A head-to-toe hot pink ensemble, worn with big permed hair, pays homage to '80s dressing, as does a silky zebra shirt dress with matching heels.

A head-to-toe hot pink ensemble, worn with big permed hair, pays homage to ’80s dressing, as does a silky zebra shirt dress with matching heels.

My mother permed her straight Filipino hair and had a bookkeeping job and shopped for things that looked like other, more expensive things.