https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:29:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1/page/2#post-1919152 Mon, 14 May 2018 13:44:12 +0000 Ginger 1919152@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I never really got into trends, so I don't feel upset or angry about them coming back. I admit I feel a bit disdainful, when I see young people wearing stuff that I've seen on very out-of-date people for years. Disdainful, or maybe just it's jarring to see it being worn as if it's new.</p> <p>"My" fashion is 1930s and 40s fashion. Most of the time widespread repro and rockabilly and pinup use doesn't bother me; it's a different subset of the whole vintage-look group.</p> <p>I *laughed* when platforms came back the first time as "1970s" retro. Joke's on them, the 1970s were retro 1930s/40s! Truly, nothing is new.</p> <p>The only thing that makes me "angry" is seeing beautiful vintage-style shoes with a modern heel slapped on. And that's just because I adore the whole look of those shoes, and the "wrong" heel spoils the aesthetic I'm going for. At least there are good reproduction shoe manufacturers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1/page/2#post-1919145 Mon, 14 May 2018 13:27:59 +0000 Helena 1919145@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love it - it gives me opportunities to remember fondly, or have a laugh, or just be glad that something I was involved with can find new relevance again. </p> <p>With all due respect to those with an opposing opinion and not to get too serious about it, I tend to be a little skeptical of being too possessive about how one's generation did the "real" version of things ... I'm reminded of my high school friend who scoffed at electronic music like Depeche Mode because it used technology and wasn't "pure" like acoustic guitar ... I found myself wondering, did medieval people roll their eyes at the early guitars because they were too technological ... whatever happened to the good old days of the lyre, now that was REAL music lol There are the rare super-geniuses perhaps, but for the most part, human knowledge is a bit too intertwined for anyone to claim complete possession and originality imho ... and as in life, so in fashion.&nbsp;</p> <p>Whew, that was a good brain workout for a Monday morning! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919137 Mon, 14 May 2018 12:54:29 +0000 Janet 1919137@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jessi, I know what you mean. A few years back, I saw a young person wearing the very Siouxsie &amp; the Banshees tee that I have from when I saw them in ‘85. Mine is packed away in a container in the basement with a bunch of other vintage concert tees. But hers was probably from Hot Topic or something. Sigh. I had a moment of mixed feelings — one one hand a little envy that kids now have so much style and music from all eras and parts of the world at their fingertips, while we had to go searching for this stuff when I was young. But I am glad I grew up when I did — we had to work to find the cool stuff and probably appreciated it all the more for the effort we had to make. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919088 Mon, 14 May 2018 07:13:14 +0000 Jessikams 1919088@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It makes me a little irritated to see how easily one can BUY everything these days. As in, all kinds of crazy trendy stuff is in stores and it’s super cheap too. When I was younger, fashion took a lot more work— stores had only very basic, boring stuff, and so we had to make things or dig for vintage finds- you couldn’t just go to target and buy it. </p> <p>I have no idea why this would piss me off. Guess I’m an old grump, shaking my fist and saying “kids have it so easy these days!” </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919087 Mon, 14 May 2018 06:55:43 +0000 Jenni NZ 1919087@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've never got angry either, more nostalgic, and I think it's to do with partly mourning my lost youth! From age 15 when I was allowed to choose my own clothes I have liked many of them and remember the happiness of those times eg my very 80s Princess Diana-like wedding dress. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919085 Mon, 14 May 2018 04:51:19 +0000 bridgie 1919085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No.&nbsp; Never.&nbsp; I do think this is an interesting post and most of the replies are amusing.</p> <p>My favorite replies are The Cat and Lisa P.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919081 Mon, 14 May 2018 04:18:14 +0000 Like the Season 1919081@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting to think about. The return of trends from the '80s and early '90s makes me deeply nostalgic more than anything. They're the fads I participated in, enjoyed and even "understood" -- as strange as some of them were. But for most of my adulthood, I've avoided trends, finding them impossible to keep up with and often uncomfortable in a "this isn't me" kind of way. By the time I come around to a few of them, the rest of the world has moved on.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919080 Mon, 14 May 2018 03:52:17 +0000 rachylou 1919080@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. Don’t like the Ramones being used in the Peleton commercial either... so far, I guess I’m all about the music... but it’s part and parcel to me.</p> <p>On the other hand, I like bell bottoms the second time around, but didn’t the first.</p> <p>...I’m actually quite surprised more peeps don’t find rehashing more irritating. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919077 Mon, 14 May 2018 03:06:22 +0000 Anonymous 1919077@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Camp amused. I'll be ROTFL if the high schoolers ever go for those oversized shoulder pads in a big way. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919070 Mon, 14 May 2018 02:06:46 +0000 Jaime 1919070@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I can imagine feeling a certain sense of nostalgia seeing trends repeat. I was too clueless to notice trends when I was younger, but can get very emotional about certain songs. I firmly believe - with Jussie and Solomon - that there is nothing new under the sun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919062 Mon, 14 May 2018 01:09:36 +0000 Anonymous 1919062@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seems like a waste of emotion to me..... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1919051 Mon, 14 May 2018 00:12:33 +0000 Mainelady 1919051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t think I have ever been angry about trends, current or recurring. I have been amused, confused, puzzled, perplexed and pleased. Those are enough reactions for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918997 Sun, 13 May 2018 17:43:26 +0000 jill58 1918997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It annoys me more to hear a Ramones song being used in a Peloton commercial. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918994 Sun, 13 May 2018 17:16:17 +0000 Gigi 1918994@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm another one in the amused camp. I think it's interesting to see the trends come around again and see how the younger generation wears them. I felt kind of goofy in those clothes in the eighties (I was a teen in the eighties), so I'm curious to see what will be embraced and what will be rejected.</p> <p>Whenever I have a strong reaction to something fashion-wise, it's usually because there is something more going on than just what is on the surface. I used to get genuinely angry about flared pants and jeans. Those were for the seventies, so why is everyone wearing them now? I realized that it had to do with being a young child in the seventies and having to wear hand-me-downs that were really ugly, many of them with that silhouette. Some forum members convinced me to try bootcuts because they were in line with my overall style, and trying them out made me change my mind about them. Now I don't mind them one bit and actually enjoy wearing them every now and then. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918993 Sun, 13 May 2018 17:00:36 +0000 Gaylene 1918993@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another amused/bemused here. I think Suz, as usual, has nailed the heart of the discomfort we sometimes feel when the “youngsters” blithely appropriate something we feel belongs to our generation without the slightest interest in acknowledging its precedents. But then, I remind myself that my generation in the sixties didn’t invent miniskirts, jeans, or over-the-knee boots, nor did the eighties invent big hair, or the late eighties/nineties invent plaid shirts and Converse footwear. </p> <p>That’s the interesting thing about fashion—every group of young ‘uns gets to pick and choose from what has gone before to figure out what is THE look at that moment in time. And does so with the conviction that look, idea, or whatever was born with them. Infuriating, but also amusing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918990 Sun, 13 May 2018 16:15:15 +0000 elpgal 1918990@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Suz says about lost youth resonates with me. I loved sunburst skirts in the happy care-free days of the 80s and now regret that I can't wear them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918989 Sun, 13 May 2018 16:08:04 +0000 Suz 1918989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Since you mention that you're ordinarily amused by this, it does sound as if something specific is going on for you here. Maybe this period of fashion feels very tied to your identity and it feels disrespectful for others to "toy" with it, or maybe you look back at yourself wearing those things and think how silly and wonder why anyone else would subject themselves to it. Or maybe it's a question of regretting lost youth? (I don't mean to psychoanalyze here, by the way -- just throwing out ideas to consider -- you know your own feelings best!)&nbsp;</p> <p>I tend to fall into the amused or bemused camps. I do like the return of high waists but I don't think I'll be wearing true crop tops this time round. ;)&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918979 Sun, 13 May 2018 14:49:46 +0000 K.M. 1918979@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm also in the amused and sometimes delighted camp! I was a teen in the 80s and early 90s. When I see some teens now wearing extremely high-waisted tapered jeans with cropped tops, it makes me laugh (but I'm not going there myself--those were uncomfortable!). And I am happy that my beloved bootcuts and flares from the early aughts are coming back too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918977 Sun, 13 May 2018 14:43:02 +0000 rachylou 1918977@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ok. So yeah... I guess I’m in the Angry Camp... At the very least I’m in the Mock You Mercilessly Camp... Green Day is not Punk! If you stop playing because people are getting ‘too rough’ in the mosh pit - you get thrown off the punk team! I give the boot to Green Day!</p> <p>Also, if you live past 30. </p> <p>Ahahaha!! :D</p> <p>It kills me too that Blondie is often called punk too nowadays.</p> <p>(Thank you, Janet. I really enjoyed the opportunity to give my punk rant ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918975 Sun, 13 May 2018 14:37:23 +0000 The Cat 1918975@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No. I don't see any reason for me to get angry about things like that.</p> <p>Besides, this forum is about having FUN with fashion. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918973 Sun, 13 May 2018 14:26:56 +0000 Carla 1918973@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Everything old is new again! Amused - not angry! As long as I don't have to wear it again - LOL! Some era's are better than others, though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918966 Sun, 13 May 2018 12:56:41 +0000 Janet 1918966@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It amuses me more than anything. Like<br /> The kids who thought that Green Day invented punk. LOL </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918964 Sun, 13 May 2018 12:11:45 +0000 cindysmith 1918964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I either get amused. or I start wondering what the heck these kids are thinking because that looked goofy the first time(s) around. I grew up on 80s fashion and it didn't make me angry when it came back around. I was glad to see skinny jeans come back! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918957 Sun, 13 May 2018 11:40:36 +0000 Anonymous 1918957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Put me in the “amused” camp. Even more amusing that they think it’s original and of their own idea or making- lol.<br /> SF- Right!? I loved that movie and its sequel ( talk about coming back around;-) I find even TV shows, game shows and movies keep coming back as remakes too. I never think they are as good. Best to let some things be and watch the old ones in reruns. Then you laugh at 50-60’s plot lines and filming techniques. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918953 Sun, 13 May 2018 11:28:15 +0000 Helen11 1918953@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm amused, too, not angry. My mum told me it would happen, lol! Very glad I can pick and choose which trends to take up again. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918951 Sun, 13 May 2018 11:25:09 +0000 Bijou 1918951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No Never! I live near a university and it makes me happy to see Uni students wearing similar clothing to what I wore at a similar age. I enjoy seeing what trends they pick and chose because each generation will put their own spin on fashion. I see the late teens as a great time to experiment and find your own voice and tribe, fashion is part of finding that identity. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918945 Sun, 13 May 2018 11:03:42 +0000 jussie 1918945@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What’s that old saying- “there is nothing new under the sun” ie no ideas are truly original, they’re built from previous ideas. Does it annoy me? No but it does make me feel slightly silly for buying (literally) into it all. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918943 Sun, 13 May 2018 10:26:37 +0000 Toban 1918943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Amused, yes. Angry, no. It is interesting what memories the revised trends invoke. Usually humorous memories, especially the 80s big hair :). Having gone through some of the trends once it has become easier to say no this time around. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918942 Sun, 13 May 2018 10:03:18 +0000 Style Fan 1918942@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, it does not bother me at all.&nbsp; Fashion is always borrowing from other eras.&nbsp; In the sixties, the dresses were seen as all new but they were influenced by other eras.&nbsp; There is a scene from the movie "To Sir, with Love" when the teacher takes the students to the museum to show them this.&nbsp; Of course, I remember that scene. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-ever-get-genuinely-angry-over-trends-recurring-1#post-1918940 Sun, 13 May 2018 09:50:14 +0000 rachylou 1918940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I do remember when my dd was 8 or something and she tried to tell me rap was her generation’s music and I said, ‘Girl that’s my generation selling you that stuff.’ Lol. I *was* simply full of disdain on that one... </p>