Fashion Today: Bike shorts, the 1980s wardrobe staple, are making a comeback

 
A designer has sent bike shorts down the runway on supermodel Naomi Campbell. The biggest joke? 

There's no doubt that as far as fashion is concerned, retro looks from the 1980s are having a moment. 

Fluoro hoodies and bumbags have had a revival, scrunchies have started reappearing on lady-heads all over the world, and now, it seems that Lycra bike pants are making a comeback.

In case you aren’t sure of the look we’re referring to, please revisit this film clip of Aussie pop star Collette in her Ring My Bell film clip from 1989. To ensure that her skin-hugging Lycra pants didn’t fall down (?!) she paired her bike pants with a pair of braces.

For the young whippersnappers who were born post-1990, bike pants were a staple in many Aussie 1980s kid’s wardrobes. If you managed to have a pair of Ken Done ones, you really were the sh*t and you could peacock around the playground with the best of them.

Ken Done bike pants. The pinnacle of schoolyard fashion in the late '80s. Picture: www.goodfashionforgood

But it seems this movement is bigger than just one kooky designer as Bella Hadid has also worn the look in France ... and other designers like Fenty x Puma by Rihanna, Dolce & Gabbana, Nina Ricci and Dion Lee have produced similar high-end versions of the utterly unforgiving garment in their latest collections.

Bike pants and zoot suits ... active wear was considered fashion back in the 1980s