Perhaps our adoption of 80s aesthetics isn’t just a means of escaping our circumstances; it’s an attempt to transform them, too. Women in the UK bore the brunt of the pandemic, with many losing or dropping out of work alongside juggling childcare and taking on homeschooling responsibilities – and women are still more likely than men to say that gender inequality is still a major concern for them.

Women still face many of the same challenges today as women like Joan did back then. In the 80s, power dressing wasn’t just an aesthetic choice; it was a means of asserting authority by physically taking up more space in a male-dominated world. At a time when women are still facing discrimination, it’s no wonder we’re drawing on the glamorous silhouettes of the 80s to reassert our own power and project confidence.

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