And that's the difference between these pieces and similar versions, last seen in the Eighties: in 1986, the little dress would have been accompanied by shoulder pads, shiny gob-stopper earrings and a quilted gilt-chained bag.Subtle changes in silhouette are worth noting, especially the shoulder line. The modern jacket with its defined, but not exaggerated padded shoulder needs no accessories, the slender shirt no more than an interesting crinkly texture, the shorter A-line coat, the not-too-bare dress both work best when free of additions. Without the glaring lipstick, the blusher applied with gusto, the return of bright-blue eyeshadow (and even bright red eyeshadow, for heaven's sake), these clothes needn't make you scream. Stripped to their basics is how they work best. In truth, it's the styling - the pictures in glossy magazines and the over-the-top presentation on the catwalk - that has earned clothes like these the 'glam' tag. As a look it has, fairly predictably, been dubbed 'the return to glamour', but the good news for those who find nothing attractive about bright-red lips and staggeringly high heels is that you don't have to wear it that way. There has been a move away from floppy layers and uneven hems and a return to sharp, clean lines and basic pieces - jacket, trousers and the knee-length skirt.

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