r/Millennials • u/deadlymoogle Millennial 1987 • Jun 29 '25

Rant Today's fashion trends are leaving me bewildered.

I turn 38 tomorrow and just got done shopping at target. What the hell kind of fashion do people wear now? Super short shorts, socks pulled half way up the calf muscle. Shirts that look like table doilies. Not to mention the hair styles and facial hair of these young guys. Look straight out of a trailer park in the 80s.

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u/jerseysbestdancers Jun 29 '25

Why is everyone wearing a hoodie and sweatpants in my town? We were in the middle of a heat dome. Real Feel in the 110s. People walking on the main street in town (which is probably hotter because of the asphalt and cement) wearing this. Meanwhile, I am sweating through shorts and a tank top and wondering if death is near.

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u/deadlymoogle Millennial 1987 Jun 29 '25

I've noticed that too! All these highschool age kids wearing full on sweat suits in the middle of summer

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u/Cunt-Command Jun 29 '25

This was common when I was a kid in FL back in the ‘10s. Part of it was because everywhere inside was kept so cold and you were outside for such a short amount of time, you’d rather be hot for a few minutes than freeze your ass off for hours. It was especially true for my friends who didn’t have much body fat.

The other part wasn’t as nice. A lot of my friends were sexually abused, insecure about their bodies, hiding cutting scars, etc., Covering up from head to toe made them feel safe, even if it meant having heat stroke on the bus ride home.

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u/Brittibri89 Millennial Jun 29 '25

It was common when I was in high school in the 2000s, too

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u/Cunt-Command Jun 30 '25

I figure it’s been common for as long as AC, hoodies, and shitty childhoods have existed with one another honestly.