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Want an ’80s makeover? Here’s how to ask Gemini for one

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • AI image tools are driving a viral trend that transforms recent photographs into portraits styled around 1980s fashion and aesthetics.
  • The recommended Gemini process involves uploading a clear photo and using a detailed prompt that changes clothing and hair while preserving the person’s face and identity.
  • Users can ask the tool to reduce facial alterations if the generated image changes their features too much.

Nostalgia for the 1980s has become one of the most viral trends online, powered by artificial intelligence tools that recreate the decade’s clothing, hairstyles and visual atmosphere.

Users and content creators are turning recent photographs into vintage-style portraits featuring denim jackets, shoulder-padded blazers, voluminous hairstyles and neon tones. The trend relies on detailed prompts that tell the image generator what to change and what to leave untouched.

For a more accurate result, technology specialists recommend choosing a front-facing or three-quarter photograph without dark glasses or accessories that block the face. The image can then be uploaded to Gemini through an official session, a step the article recommends for protecting personal data.

The suggested instruction is: “Transform this photograph into a 1985 studio portrait. Keep my face, expression and identity exactly as they are, without modifying them. Change only the clothing to 1980s-style clothes, add voluminous hair and add analog photo texture.” If the platform changes the user’s physical features, the prompt can be followed up in the same chat with a request to preserve the face more closely and reduce exaggerated modifications.

Transform this photograph into a 1985 studio portrait. Keep my face, expression and identity exactly as they are, without modifying them. Change only the clothing to 1980s-style clothes, add voluminous hair and add analog photo texture.

· Gemini promptThe article recommends this instruction for creating an 1980s-style portrait while preserving the user’s facial identity.
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