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I remember being young and thinking middle-aged people are staring at me because they want me /they disapprove/whatever.
Now I'm middle aged myself, I know the staring is way more likely to either be something along the lines of "ah that kid is so 90s, I never had that green colour but blue Fudge used to wash out to green like that..."
Or "have we run out of natural yoghurt, we bought that 500ml pottle last week but we had curry twice, maybe I should get some more..."
I'm still wondering how the 90s entered kids garderobes again overnight. Sometimes I see a very funny xxxxxxxxwide jeans and I talk about that with my kids in the car and yes I do stare a bit with curiosity and amusement.
Fashion goes in cycles. Personally I'm just waiting for the nice wide jeans to filter down to an affordable price point and then I'm going to get some for myself.
I hate skinny jeans. They feel cloying and I'm pretty sure they promote swamp crotch.
Even non skinny jeans got tight. I have really old Dickies pants and newer ones the same size. The legs are thinner and less comfortable, I buy 2-4 sizes up so my legs can move about at work.
It sort of felt like capitalism was embracing the skinny leg trend and that's how it became so ubiquitous even outside of fashion. Same price, less fabric.
As I've aged and having been around for both fads I feel like a waist that fits but with very roomy legs is probably the most comfortable.
I know this Is an old post, but in the early 2000s 70's fashion came back in vogue -- a 30 years difference. And 30 years ago from today is the 90s, so it makes sense.
I think it's a result of the 40 year old crowd. They're a demographic with money and starting to get nostalgic for their childhood, so the market caters to that . Kids get exposed to it, a few trend setters decide it's cool/vintage, and it takes off from there.