Which current trends do y'all think will stand the test of time?
Which trends from the last few years do y'all think will stay as staples for a while longer?
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Enlightened Centrism.
Pleated trousers (I hope)
what's the point of threads like this exactly?
centrist chad straight fit
yeah it just feels like a roundabout way to shit on what's trending right now aka "baggy fit bad actually"
I personally hate these threads
I personally only dress in clothing that I know will stand the test of time. Timeless and classic styles will always be king 
I didnt even say anything on baggy clothes or shit on anything
I'm just really curious as to what will stay and won't in a few years, figured it could be fun to have the opinions of everyone haha
trend prediction is a multi-million (maybe billion) dollar industry so these really just feel like rage-bait threads whether thats your intent or not
lotta people think that being contrarian makes them better than others and these threads are just an avenue to do that
fair enough
I'll just delete it sorry
a more positive phrasing would help
instead of "what trends do you think will be hated" just "what do you think will be the next big trend"
basically acheives the same goal without giving people an avenue to complain about random trends they dislike, espicially since its almost always gonna be "x fit bad"
yeah I feel ya
I worded this pretty poorly
yeah no problem man it isn't a "you" thing, just tends to be how these things go
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my question would more be like
what of the current trends could potentially stay
Like, everytime there's a new "revolution" of fashion every ig 3 or 4 years, a few previously disregarded things stay as staple for a while longer if that makes any sense
ya it's interesting to look at what parts of the zeitgeist persevere or find their wawy back
*way
fools errand. garments come in/out of style. then if a specific garment doesn't, the fit of it changes over time
see pants/t-shirts getting slim or baggier depending on the decade
the problem with trend discussion is it often just turns into people whining about the trends they dislike instead of actually having a conversation, and trends start localized and spread
like we can tell you the big trends basically but theres not much to discuss, they just kinda are whats in trend
macro & micro trends interact in a chaotic system. plus people often have myopic takes which amount to "i like popular thing, now or when i first got interested in fashion, everything else is doo doo"
I find the whole world of trends so weird
Ig that's a completely different discussion but,
Sometimes I wonder where trends comes from.
Sometimes it looks like it's a celebrity or a tiktok thing, but in the end alot of those times it's as if it is still very much controlled by the industry
I find it fascinating
a lot just come from fashion subgroups in different fashionable cities, some come from designers, its mixed, also theres a single big trend prediction company that most designers use and they basically study runways and streetstyle accross the world to provide trend predictions to designers
which ends up being a bit of chicken and the egg
What about color (palettes)? I don't get the feeling that's been as cyclical as fit.
the color palette now or in 2020 or in 2018 or in 2016 were very much different tbh
oh yeah that for sure
until someone does a long period study of fashion on the internet / scans in a lot of historical fashion mags and does some machine learnning analyis... most we got is "oooh fashion cycles picture" or trend spotter bingo.
see - https://textilefocus.com/a-brief-introduction-of-the-five-stage-fashion-cycle/ or https://www.masterclass.com/articles/fashion-trend-forecasting-guide.
Which is just a fashion industry variant of market research tbh. But slightly more historical in-person observation in fashion cities. Rather than just big data analysis using social media or online sales. Which is what market research is nowadays
this is really interesting tbh
honestly people have used twitter for network analysis of how slang transfered from african american communities to then ususage in more white cities/middle class based on geo-location
could add an image recognition with new LLM
and do similar
wouldn't be surprised if it's already happening in WWD
or similar
detaching yourself from the current trends is so difficult
I kind of hate how easily I'm manipulated into finding the newest thing pretty (I don't necessarly buy it for myself, but still I just very much realize my taste in clothing gets influenced by what's currently cool)
I remember me in 2017, I wasnt versed in the world of fashion AT ALL yet wouldnt have wanted to be seen dead with straight pants
yet now it's the opposite for the goofy skinny jeans I was wearing back then
you cannot detach from trends
we live in a society bottom text
choosing to not wear something to be contrarian is still making a choice because of trends
yep I very much realize that too
i get maniupulated by social norms to not go naked in public
and it really effects my self worth
also i just find it fun to chase trends
its fun to have variation and choice
yeah
plus fearing about future you being embarrased itself is embarrising
its more correct to say future you will be embarrassed about something
you cannot prevent this
like that's how to be very boring and risk adverse to the nth degree
so why try
have a bit of whimsy
have fun now
the funny thing is that even like tailor standards changed
for suits
i mean tailoring still has trends
it just moves slower
yeah
hell arguably the biggest trend in tailoring is "don't wear tailoring", white tie is obsolete except for like a few events in the UK, morning dress is completely obsolete, black tie is nearing death
also tailoring is super western centric since the style originated in the west and spread due to colonization
what I try to do now is to have some basics with a non-risky cut and then a few "cool" pieces here and there
a pair of levis or a white shirt won't ever be out of trend
but like
why
and yes a pair of levis will be out of trend
hell even a white tee might be
have they ever been in the last 30 years?
yes
litterally rn
511s
off-trend
10 years ago 550s were off trend
now they are on trend
501s wouldn't have been reccommended in 2014
fuck you're kind of right
😂
like Nay said above the cuts change
like jeans have been pretty popular since like the 1950s but the cuts have changed a lot
Min max properly by tailoring your own jeans?
full foot of fabric left inside to take out when big ass jeans are back in
there is no garment that is truely timeless, like the white tee is probably the closest and the cuts have still changed, how cropped it is how tight it is, crew neck vs v neck,
sidenote - that's a lot of animal based pfps
honestly button up shirts could always work couldnt they
waterfowl domination
tucked in or not, open as an overshirt... a bunch of options
slim fit? relaxed? "classic"? what type of collar? what type of fabric?
and obviously style dpeendant
this will be the sacramento dress code in 3 years
frfr
those boots are kinda cool though ngl bahaha
yeahh
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Seems pretty interesting, just googled it