- - Paula Abdul Shares the ’80s Trend She Doesn’t Want to See Come Back — and 1 She Still Swears by Today (Exclusive)

Brian Anthony HernandezDecember 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM

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Paula Abdul with voluminous bangs in 1988; her in 2025

Paula Abdul is forever your ’80s fashion girl.

But while speaking with PEOPLE in an exclusive conversation at the world premiere of Cirque Du Soleil LUDÕ in Mexico on Dec. 12, the “Forever Your Girl” singer, 63, revealed which ’80s trend can stay in the past.

“The bang that goes like this,” she said with a laugh, gesturing her hand over her head to replicate dramatic voluminous bangs.

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Paula Abdul wearing a scrunchie in 1990

The ’80s icon also shared which trend from that decade she still swears by.

“I'm still a scrunchie girl. I started with a half-up, half-down [style]. I still do that,” Abdul admitted at the event inside Puerto Vallarta’s VidantaWorld.

Abdul also listed some of her favorite ’80s fashion looks.

“The outfit I wore with MC Skat Kat, my ‘Straight Up’ jacket, my ‘Cold Hearted’ hat,” the former American Idol judge said.

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Paula Abdul and Kevin Taguchi at the Cirque Du Soleil LUDÕ world premiere in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Dec. 12, 2025

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The Grammy winner also reflected on celebrating 34 years since she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in December 1991.

“You know, time goes by so quickly, and I still treasure those moments of being there on Hollywood Boulevard and getting my star,” Abdul said. “When Virgin Records told me that I was getting a star, I pinched myself and invited every family member I knew that could fly down and be there.”

She continued, “It’s beautiful. I’ve led a very charmed career, but it’s been a lot of hard work as well. It’s the ebbs and flows and the fact that you hang in there long enough makes it all that much better.”

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