Mid 30s - Tips for updating outdated millennial style

[Anonymous]

OP, my 2 cents:

-jeans: wide leg, mom, and flare
- black pants that are flare, and wide leg
- chunky slides, chunky boots, converse shoes or fashion sneakers
- cropped shirts, sweaters
- pastels
- minimal jewelry
- thigh high boots
- dresses with cut outs (not cold shoulder), sheer fabrics, metallics,, snakeskin or big cat animal print
- glossy lips, not much (if any color or tint)
- neutral eyes, smokey eyes, blue shadows
- blush or bronzer, no contouring, only highlight inner eyes and cheeks
- vivid purple
- preppy looks like sweaters with big V necks, bomber jackets, letterman jackets, but preppy should be roughed up with a punky vibe
- fringe, embroidery, sweater-knit dresses, ruffles, "more is more"
- barbie-core: shoes that look like plastic barbie heels, barbie pink, barbie vibes
- slip dresses, dresses with knots at the slit, sheer skirts
- satin pants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gen Z fashion isn't for me. I'm riding this wave out and sticking to simple timeless pieces.

This stuff is awful. The crop tops. The mom jeans. It's look terrible on everyone, even the young and fit.

Wake me when it's over.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree the more updated trends are lug boots, slackets, loose fit jeans often with rips in them, chunky sweaters, cropped tops. But I also think that for the majority of women, these trends are less attractive for the figure than the older skinnier jeans with longer tunic tops, which is unfortunate. I’ve seen the videos updating the millenials and almost always feel like they look trendier after the makeover. But worse.

I think the skinny jean/long top look is good for apple shape, but wide leg or boot cut with a shorter top really works better for pear shaped.

You're either just used to the look of the skinny jean/long top silhouette or you're an apple.

Considering my waist is my best feature, I'm thrilled that the shapes I never stopped wearing are back in!

A pear is fat on the bottom half. So they especially need a shirt covering that lower section! Seriously, these trends are so unflattering. Everyone's just turning a blind eye to all the social norms of what is flattering, for the sake of what's "in."

Being on trend doesn’t equal wearing what’s flattering. That’s actually a big part of the younger “gen z” mindset that you should wear what you like if you like it, not because it’s “flattering.”

The gen z-ers aren't wearing it because they like it. They are wearing it because everyone else does.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gen Z fashion isn't for me. I'm riding this wave out and sticking to simple timeless pieces.

This stuff is awful. The crop tops. The mom jeans. It's look terrible on everyone, even the young and fit.

Wake me when it's over.

As a dude, I completely agree. We called them "mom jeans" for a reason, and it wasn't a positive association. It's terrible in the same way a guy showing his butt crack is just... no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree the more updated trends are lug boots, slackets, loose fit jeans often with rips in them, chunky sweaters, cropped tops. But I also think that for the majority of women, these trends are less attractive for the figure than the older skinnier jeans with longer tunic tops, which is unfortunate. I’ve seen the videos updating the millenials and almost always feel like they look trendier after the makeover. But worse.

I think the skinny jean/long top look is good for apple shape, but wide leg or boot cut with a shorter top really works better for pear shaped.

You're either just used to the look of the skinny jean/long top silhouette or you're an apple.

Considering my waist is my best feature, I'm thrilled that the shapes I never stopped wearing are back in!

A pear is fat on the bottom half. So they especially need a shirt covering that lower section! Seriously, these trends are so unflattering. Everyone's just turning a blind eye to all the social norms of what is flattering, for the sake of what's "in."

Being on trend doesn’t equal wearing what’s flattering. That’s actually a big part of the younger “gen z” mindset that you should wear what you like if you like it, not because it’s “flattering.”

You read too many fashion mags.

You actually believe fashion trends are bottom up? It is the fashion industry and Madison ave trying to convince women that they need to abandon perfectly good clothes and replace them with what industry says is now trendy. Just to get you all to spend more. It is like planned obsolescence in electronics.

[Anonymous]

Oh my gosh ya’ll must be the “you can take my skinny jeans from cold dead hands” crowd! Yikes! This is the beauty and fashion forum. Certainly there is the industry aspect, but it is natural for people to want to change and evolve their look as we move through different periods of time. You don’t have to buy out Zara, but embracing trends in ways that suit you is a good way to stay updated and current. Which I’m assuming most people on a beauty and fashion forum would be interested in? Agree with PP that trends don’t need to be inherently flattering - you also don’t need to embrace every single one. But nothing is more aging that complaining about “styles these days.” Think about all the people who were clinging to bootcut jeans when skinnies were in style. That’s now you. Don’t be afraid - just try something new.

[Anonymous]

Good lord the whining. Nobody is holding a gun to anyones head telling them to wear these trends. If you don’t like them, don’t wear them. You don’t need to announce it. No matter how hard you scream that yes huh your skinnies are cute, it will not make them trendy to the people who set trends.

Anyone can wear what they want. The harder you dig your heels in about never giving up certain things is when you start coming across like our moms did to us growing up, when they wore the teased and curled 80s bangs too long and never updated their Keds and Reeboks to something more current. If you like it you like it but you’re not getting anywhere coming into a thread like this convincing us all of how fashionable these choices actually are. Just enjoy your dated look in peace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good lord the whining. Nobody is holding a gun to anyones head telling them to wear these trends. If you don’t like them, don’t wear them. You don’t need to announce it. No matter how hard you scream that yes huh your skinnies are cute, it will not make them trendy to the people who set trends.

Anyone can wear what they want. The harder you dig your heels in about never giving up certain things is when you start coming across like our moms did to us growing up, when they wore the teased and curled 80s bangs too long and never updated their Keds and Reeboks to something more current. If you like it you like it but you’re not getting anywhere coming into a thread like this convincing us all of how fashionable these choices actually are. Just enjoy your dated look in peace.

This 💯

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree the more updated trends are lug boots, slackets, loose fit jeans often with rips in them, chunky sweaters, cropped tops. But I also think that for the majority of women, these trends are less attractive for the figure than the older skinnier jeans with longer tunic tops, which is unfortunate. I’ve seen the videos updating the millenials and almost always feel like they look trendier after the makeover. But worse.

I think the skinny jean/long top look is good for apple shape, but wide leg or boot cut with a shorter top really works better for pear shaped.

You're either just used to the look of the skinny jean/long top silhouette or you're an apple.

Considering my waist is my best feature, I'm thrilled that the shapes I never stopped wearing are back in!

A pear is fat on the bottom half. So they especially need a shirt covering that lower section! Seriously, these trends are so unflattering. Everyone's just turning a blind eye to all the social norms of what is flattering, for the sake of what's "in."

Being on trend doesn’t equal wearing what’s flattering. That’s actually a big part of the younger “gen z” mindset that you should wear what you like if you like it, not because it’s “flattering.”

I just don’t get how you can like it if it’s NOT flattering. I feel great when I look great. Something that accentuates my worst features doesn’t have me feeling good.

Looking awkward or even a bit ugly is actually part of the aesthetic, kind of like how looking dirty was part of grunge and looking trashy was part of the early 2000s Guy Harvey/Von Dutch/exposed thong trend.

The whole point is to look kind of awkward.

Count me out, I don’t do awkward on purpose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh ya’ll must be the “you can take my skinny jeans from cold dead hands” crowd! Yikes! This is the beauty and fashion forum. Certainly there is the industry aspect, but it is natural for people to want to change and evolve their look as we move through different periods of time. You don’t have to buy out Zara, but embracing trends in ways that suit you is a good way to stay updated and current. Which I’m assuming most people on a beauty and fashion forum would be interested in? Agree with PP that trends don’t need to be inherently flattering - you also don’t need to embrace every single one. But nothing is more aging that complaining about “styles these days.” Think about all the people who were clinging to bootcut jeans when skinnies were in style. That’s now you. Don’t be afraid - just try something new.

But these looks AREN’T new. Clogs, flare legs, cropped tops and mom jeans are just recycled ideas from the 90s which many of us wore and realize now…didn’t look great. I love beauty & fashion but these looks aren’t beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree the more updated trends are lug boots, slackets, loose fit jeans often with rips in them, chunky sweaters, cropped tops. But I also think that for the majority of women, these trends are less attractive for the figure than the older skinnier jeans with longer tunic tops, which is unfortunate. I’ve seen the videos updating the millenials and almost always feel like they look trendier after the makeover. But worse.

I think the skinny jean/long top look is good for apple shape, but wide leg or boot cut with a shorter top really works better for pear shaped.

You're either just used to the look of the skinny jean/long top silhouette or you're an apple.

Considering my waist is my best feature, I'm thrilled that the shapes I never stopped wearing are back in!

A pear is fat on the bottom half. So they especially need a shirt covering that lower section! Seriously, these trends are so unflattering. Everyone's just turning a blind eye to all the social norms of what is flattering, for the sake of what's "in."

Being on trend doesn’t equal wearing what’s flattering. That’s actually a big part of the younger “gen z” mindset that you should wear what you like if you like it, not because it’s “flattering.”

I just don’t get how you can like it if it’s NOT flattering. I feel great when I look great. Something that accentuates my worst features doesn’t have me feeling good.

Because women have been told for generations that we need to look great in order to feel great. The idea is to change that. Maybe you feel great because you're comfortable, not because your "worst features" are hidden.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh ya’ll must be the “you can take my skinny jeans from cold dead hands” crowd! Yikes! This is the beauty and fashion forum. Certainly there is the industry aspect, but it is natural for people to want to change and evolve their look as we move through different periods of time. You don’t have to buy out Zara, but embracing trends in ways that suit you is a good way to stay updated and current. Which I’m assuming most people on a beauty and fashion forum would be interested in? Agree with PP that trends don’t need to be inherently flattering - you also don’t need to embrace every single one. But nothing is more aging that complaining about “styles these days.” Think about all the people who were clinging to bootcut jeans when skinnies were in style. That’s now you. Don’t be afraid - just try something new.

But these looks AREN’T new. Clogs, flare legs, cropped tops and mom jeans are just recycled ideas from the 90s which many of us wore and realize now…didn’t look great. I love beauty & fashion but these looks aren’t beautiful.

Hey I've been wearing clogs since the 80s and never stopped. I like when they come back into style because I get more options!

The cropped tops look good, too, overall. I don't love some of the jeans I am seeing out - I saw a lot of people i super loose, destroyed jeans over the weekend - but I definitely appreciate that people are ready for something new, and willing to give it all a go. It's been a long long long few years - heck, a long decade - and I think we deserve some new clothes if we want them.

[Anonymous]

I'm an elder millennial following this thread with interest because I just did a a massive closet purge after losing a decent amount of weight, and I'm looking to update my style.

I donated pretty much all of my tunic tops/sweaters and long, open-front cardigans and most of my skinny jeans, ankle booties, and infinity scarves.

Fortunately the bootcuts that had been languishing in my closet fit me again so I'm holding onto those and will likely buy a pair of wide leg jeans and a pair of straight legs (both in lighter washes since my bootcuts are almost all dark wash).

I'm keeping my Frye riding boots because those were a splurge for me and will probably be back in at some point, but I want to buy some tall black boots with a heel to wear with dresses and skirts. Not sure what to wear more casually with jeans as I don't like the clunky lug soles that are in now.

Seems like millennial fashion skewed heavily to loose/flowy on top and tight on the bottom (leggings, skinnies) and now that has reversed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree the more updated trends are lug boots, slackets, loose fit jeans often with rips in them, chunky sweaters, cropped tops. But I also think that for the majority of women, these trends are less attractive for the figure than the older skinnier jeans with longer tunic tops, which is unfortunate. I’ve seen the videos updating the millenials and almost always feel like they look trendier after the makeover. But worse.

I think the skinny jean/long top look is good for apple shape, but wide leg or boot cut with a shorter top really works better for pear shaped.

You're either just used to the look of the skinny jean/long top silhouette or you're an apple.

Considering my waist is my best feature, I'm thrilled that the shapes I never stopped wearing are back in!

A pear is fat on the bottom half. So they especially need a shirt covering that lower section! Seriously, these trends are so unflattering. Everyone's just turning a blind eye to all the social norms of what is flattering, for the sake of what's "in."

Being on trend doesn’t equal wearing what’s flattering. That’s actually a big part of the younger “gen z” mindset that you should wear what you like if you like it, not because it’s “flattering.”

I just don’t get how you can like it if it’s NOT flattering. I feel great when I look great. Something that accentuates my worst features doesn’t have me feeling good.

Because women have been told for generations that we need to look great in order to feel great. The idea is to change that. Maybe you feel great because you're comfortable, not because your "worst features" are hidden.

I said I feel great when I look great, not that I “need” to look a certain way to feel great. I don’t think society needs to “change” women’s ideas on their own self perceptions in clothes and that the fashion speaks for itself when women put it on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my gosh ya’ll must be the “you can take my skinny jeans from cold dead hands” crowd! Yikes! This is the beauty and fashion forum. Certainly there is the industry aspect, but it is natural for people to want to change and evolve their look as we move through different periods of time. You don’t have to buy out Zara, but embracing trends in ways that suit you is a good way to stay updated and current. Which I’m assuming most people on a beauty and fashion forum would be interested in? Agree with PP that trends don’t need to be inherently flattering - you also don’t need to embrace every single one. But nothing is more aging that complaining about “styles these days.” Think about all the people who were clinging to bootcut jeans when skinnies were in style. That’s now you. Don’t be afraid - just try something new.

But these looks AREN’T new. Clogs, flare legs, cropped tops and mom jeans are just recycled ideas from the 90s which many of us wore and realize now…didn’t look great. I love beauty & fashion but these looks aren’t beautiful.

Hey I've been wearing clogs since the 80s and never stopped. I like when they come back into style because I get more options!

The cropped tops look good, too, overall. I don't love some of the jeans I am seeing out - I saw a lot of people i super loose, destroyed jeans over the weekend - but I definitely appreciate that people are ready for something new, and willing to give it all a go. It's been a long long long few years - heck, a long decade - and I think we deserve some new clothes if we want them.

Just going to have to agree to disagree on the clogs and cropped tops. But either way, they aren’t trying something new for a lot of us - been there, done that.