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FEATURES GISELE WEARS
THE EBEL BRASILIA
Boy George, Retrofest 2008
Left Eighties revival at Retrofest
One Glaswegian who was never short of a place to go was
former Scotland and Celtic star Frank McAvennie who
remembers the eighties as a glamorous and hedonistic era.
“I’ve always enjoyed life and enjoyed the nightclubs. I drank
nothing but champagne at one time and, aye, I had a few model
birds. It went with the terriority.
“When I was at Celtic we weren’t allowed out after a Wednesday
night so the Jean and T-Shirt night at the Cotton Club was always
a big night because unless you did well on the Saturday, you
cheeks and lip liner filler in shimmery lipstick. And the men
didn’t want to go out at the weekend. My old team, Joe Miller
were just as bad; the eighties was such an experimental time
and I were regulars, as were a lot of Old Firm players.”
that some men had bigger makeup bags than their girlfriends
and this trend is coming back too with products like Guyliner Former Rangers star Mark Hateley remembers the eighties club
and Manscara becoming popular.” scene fondly too and in particular the recently reopened Victoria’s
on Sauchiehall Street. “Back then it was the only nightclub of its
So, with your experimental fashion style and dangerous
kind and we felt safe and comfortable there. We knew James
shoulder pads, your asymmetric hairdo and your cheekbones
(Mortimer, Victoria’s then owner) and could trust him.”
well and truly painted on, what was there to do in a city like
Glasgow in the eighties? Glasgow’s love affair with the decade shows no sign of decline
with the Retrofest eighties revival festival, which took place at
Party, of course, and there was no shortage of clubs where
Strathclyde Park in August with Boy George topping the bill,
glamour was the order of the night. Fresh at Joe Paparazzi on
already having a big demand for early bird tickets for next
a Sunday night, the Jeans and T-Shirt night on a Wednesday at
year’s event.
the Cotton Club and a Saturday night at the legendary Victoria’s
were just three of the clubs where the Glasgow elite looked But if you can’t wait till then why not dig out that old ‘Frankie
good and partied hard. The bar scene was just as glossy. The Says’ T-Shirt, pour yourself a Malibu and pineapple, clear your
first of the style bars the city now has in abundance opened throats for a bit of Come on Eileen and indulge in a little nostalgia
l
with Charlie Parkers and Bar Luxembourg just two of the bars for the most brazen and decadent decade of them all, with a bit
guaranteed to have a queue outside. of Bananarama playing on the ghetto blaster, of course.
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