The ’80s are back - with a vengeance. Many college-age women don’t know that the increasingly popular leggings and skinny jeans they borrowed from a prior decade may have fostered a different trend - yeast infections.

After designer jeans exploded onto the fashion scene in the late ’70s, styles became progressively tighter, as seen by the popularity of tapered-leg and “Marilyn” ankle-zip jeans at the time. And the aerobic exercise boom of the ’80s made leggings a casual accessory among women throughout the decade.

Fashion trends could be hazardous to women’s health