? Maybe it’s the way you’re holding that spoon like a weapon, but we think Grandma and your brother are scared to death by your GLORIOUS mullet. Did they try to make a break for it after this pic was snapped? Because that is the Hair That Ate Thanksgiving. Really.

Teresa: girl, we feel your pain. There was nothing quite like being dragged off to Olan Mills for the annual family photo, was there?

Love the hat/belt matchy-matchy thing you’ve got going on there! Did that jacket have a peplum? If it did, it doesn’t get much more 80’s than puffed sleeves and a peplum!

Thanks again to Jeff and Teresa for sending in the 80’s trauma. Everyone else: WE WANT MORE! Don’t be shy, send in the pics to onceuponawin+80spics@gmail.com!

Today we have Traci, along with the dynamic duo of Staci and Darci. This is starting to sound like a bad 80’s movie about cheerleaders. Cheerleaders who are stalked by some psycho when they go to Spirit Camp at a desolate lake. Anyway… on to the pics!

First up, Traci:

That hair is awesome in the truest sense of the word. It took a lot of Aqua Net to get that look: you had to blow-dry right after you sprayed or it wouldn’t work. Nevermind how we know that. Traci, was the hole in the ozone layer directly over your house? Inquiring minds want to know!

Oh, Staci and Darci you naughty minxes:

If this picture was set to music, it would be Motley Crue’s “Girls, Girls, Girls.” You girls were getting ready to go down to the Sunset Strip and meet some long-haired metal dudes, weren’t you? That top on the left says it all.

Thank you ladies for sharing your 80’s trauma. Everybody else: WE WANT MORE! Don’t be shy, send in the pics to onceuponawin+80spics@gmail.com!

We have a couple of courageous ladies this time around, Kelly C. and Debbie L. Let’s start with Miss Kelly:

Girlfriend, you are a vision in acid wash and AquaNet! But what we all really want to know is, do you know the guy in the background checking you out? Because he is clearly hypnotized by your….uh…..anatomy.

Next up is Debbie (What an awesome flashback name):

Not everyone can rock a Mohawk, but Debbie is! Take note, kids, the Fauxhawk may be in right now, but this is how it’s done. And that shirt is totally of its time with the geometric shapes and loud colors. Love it!

Thank you Kelly and Debbie for sending in your photos. To everyone else: WE WANT MORE! Don’t be shy, send in the pics to onceuponawin+80spics@gmail.com!

A very big thank you goes out to Michael Sanchez and Sarah Robertson for their bravery in sending us their like, totally awesome 80’s pictures. May you always be made of win! Everyone else: now that they’ve shared, it’s your turn! Please send in pics of YOUR best 80’s (or earlier) looks.

Here’s Michael, striking a very “heeeeeeeey ladies, let me tell you what time it is with my GIANT digital watch” pose against his locker. Is this a lost John Hughes outtake?

By the way, Lacoste is back, but the look is totally missing Michael’s savoir-faire. And by savoir-faire, I mean sweater.

Sarah, is true that in Texas, “the higher the hair, the closer to god?”

If so, you are heavenly. Sarah herself says “The photo of me in the white leather mini skirt, spike heels and…for the love of jeebus…fluffy ankle socks? I was headed for the Power Station concert at the Southern Star Ampitheater at Astro World.”

In other words, she was getting gussied up to see these dudes: