The Nightmare

[bombaysaffires]

Stevie really lost her way in the 80s. Everyone sees her now in her outfits that are updates to her 70s stage fashion but....after the early 80s she seemed to think she needed to change her look with the times. All that big hair and overdone makeup and shoulder pads and headbands and sh&t. It wasn't "her".... her early years in FM she had a real fresh-faced sorta girl next door look especially offstage-- she took the chiffon wings off and you'd see all sorts of pics of her with little to no makeup, wearing jeans, tee shirts, or hippie dresses and skirts with her boots. After Bella Donna....maybe up thru Wild Heart her stage outfits were clearly related to her 70s stage look, but then things got weird. And stayed weird through both bouts of rehab. It was quite a surprise to see her at whatever county fair that was in the 90s wearing a floral print dress and with toned down makeup, getting back closer to who she was. The gloves, the hats, the headbands, the huge clanky earrings, heavy makeup and various HUGE hairdos were....I dunno what.... Seems like it was her chasing trends rather than being true to herself. Tom Petty was right.