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by brabel 768 days ago
I have clothes from 25 years ago, still looking pretty good but I can barely wear them now because they're so utterly out of fashion :D. I am by no means a "fashionable" person, but even I would be a bit hesitant to go out on my early 90's baggy shorts or my black leather jacket that looks straight out of an 80's action movie.

I believe that's why clothes these days barely last a year. People actually don't seem to mind because every year the fashion changes. I really hate that mindset but that seems to be how almost everyone thinks.
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mdpye 768 days ago
If you were a fashionable person, that's exactly what you'd be doing! ;)

The cycle is roughly 30 years, and teenagers are revisiting the 90s trends right now.

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Freak_NL 768 days ago
The 90s is completely and utterly hot right now for anyone born after it. Embrace the faux nostalgia or make a mint on Vinted.
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pnut 768 days ago
If you were wearing traditional slacks, collared shirts, and suits 25 years ago this wouldn't be a problem. Timeless style is a real thing.
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crazygringo 768 days ago
No, it would be a problem.

Suits and pants are much slimmer than they were 25 years ago. They're cut differently. Pants are different in length, with far less of a break now.

Look at photos of people in suits from 1999, or just watch movies from then. They're swimming in fabric. Not to mention how wide the neckties were.

Even for men, timeless style isn't a thing. Look at how gigantic shirt collars were in the 1970's.

Men's styles don't change as drastically as women's (remember shoulderpads?) but even traditional suits and shirts and ties go through major shifts of size and proportion every couple decades.

Sure you can wear suits and shirts and ties from 25 years ago, but you'll either look like someone who's making a deliberate retro-inspired fashion choice (if you're pulling it off), or else you'll look like someone who hasn't bought new clothes in 25 years (if you're not pulling it off).

But in neither case will you look "timeless". There's no such thing.

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saalweachter 768 days ago
Even jeans, t-shirts and flannel shirts will get you through the better part of a century.
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