@FloydPinkerton  
Nope. First, the show is set in the 1000s by Equestria’s calendar; second, they never actually refer to “the ‘80s”, just “back then”.
 
Rarity’s age = age in Cutie Mark Chronicles flashbacks + time since then. Going by this image, the flashbacks are between one and two Apple family reunion periods (100 moons, or about 8 years) before Apple Family Reunion. Since then we’ve had a season and half and two movies’ worth of events, probably covering two years and a bit (especially if you count the EU). So Rarity’s age is her flashback age plus 10-18 years. (That assumes, among other things, that the “100 moons” in that episode is the same 100 Earth lunar cycles.)

@Wiimeiser  
“List”?

@FloydPinkerton She’s lookin damn good for a 40 year old. Maybe rarity was inflicted with a succubus curse that prevented her from aging, meaning that rarity would have to watch as all of her loved ones died for all eternity.
 
Just a random headcanon. Rarity is my favorite pony btw.

checks list  
Big Macintosh 24Y 5M 28D  
Cheerilee 22Y 11M 0D  
-About a year and a half apart.

What even were those costumes in the school play? I know it’s the food groups but what the heck are the costumes supposed to be?

PLZ MAKE IT HAPPEN NAO

Wouldn’t that make Rarity almost 40?

Yo! Make it happen!

80s Rarity sounds amazing.

WANT.

I agree 1000000%.

Just re-color a pic of Cloudchaser, erase the wings, and add a horn. And maybe a pair of legwarmers.

80s Rarity? Do want!

Dash would totally rock that style.

*think

@QuelloScelto  
I don’t really thing Twi, Dash, and AJ would really have that style.  
Also in a lot of things like this “everypony/body” doesn’t really mean they all did, just a lot of them.

@azer  
That’s just my guess though…

@RIG  
@bradzz  
As far as I know Bitmaps load bsckwards, from bottom up. Even though the file extension says jpg the image must really be in a Bitmap data format.

I approve.

@RIG  
The uploader has saved it as a Windows bitmap (.BMP) and just changed the extension to .JPG. BMPs are encoded from the lowest line first. They also don’t compress well, hence the massive file size.

ehhh could be worse for Rarity.

I like it.

Well… I don’t see why not. Fans do worse.

Hmm not only Rarity but I wonder also Twilight, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, AJ and maybe Spike…..(Imagines Spike dressed as MJ)