Article: That little alligator's hot. Is it the '80s?(Daily Break)

Byline: MIKELA WRIGHT

BY Mikela wright

TEEN CORRESPONDENT

SEE MORE TIGERS and crocs cruising the beach? Notice the plaid decorating the malls? The "preppy" look of polo-style and button-down shirts, khakis and Bermuda shorts, once a symbol of the '80s, is becoming popular among teens in Hampton Roads.

"It's a clean-cut look and gives you a better impression,'' says Bryce Rogers, 16, a rising junior at Indian River High School in Chesapeake. "A lot of my friends wear the look.''

According to www. nostalgiacentral.com, a Web site focused on the A to Zs of the '60s, '70s and '80s, the 1970s and early '80s saw the growth of ...

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