This Was the Year Gen Z Stopped Planning Millennial Outfits and Started Copying Them

Accordingly generation ZThere are many ways to “detect” something millennial – none of them are good. His socks are too short. Their jeans are too tight. They make the “heart sign” with their whole hand, not the weird way they put two fingers closer to the face. It has side fringes and French twists and “go out”. Their styles are inherently flamboyant, as if a line has been drawn between those born in 1996 and those born a year later, separating those with bleached eyebrows on the one hand, and those with almost no eyebrows on the other.

But something interesting happened last year. Something strange and a little mysterious. Look around you, outside or at the club; You’ll see what looks like millennial style everywhere. But wait, isn’t that person 21 years old?? You will think to yourself, you will be confused. I thought they hated the way millennials dress? It’s interesting then that we’re suddenly seeing the return of all kinds of millennial trends: skirt over trousers, leopard print coatI even go to the top. I have a feeling deep in my soul that we are about to see a lot of sidelines. Tight jeans They are back with a vengeance. Big fat skate instructors They are making their cursed return. Not so tragic then, right?

“Millennial style” of course covers a wide range of different eras and images, many of which are unrelated (the Millennial age range includes anyone born between 1981 and 1996, so it’s a pretty wide range). There’s an early to mid-2000s vibe of low-rise jeans and zip-up hoodies. Underneath the denim boots are early 2010s style side tassels, leopard print and black tights. There’s the totally indie sleazy side of things (cigarettes, digital cameras and red lipstick, etc.). “Millennial style” is basically a catch-all phrase that refers to a number of different trends and clothing choices across various time periods. But look, Generation Z is copying them all. Equal coin belts. Remember coin belts? Yes, they jingle along the street next to the crinolines. as if coatings there.

Actually, none of this should come as a surprise. The 20-year trend cycle is coming for all of us and we have seen it simultaneously since the pandemic. trend cycle is accelerating. While everyone has been dressing like it’s 2004 for the last few years, they’re also starting to dress like it’s 2014. – is itself a distant history stolen from the past. “Never in human history has there been a society so obsessed with the cultural artifacts of its own recent past,” wrote Simon Reynolds. 2010 book retromania. “How did we become trapped in a self-imposed time capsule machine?” asked Hannah Ewens inside Deputy. “Whatever the answer is, the pace of the nostalgia journey has increased so much that it gets stuck on itself.”