Listen, I'm all about wearing whatever you want and for as long as you want, but as much as I want to keep my oversized blazers and comfy nap dresses forever and ever, I realize their day in the sun will be over eventually, just like the gauchos, ponchos, and colored skinny jeans of my youth.
And speaking of skinny jeans, millennials caught a lot of flack from Gen Z for holding onto them forever. But now, women took to the r/femalefashionadvice subreddit to discuss the trends that will look dated in five years, and Gen Z might want to take to some notes. Here's what they had to say:
1. "I always see people laughing at how Millennials wore business casual clothes to the club (we did) and I think the current trouser and blazer trend for going out is going to be the same thing when we look back."
2. "All of the funky, trippy-like patterns. I’m seeing a lot of tops, dresses, pants, etc. with wavy checkered and squiggle line prints."
3. "Those sandals with the one wide braided strap and square toe."
4. "The wide pant styles (with fitted cropped top) will date clothing exactly the way that skinny jeans date the 2010s."
5. "Those A&F jeans with the asymmetrical zipper."
6. "Laminated eyebrows!"
7. "The heels with the triangle flared bottom."
8. "All the lavender and sun-washed bright green accessories."
9. "Everything Y2K."
10. "EVERYTHING checkerboard pattern. Tiny cat eye sunglasses. Comically tiny purses. Cottagecore puffy long dresses."
11. "Matching sweatsuits with cropped sweatshirts and those really thick, poofy waistbands — peak COVID look."
12. "Corset tops with the vertical line detailing and square neckline, much like the cup/sweetheart necklines ones are def dated to a few years back."
13. "Belt bags/fanny packs worn across the chest."
14. "Nap dresses and its relative sister: milkmaid and prairie style dresses."
15. "Bike shorts."
16. "The super baggy jeans + the sexy halter top + the oversized blazer. It looks like stuff from different occasions or like you got dressed drunk."
17. "I’m personally outraged at the comeback of low rise jeans. I give it a year."
18. "Scrunch bums."
Do you agree or disagree with any of these predictions? What trends do you think will make people go, "Oh, That's SO Early 2020s!"? Let me know in the comments.
Note: Some responses have been edited for length/clarity.