It’s safe to say that our latest generation is not original… we all know that trends cycle through phases and eventually repeat. As some of the trends from the 1990’s have went away like the neon fitness craze or the big hair lawyered with five cans of hairspray, some of these trends have been stuck in society for decades.
RIPPED JEANS
Yes, it’s hard to believe the super “edgy” trend, which in itself could decide if a person was “cool” or not, came from your mother’s era of fashion. This trend in the 80’s. At the time, this trend applied to more of a mom jean-type of cut with a cuffed edge but now it has applied to any jean cut. More recently, we now primarily only see skinny jeans with ripped knees which is a trend that originated in the 2000’s. It’s also safe to say that this “fad” is not going out of season for much longer.
LACEY SHIRTS
Lace. This trend did go out of style in the 1990’s but then came back in the 2000’s as Y2K was experimenting with different prints and textiles. This trend can now be seen in a bustier-inspired tank that’s flowy at the bottom. A feminine shirt with lace with a masculine bottom like Jorts took over this summer.
MULLETS
Yes, we all saw it too. Within the last 3 years with boys between the ages of 15 and 25, curly mullets were EVERYWHERE. Everyone could probably figure that this trend originated in the 80’s given movies like “The Breakfast Club” and “10 Things I Hate About You” which shows mullets on the characters. This mullet trend has died but I could imagine that it’ll rise again very quickly because now when I see people with mullets, they look awesome (only because not everyone has one)…(yes that was a diss).
HIGH-WAISTED JEANS
This trend is still very much a thing. Although low-waist jeans are interrupting this trend (which originated in 2000s), it’s still nearly impossible to not go into Target, Aerie, or any clothing store without at least 75% of jeans section being high-waisted.
POWER SUITS
Two Words. Princess Diana. If you’ve never seen Princess Diana in a power suit, you’ve never lived. Another two words. Grace Jones. The list can go on and on about women we automatically think of when we think of power suit. You know why? Because they’re powerful AF.
Now when we think pf power suits we think of the Kardashians, more specifically, the illustrious Kris Jenner. The mom-ager who has carried her family legacy on her back has made a large dent in the power suit trend. She deserves it because she was probably rocking a power suit in the 80s and it still continues. This trend never went out of style. Fashion icons in the 80s wore power suits and, although way more accessible but with the same boss energy effect, power suits are here to stay.