A look back at the most iconic 80s power suits

Go bold or go home.

Oh the suits! The shoulders! The slavishly copied Working Girl wardrobe! The allure of the 80s will never fade (see Marc Jacobs own spin on the Dynasty look for AW18). From Grace Jones’s iconic sculpted jacket on the album Nightclubbing to Versace’s go-big-or-go-home memo, here’s Hunger’s pick of the boldest power suits of all time.

Melanie Griffith’s entire Working Girl wardrobe

Grace Jones’ sculpted Armani jacket circa 1981

The chic/slouchy co-ord a la Versace campaign girls

VALENTINO’S XL SHOULDERS AND BLOCK COLOUR COMBO

ARMANI’S boardroom look

BE MORE MISS CAMPBELL

Joan Collins soap opera style in Dynasty

TextEmma Firth
VisualsNaomi Ray