Trends at home among young people include high waisted pants, jeans or knits, cropped and tight tops including soft sweaters, flannel shirts, neutral colors. Oldsters like myself are harder to analyze trend-wise because I only see them at very casual times, like painting groups or grocery shopping: jeans, sweatshirts, unisex tshirts (I enjoy the graphics but not the fit), plaid shirts, any old kind of tennis shoes or worn leather loafers. Utility jackets and short puffers so far since it hasn’t been too cold yet. Also very neutral colors and combos of blues, browns, olive, grays, rust, maybe burgundy.
We traveled through Chicago, Denver and Dallas airports recently and I enjoyed people-watching. I must say the clothing choices didn’t look that much different, though travel comfort and convenience certainly played in. A greater quantity of boho looks and hats in Dallas, more hiking boots in Denver. Most younger women chose uniform leggings and sweatshirts, with a sprinkling of “hippie” skirts and dressier pants. Older women looked a bit more dressed up due to sweaters or knit tops and jeans or ponte pants. Perhaps one out of 50 wore a color other than black, gray, cream, tan, or a dark and dusty version of burgundy or navy.
The variation from neutral, super casual to colorful statements was more apparent in the men! One man’s outfit of silky matching bomber jacket and pants in a bright green, gold and hot pink giant pineapple print was memorable! A few sharp business suits appeared, but not many.