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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a millennial 40+ mom who hates the tyranny of no show socks (incredibly hard to find ones that don't slip down) so I'll happily return to crew socks.

If Gen Zers are actually making fun of millennials for this (I don't know, I'm old and will not TikTok on principle) then [b]what they need to understand is that millennial women have a generation have just been sold trend after uncomfortable trend on the premise that the very worst thing we can do is be comfortable or happy in our own skin.[/b] There was the tyranny of not only low rise jeans but at the same time the insistance in thong underwear (a movement with its own song! Underwear that literally requires you get waxed! Wt actual f!). There were backless going out tops, underwire bras from Victoria's Secret, spray tans, some kind of ban on one piece bathing suits. No show socks were the least of it. Being a millennial woman in your 20s and 30s meant discomfort and never feeling like you were "allowed" to just be yourself. And millennials did not start these trends-- they were sold to us via a monoculture that no longer exists. Television (not streaming platforms) with advertising, block user movies you saw in actual theaters, and a music industry that relief on radio and music videos. We consumed more media than any prior generation but unlike Gen Z we consumed what we were given-- we didn't have the choices that exists now via streaming and user-created content.

You can make fun of us if you want but you could also try to understand us. Also, since the oldest Gen Zers are now 25 or so, guess who is actually making the trends you're currently wearing? You guessed it-- millennials. I bet you anything there is some millennial merchandising exec at Hanes who was like "you know, no show socks are hell annoying, what would be great is if we could bring my back crew socks."

You're welcome.[/quote]

thank you for putting into words what is so, so true. I love the new gen z fashion trends, as dorky and confusing as they are, because they are so darn comfortable. And they look good, too. 
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What are the trends? So far I have crew socks and I notice they wear terrible glasses. I can knock this out of the park. [/quote]

Higher rise and looser fitting pants (mom jeans and the 90s throwbacks like super wide leg loose jeans)

Also baggy tees and button downs and sweatshirts. Broad variety of what this gets paired with -- you can go Billie Eilish baggy on top and bottom (similar to what millenials will remember as a skater look in the 90s though now more embraced by women than it was back then) but also bike shorts or midi skirts. Or mom jeans. A lot of mom jeans.

Tops are also sometimes cropped and sometimes they layer cropped tops over longer ones but I think this is a trend best left to the young ones for the most part -- though you can do a boxier tee or sweater that hits at the top of your hip

Sneakers and "dad sandals" -- birkenstocks and sports sandals like Tevas. All of which can be worn with crew socks FYI.

Dresses are looser fitting sometimes with a drop waist. Again a resurgence here of 90s fashions -- slip dresses and baby doll dresses. Here you also see the baby tee (another 90s staple) layered under strappy slip dresses.

A list of things Gen Zers do not care about: 
panty lines
cleavage
"creating a long line"
looking feminine enough

It is in fact refreshing and the takes on this can run the gamut from "off duty super model" to "college kid who does not gaf." [/quote]

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