Singer Deborah Gibson and Actress Alyssa Milano attend the '18th Birthday Party for Deborah Gibson' on August 8, 1988 at Ed DeBevic's Restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Real talk: Debbie could ONE MILLION PERCENT wear that blazer today and no one would bat an eye.
Debbie Gibson and Brian Bloom
Singer Deborah Gibson and Actor Brian Bloom attend the '18th Birthday Party for Deborah Gibson' on August 8, 1988 at Ed DeBevic's Restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
I absolutely forgot about Brian Bloom but the moment this photo popped up, my memory reloaded him like a ton of bricks. With apologies for that very poorly constructed simile. Fun fact: He wrote a ton of the Call of Duty video games, which I'm sure has been VERY lucrative for him.
Nicole Eggert and Shannen Doherty
Nicole Eggert and Shannen Doherty at the Birthday Party for Debbie Gibson, Ed Debevic's, Hollywood. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Of course my beloved is wearing a white bolero jacket that she probably got at Au Coton. I feel like Shannen Doherty and Nicole Eggert got into SHENANIGANS together back in the day. (Nicole looks great and timeless.)
Charlene Tilton
BEVERLY HILLS,CA - AUGUST 8: Actress Charlene Tilton attends attends the Debbie Gibson's 18th Birthday Party on August 8, 1988 at Ed Debevic's Restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Did I, or did I not, promise you mega denim? Here it is!
Brian Robbins and Kimberly Russell
Actor Brian Robbins and actress Kimberly Russell attend the birthday party for Debbie Gibson on August 8, 1988 at Ed Debevic's in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Actor Wil Wheaton and Birthday Party for Deborah Gibson on August 8, 1988 at Ed Debevic's Restaurant in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
There was a photo of Wil Wheaton and Alyssa Milano enthusiastically embracing, but she was dating Corey Haim at this point. (Corey did not attend this party.)
Ryan Lambert and Scott Grimes
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - AUGUST 8: Performer Ryan Lambert and actor Scott Grimes attend Debbie Gibson's 18th Birthday Party on August 8, 1988 at Ed Debevic's Short Order Deluxe in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
I literally said the words, "what is this hat?" to this photo. I cannot explain it. (Almost all of us who were teens during this period own a What Is This Hat?!? hat.)
Athlete Mitch Gaylord
Athlete Mitch Gaylord attends Deborah Gibson's 18th Birthday Party on August 8, 1988 at Ed DeBevic's Restaurant in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
THIS is a fedora. Mitch is a gold medal winning gymnast who tried with little success to be an actor after the Olympics. He was (and presumably still is) also a famous hottie, as you can see here. (He looks sort of like the Dodgers current second baseman Gavin Lux to me in this photo?) Anyway, he's currently a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley! Good for you, Mitch, my fellow UCLA Bruin!
Anthony Michael Hall
Anthony Michael Hall at the Birthday Party for Debbie Gibson, Ed Debevic's Restaurant, Hollywood. (Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
