Would this have been the 80's edition of the Full Cleveland?

Thankfully the recent blitz of 80's nostalgia seems to have missed this particular recess in the history of good taste.

Well, Mike Vice, it's good to see someone else out there has the taste and clarity to know an awesome look, and the fortitude to go for it, no matter what the label-shirt and distressed jeans wearing pikers think. I made "Sonny" my own style almost two years ago, and doing so has taken my life to a whole new level. I always LOVED the 80s and DESPISED everything the contemporary had to offer. For a while I tried to play it straight with normal, non-descript clothes; but that conveyed neither my love for then or loathing for now. So I eventually just took the plunge. It took me a while to find the right attitude and presentation at first; there was a but of experimentation. But after paying close attention to a few episodes (you're right, seasons 1&2 were the best) and countless trips to thrift stores and ebay searches, I found a few choice ensembles that really make my presence known. Among my favorites are the blazers: 2 white silk, 1 salmon silk, 1 turquoise cotton, 2 black and white speckled silk yarn (see Florence, Italy episode), 1 off white poly, and 2 in black for those season 3 days. I also have a huge assortment of pastel and light colored tees. I usually gravitate towards the light purple/lavender/fuscia area, but also have a few blues, pinks, and a black and a white. The pants and shoes I wish were as diverse. I have 1 really good pair of pleated linen, and a couple so-so pairs. As I usually go with the good pair, it's become a little worn. I'm always looking for more. Same with the shoes. I only have 1 real pair of Sonny shoes, white leather with a mesh over the toes, only thing is they have black soles. White shoes with white soles; I'm beginning to think, may only have been available in South Florida boutiques in 1986. So in essence, I set out to become the (not an) 80s guy, and have succeeded admirably. Whether people love it (most do) or hate it (wankers), I am not ignored and am not forgotten, and it lets people know I have some big ol' brass balls to pull off something like this. A lot of girls are very keen to it, especially at last summer's Belinda Carlisle show where, in the whites, I was photographed more times than Bigfoot. So, in closing, kudos to you as a fellow man of vision. I just hope you don't live too close to me, because I also like being the only one doing it.

For me, Don Johnson as he looked during the first two seasons of the hit 1980's TV cop show Miami Vice is Metrosexual, Sensitive New Age Guy, call it what you like; he's the much needed alternative to the old-fashioned macho muscleman who has a body that is a grotesquely mishapen phantasmagoria of chunky, steroid-plumped, veiny and lumpy overblown fleshiness. But enough of THAT. Back to Don Johnson as he appeared in the first two seasons of Miami Vice which aired in 1984 to 1986. First thing you think when you look at Don is: WONDERFUL FASHIONS!!!! Forget the terrific pulsating pop and rock music, forget the cool, slick and excessively handsome (my one-and-only lifetime hero and idol) Don Johnson's too-quickly-over 1985 sex-symbol status, forget the flashy MTVideographic camera work--the ONLY reason I REALLY tuned into the show in the 1980's was because of Don Johnson's tropical-chic, casually elegant designer menswear ensembles--unconstructed sportjackets thrown over t-shirts and multipleated pants in pastel shades of pink, peach, aqua, lavender, fuschia and white. The show triggered a MAJOR fashion craze in menswear especially around 1985-86, and I was wowed over by the flocks of pastel sportjackets, short-sleeved button down campshirts and multipleated trousers in the department stores. I am a 40-year-old man who has always enjoyed wearing these styles, so when they fell out of fashion circa 1990, I went into a deep depression--solved only by teaching myself to sew my own pastel men's campshirts starting in 1993. I've since acquired (from exclusive menswear boutiques and from mail-order sources) some 60-plus pair of white triple-pleated pants just like the ones Don Johnson wore on Miami Vice, 11 fuschia wet-look velcro-closure sportshirts, 9 turquoise wet-look velcro-closure sportshirts; 22 pairs of pastel bubblegum-pink linen-blend triple-pleated pants, 30 hot-pink single-button lightweight big-shoulder-padded unlined and unconstructed sportcoats; 19 additional unconstructed Vice-like men's sportcoats in various shades of fuschia and pink and in fabrics other than linen; 26 unconstructed men's sportcoats in other hues--shades of white, pastel yellow, peach, teal, gold, plum and more; and over 30 printed woven short-sleeved pajama-collared shirts in bright and pastel splashy prints that I purchased one by one and that I DIDN'T create and sew up myself; and nowadays, in 2007, my typical daily ensemble consists of white triple-pleated pants, sockless white slip-on deck shoes, and pastel short-sleeved button-down straight-hemmed and spread-collared campshirts sewn myself--campshirts with printed paint-splashes, brushstrokes and splatters of vivid pastel Miami Vice color. I love the look, to me it will never go out of style. So what if no one else dresses like me anymore? I love being original, I love being an individual, and I love the self-confidence that Don Johnson's tropical-pastel Miami Vice look has always given me. I also love keeping alive what I consider a gorgeously stylish look, even if I'm the only one wearing it. To me the Miami Vice Look will always live!!!

Many of us are holding onto photos of family or friends sporting the "miami vice" look......heaven sent blackmail material

The best look!

It was laughable even when it was supposedly "hot"

It was very cool in the late 80's very early 90's, but not so much now, LOL.

Everything was ok except for the shoes without the socks. It really can create a stinkin' situation. :-)

Cheers to you Mike Vice! I miss the Vice look styles myself.Wearing it hada great feel to it all . I never will forget my one favorite Vice Jacket.It was a pastel yellow with tiny pink triangles all over it.It was unique and got me laid by the cutest gals!! It had a magical rock star feel to it.I once made the fatal mistake of taking it off and leaving it on my chair and went up to the piano man drunk and singing like the fool i was (Glen Livit Scotch does that)to only look back and it was gone! forever. I never could find that coat nor replace it. I pray that society one day is wearing flamboyant loose fitting fashions like never before !The look today is so drab and disgusting .The 80's were so much fun.Sorry if you are one who cannot connect to this frequency of fashion elation and joy.I'm dying ova here,for several years now i stay in the miami vice clothes closet but who knows for how much longer.

I always thought that this was merely an updated 1980's Full Cleveland fashion from the 1970's.

The Full Cleveland was shirt, coat, white tie, white belt and white shoes. The Half Cleveland was everything except you substituted a large wide collar leisure shirt and no tie.

Cool looking during the 80's, cheesy and out of place now.

Anyone walking around in one of these Don Johnson outfits nowadays would either be headed to a retro nightclub or the subject of outright derision and ridicule intermingled with loud laughter.

I don't kinow if this is outrageous but it's not anything I care for.

to me its sloppy . the sock look is ok to get the morning paper,etc. it just says too lazy and unkept

Who would have thought the most coolest look for men in the eighties with blazer sleeves rolled back to the elbow, big hair, white shoes and other funky pastel colours would be a topic of ridicule. I find it amusing to watch those horrendous fashions of the 80's thats why whenever I feel down I watch as many re-runs of those programmes to remind myself that lifes not that bad after all.

Remember the eighties?