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Members of the Retro Kids live in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island.

SPORTING architectural haircuts that haven’t been seen since the Reagan administration and clothes that looked borrowed from the closets of Run-D.M.C. and Theo Huxtable, a group of young black men who call themselves the Retro Kids were turning heads the other evening at a party for Parish, a new urban clothing line.

While most men in the cavernous Hell’s Kitchen loft were clad in standard-issue hip-hop gear (baggy jeans, baggier sweatshirts, gleaming white sneakers), these guys were dressed as if “My Adidas” was still blasting from suitcase-size boomboxes on every corner.

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They were not in costume, they made clear, as a constant stream of curious revelers inquired about their get-ups.

“When we walk down the street, people look at us like we’ve been stuck in a time capsule for 15 years,” said Ladaz Marshall, 20, who was wearing snug acid-washed jeans, leopard-print high-top Pumas and a Reebok track jacket from 1988 that he found on eBay. “But this is how we really dress every day. We love it.”

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The crew of eight range in age from 18 to 27 and hail from Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. Many attend Nassau Community College and they all share an obsession for all things ’80s: hip-hop films like “Beat Street,” “Krush Groove” and “Breakin’ ”; ancient gadgets like the beeper; dances like the Running Man and Roger Rabbit.

Lately, the guys and their fierce dedication to a look has attracted the attention of the style world beyond their neighborhoods. They recently posed for the men’s fashion magazine Complex, and Tony Shellman, a founder of Parish, which includes hooded sweatshirts with ’80s motifs like turntables and Good Humor ice cream bars, immediately adopted the Retro Kids as inspiration when he met them at a Fashion Week party earlier this year. “They’re so energetic and creative,” he said. “People may look at them like they’re crazy, but they don’t care.”

Pop Robinson, creative director of Pro Keds, had a similar reaction. Upon noticing them at the Parish party he wondered, “Had I been drinking too much?” But when he realized they were serious, he loved that they were “keeping it real.” The Retro Kids are negotiating with Pro Keds to appear at special events and in an ad campaign. “They validate a brand like Pro Keds because we’re from the old school,” he said.

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The Retro Kids say they would like to create a clothing line, among other things. “We want to start directing videos,” Mr. Barclift said. “We want a reality show. We have a lot of ideas to throw at these networks.” They would love to meet Spike Lee. “I think he’d do an ’80s movie with us,” Mr. Barclift said.

At a recent meeting in Long Island, the young men discussed an ’80s-theme party they were planning for next year. Inevitably, talk turned to the jheri curl — the greasy hairstyle that destroyed many a pillowcase and shirt collar. Who would get one for the sake of authenticity? No one volunteered.- Some things, it seemed, were better left in the past.

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