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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gen Z fashion isn't for me. I'm riding this wave out and sticking to simple timeless pieces.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

[b]But it actually doesn't look terrible at all.  Here's the thing ... a lot of women INCORRECTLY think they look better in skinny jeans + tunic length top than straight-leg & high-rise jean + crop-length top.  Women feel like the former is flowy and covering things like FUPA, etc. up, so it must look better than the latter.  But, truly, nope.  For most of us, a tunic length top is hitting us at our widest point, and therefore making us look... WIDE.  And if you are at all pear shaped, the skinny jeans you think flatter you . . . DON'T.  [/b]

Just try buying a pair of high-waisted straight-cut denim and pairing it with a "cropped" slim sweater that sits basically just at the top of the waist (so not showing midriff).  Even if you have a bit of a FUPA, you will look longer and less wide than in a tunic-length top and skinnies.

Lug sole boots are tricky unless you are quite tall -- good other options are loafers or white sneakers.  Bonus: they are comfy![/quote]

This is spot on.  I think a big part of the reason millennials (especially the older ones, like me) are still clinging to the "Christian Girl Autumn" tunics-over-skinny jeans look is because we now have mom bods and erroneously feel like the flowy tops camouflage our tummy pooches, but really... you aren't fooling anybody.  [/quote]

[b]Skinny jeans/longer top can still work for pear shapes. But the top can't be shapeless, ideally you have a jacket/sweater over the top, and the skinnies can't be super skinny. [/b] [/quote]

At the end of the day it's total nonsense that looser/straight/bootcut etc. denim and cropped/shorter/tucked in tops look "terrible on everyone".  Generalizing here to some extent -- but in particular pear shapes, hour glasses, and petite women, all tend to do well with these trendier silhouettes because their best features are more accentuated than in skinny jeans + long tops.  [/quote]

I am an elder millennial, and very pear shaped. Skinny jeans and longer top was the thing I hated the most about the millennial looks of the past decade. Very few pear shaped women look good in this style. It draws attention to the largest part of a pear shaped body, without balancing in any way.

We've spent the better part of a decade figuring out how to make it work and look more flattering, so much so that we are now shocked at the change and are struggling to relearn what other silhouettes even work. Be honest, if you are one of the millennials holding on to the skinny jeans, when was the last time you wore jeans or pants that were NOT skinny (excluding actual workout wear or a biz suit)? It takes a long time to recalibrate. You're used to seeing bootcut and straight and thinking "dated" and now you have to shift and it feels off. [/quote]

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