This week I decided to play around with Timeline JS. I am fairly familiar with the other tools that Corey and I plan to use for this project. Timeline JS was the only tool that I had never used before. Luckily, the instructions were easy to follow from filling in the spread sheet to publishing and embedding the actual timeline.

I decided to create a timeline that shows the cultural and entertainment news that may have affected the way people dressed in the 1980s. Part of what Corey and researching for our project is how popular culture (specifically from MTV) affected the way people dressed in relation to their gender. The timeline I created was just a rough sketch of what our final timeline will look like. I got all the information from historyplex.com. For our final timeline I would like to find more specific dates and include more information about why these events are significant to development of fashion trends in the ’80s. For example, the song “Like a Virgin” by Madonna came out in 1985, which prompted a lot of women to start wearing long, layered necklaces and Michael Jackson popularized the red leather jacket after his “Thriller” music video came out in 1983. Likely, our final timeline will also include pictures and links to our sources.

Like I stated earlier in this post, this timeline is rough. It definitely needs some pictures and more information, but I also kind of like it without the pictures. It matches my minimalist black and white theme. Of course it isn’t very engaging as it is so the final product will definitely include visuals. Enjoy my minimalist timeline of the ’80s below!