Trendiness - Topic of the day 4/27/25
What does it mean to be trendy? Do you consider yourself trendy or timeless? How do you stay on top of trends?
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i... just bought a fireman jacket so i can weigh in on this right now. usually I pursue clothing outside of trends as I was scared I was going to start disliking it as things got trendy.
i think there should be an additional term. like. idk. trend shark. to separate the people who care vaguely about things that are currently in fashion vs the people who go hard on spending money all the time to chase every possible trend
I feel like a lot of people who chase trends are actually unaware of that what they like is trendy. It has to do with limited exposure I think. They see it enough to notice it being different and refreshing but not too often that they get over it
yeah. there’s also the unapologetic overspenders who want nothing else but to be big on the trends for those instagram likes
true
Another thing is that trends have been going so fast it feels impossible to catch up if you do not have a huge wallet. The cycle has decreased significantly. I remember in the past, shoes like the Balenciaga Arena would be trendy for a couple of years but that's almost unthinkable now. I still really like the Lanvin osiris looking shoe that was trendy a couple of seasons ago but they have very much already gone out of vogue
Trendiness is cool, its not fucking unachievable, you don't have to chase every microtrend
If you think its unachievable to be trendy all the time i think you should reexamine your consumption of fashion content more than blame fashion.
Timelessness doesn't exist, its just a marketing term. Honestly if you are into fashion but not interested in being trendy I don't really get it outside of specificaly following certain designers (who I would argue just have their own trends)
yeah i think a lot of my time in online fashion circles is spent following much smaller trends that proliferate less, even if i don't buy much. my switch to largely wide fit was totally motivated by this community
Going through the same thing. I bought a fireman jacket before it got trendy and now it is and i’m fuck i look like i chase trends now
Which is dumb i acknowledge
well its kind of different with me, i knew they were very trendy (i just got one last week) so I was hestitating to get it because it was already trendy but the jacket is still absolutely fire so I don't regret it at all (yet)
i kinda have the opposite outlook, i tend to wait for things to get trendy so they're more accessible
i was sooooo happy when distressed knits became trendy bc of how many cool clothes popped up and resources for distressing knits yourself
i really don't get it, why would you be interested in fashion and want to look off trend
smiles is it really that hard to conceptualize
yes?
people want to establish their like,, own visual identity
i don't think that requires being off trend
I feel like a lot of fashion people hate on trends especially if they go really hard for personal style because it can read to them as a lack of independent thought
Which is also dumb but we are an inherently flawed species
i feel like a minority of fashion people want to feel elistist hating on trends
despite mostly following the same trends themselves, how many of the people hating on trends are actually wearing skinny jeans rn
i know fashion is communication & communication relies on current cultural context but i don't think it's entirely reliant on it. subcultural dressing isn't quite trend-following so i think that there's other ways to signal w/ clothing
I don't really get what you are saying with this. are you implying that to be interested in fashion is to participate in trends to some degree?
i think to me some of it is i just classify this as other trends
trends can have different scope 🤓
because outside of the fireman jacket and me wearing some more fitting t-shirts i just kinda go outside of whats trendy and popular rn
not in any groundbreaking way but just doing my own thing
whats on trend in rick's world rn is just a separate trend to me
like ya its different than mainstream trends but its still
trends
like ok sure the loosest definition of a trend is a visual signifier of xyz thing (identity w/ a certain subculture, certain values, wanting to look current) but i don't think that's the colloquial usage
but rick is also a very trendy designer to be into right now
I think being anti trend is alot more prolific than it used to be with rise of fast fashion, micro trends, etc. i think disliking trends is probably a more nuanced idea at the moment
like sure you can have trends within subcultures and there's a lot of overlap
no i think theres a market for fashion influencers to sell being "anti trend"
like gorpcore is also evolving with more influences from tailoring and artisinal clothing, its bleeding into that genre for sure
despite again, not actually being anti trend
well timeless clothing is a trend for sure, i agree with you there
so do u think it's impossible to be anti trend
no
hmm
yohji when he first entered the scene
not following
CDG
like that completely flipped the entire thing
Sure i dont disagree. I just think there are some valid reason people have for being against some types of trends but it can be misinterpreted as being anti trend entirely
i think outside of prodigies defining whole new trends its generally impossible to be anti trend though
I think there's also a middle between being anti-trend and trendy
imo this makes it a very boring take
like yeah style (for the vast vast majority of people) is synthetic
well you can be anti trend (dress like its 2014)
but to say the influence of certain designers when they enter the scene isn't anti trend I would agree with, but thats because they are operating away from the entire cycle, not just off trend rn
they are anti-fashion (the most pretentious term ever invented) but not off trend imo
otherwise you are in some way either on or off trend imo
I feel like you can wear a brand like APC head to toe and not be trendy or participate in trends perse but also not anti trend
or anti fashion
ya if you wear APC head to toe you are just off trend
it's wild how much of "trends" is driven by the trend forecasting companies essentially saying "make things with this clasp this year because it's gonna be hot" even in 2025
ya i think theres a much more interesting conversation about how much trends are synthetic
Well some are and some arent i guess
and then you'd be surprised that these trend forecast (or large fashion) companies use fitpics like the ones we post for research
Thats my hot take lol
Whos the trend forecast sleeper cell in here
they take them off ig
rip dylan
She burned to hot and too bright for this nerdy ass discord lol
How do you even know what is trendy? I think knitted stuff is trending becausw HM is flooded with it
as silly as it is, i think the devil wears prada illustrated this fairly well. like people just pick things up at various stages of the trend cycle
I think following trends, to some extent is a requirement of being in the fashion hobby. The level at which you do it is obviously up to the individual but its also part of what makes fashion fun imo. Its a constantly evolving thing
Fine i’ll rewatch it for the 20th time
u know something is trendy if you see it talked about by trend forecasters, or pop up on instagram a bunch, or flood fast fashion stores, or flow down into secondhand stores
Dont you just flow trends automatically? Like companies produce stuff they think will be trendy so they sell it. They are even using AI to predict trends (my cpusin worked on a model lol). So everything new is made to be trendy no
the hatred for the boyfriend only grows every time
a stain on a great movie
who gonna be the first company to go bankrupt using AI trend forecasting lmaoooooooooooo
I want to argue with you about this but i’ll make another daily thread for it
LMFAO
digs hates strong career driven women
i knew it
i know the point is to hate the boyfriend but it's just unnecessary
Arent companies also just dictating the trends with like fashion shows and what they sell and advertise
I just think he is not entirely out of pocket for being upset that his partner chose a career over him
honestly its just stupid that they don't just break up, like his partner has a super hot dude interested in her, shes doing well, and hes just off whining
she shoulda dumped his stupid ass
Maybe cause he loves her and doesnt want to idk
honestly their relationship is just badly done as a plot point
cause hes just super one dimensional with no redeeming qualities
like the point is supposed to be hes right that career isn't everything but it fails cause hes completely insufferable the entire movie with no redeeming qualities
Can we just get a devil wears Prada totd
so at the end she runs back to him when all hes done in front of the audience is whine about her success
Honestly i think we should lol
We should just have a few days of fashion movies.
Phantom thread is my favorite
mcqueen documentary
Trends are cool bc cool people have cool takes on how to wear new stuff
Best thing about trends is that it gives a permission structure for trying things that you’re not necessarily comfortable with otherwise imo
Worst thing is that they make you embarrassed for wearing something you’d otherwise like
I agree with smiles tho. Idt it’s really possible to be in fashion and just avoid trends entirely or be anti-trend to an extent
Something something falling out of a coconut tree
yea
you’re still Forced to be Aware
Love that this devolved to devil wears Prada discourse haha
(I agree w smiles about the boyfriend)
I think my ideal is to pay attention to trends but reserve my own judgment. If there's a trend I'm not into, I'll pass. But if I do like it, a "trendy" style means there's a lot of options on the market, and I can shop around for something I really like. For example, barn coats seem to be in this season, which is definitely something I like, so I've been keeping my eyes open.
lets see what ash callaghan has to say
I think unless you know how to sew, or have $$$$$$ to pay for bespoke, it is sort of inevitable that you will be influenced by trends, because that is going to dictate what's available for you to buy.
the book is better at this! originally he's a teacher and there's an element of her selling out in his criticisms of her which lands a lot better than him as a whiny chef or something
anyway trends are funny
probably the easiest way to get eexposed to new brands and better ones ability to judge clothes, so long as they aren't consuming your personality or dictating your life
I feel like in the process of this thread we have defined trend so widely that its basically gotten meaningless, because everything that ever was is a trend and unless you manage to conjure something entirely new from thin air your following a trend.
there's an interesting question of "when do trends become staples?" but i assume someone already brought that up
i believe it, him being a chef and whining someone is unavailable is also hilarious given the hours chefs work
Trends are fun and participating in them is fun. Idc if ppl dont want to hop on a wave, but if youre actively making negative statements about people following trends while dressing like an r/mfa power user im going to clown on u because the only difference between those two people is that one of them stopped participating in trends and decided to make that their entire visual identity and the other person is hot and normal.
Also devil wears prada boyfriend is bitchmade and weak
Isn't this what Heidegger talks about
As a fellow contrarian how do you not see this
Going to do something with my totd manager role for the first time to make this happen
Sure I guess
He was deeply in love and didnt want to lose hot ass Anne Hathaway to a job! Not his fault he was a wet noodle of a personality
Y’all got no sympathy for a mid man
damn straight, don't be mid
I love trends I'm not gonna dress in 2018 bizcaz in 2025. I could and I'd still look ok but def not fashionable whatever that means and that couldn't be me
I got no sympathy for an INSECURE, JEALOUS man
God forbid someone has flaws!
Listen she was right in prioritizing herself over him but i dont find him a completely unsympathetic character
his character is bad cause the director/writers fucked him more than hes really wrong
but in the movie, as is shown on screen
that motherfucker sucks
Doesn’t mean you’re not glazing
and she shoulda dumped his ass
Without stringing him along knowing she could never make both work
thats fair
I think that dragging your partner down because you are insecure about their success is pretty unsympathetic to me
But anyway save it for tommorow!
Nah the bf is a loser who probably couldn't deal if she ended up being more successful than him
But anyway re: trends. Idk how one would evolve their style over time if they didn't do either trends or subculture
Sort of like the self-taught artist movement- go live in the woods and make something up
Not that everyone needs to evolve their style but are you really a fashion girlie if you don't
Rei Kawakubo has some quote or another about how she wished it wasn’t too late for her to approach fashion like this
I feel like artist is not a great comparison bc they become more critically acclaimed once they find and stick to a style (even if it changes over time they usually stick to a theme)
Same for designers
I'm just a normie who :401k: s
yeah im actually busy this week so im not backreading this week
anything i say is original and rules
Rei/Yohji are just prodigies, also rei arguably did this when she came onto the scene
i mean i think the larger point is that you wouldn't 'come onto the scene' you would just keep doing your thing
you could define this as a one person trend if you so desired but that takes all the fun out of it
i don't think people like that really exist
like if you create within the high fashion scene you are within a trend cycle but her point was kinda if she could do it again it would be like
idk you go in a cabin in the woods and imagine clothes and push em out of the cabin on racks and never recieve exterior feedback
which yeah is completely impossible
but thats rei for you
im broadly with ginsoul and carrion that i don't know how you can claim to be into fashion and not follow trends
like obv not every trend but like, i think part of fashion as a hobby is trends
He should've said that instead of belittling and demeaning her career at every opportunity then!
Listen he was a loser i agree i just dont think he was as unsympathetic as people say
If he was real I'd key his car every single day
The real totd debate is always within a different totd
every time an influencer uses the word timeless an angel fucking dies.
seriously though i think trends can be cool insight and bring things we haven’t seen before into light. i feel like the only trend i bought into was the paraboot michael/kleman padrors, and honestly i just obsessed about them for like a 6 ish months before i boight them. and i bought them right as i joined this sever, before. i was like,,, into fashion. and i keep em around bc they are currently the only shoe i own.
rn i think my entire wardrobe, minus the marcels, are from ebay and are some form of “vintage” but also maybe they are a trend bc i own 2 pairs of flares? idk girl
i mean vintage can be and often is trendy as trend cycles recur
e.g. bootcut jeans post-kenny superbowl
though as a vintage girlie i do accept when the spirit moves me to buy a pair of sneakers loafers or something, it makes a nice juxtaposition imo
i agree. i also think you pull it off so perfectly too
vintage is a current trend
existing and interacting with people affects how you dress so it's very rare that someone is completely apathetic and non-influenced by trends
you don't have to chase trends to an insane degree but we all are influenced by trends to some degree and its what keeps fashion interesting and novel
I actually don’t know how trendy I am since I’ve only been following my preferred brands for 3 years. I don’t know what they looked like say 5 years ago.
I personally like to stay informed on what’s trendy and definitely take inspiration from it but I think I still have personal style
I do like to sometimes hop on microtrends if they fit well into my wardrobe I guess, but I still wear the clothes after the microtrend is over (for example my patterned jeans with flowers that were all the rage in 2020 and now almost nobody wears them anymore)
Positive of trends: If you like something, it's nice to have it be ubiquitous for a while, lots of inspo, options for buying it, and it gets made for all sorts of body types, plus it's just nice to share something cool
Negative of trends: I often make an effort to avoid things that are too "on-trend" because it feels like anything in that category is on a timer before it becomes "dated" and gets judged negatively, even if I still enjoy wearing it. It's nice to not have that pressure hanging over you.
Avoiding things that are on trend won’t prevent you from looking dated
that pressure to be on trend or face rejection is imo self-inflicted
if you engineer an environment where others around you either don't judge you for your clothes or are equally not trendy then its a non-issue
or if you don't take as much stock in external judgment, again, non-issue
I have no idea where to even start with that, but I think that's a topic for another thread
to clarify that isn't meant to be an attack on you or on anyone
trends in a vacuum are cool for the reasons you've described and difficult -also- for the reasons you've described.
while society does put an emphasis on trends as a way to signify inclusion or whathaveyou, and while that certainly can add to the pressure of just existing in the world, what a person chooses to do with that is still an individual decision
i also acknowledge not everyone can or will get to that mode of thinking with clothes (or life), but i think it helps to resolve some of what weighs on people in navigating trends vs their own personal taste
I appreciate your advice, as always. I think when it comes to social pressure, with fashion and in life, there's always a sense of envy from seeing people who have managed to be authentic to themselves while also being accepted for it. I see people talk about their journey of finding their own style and ending up with something broadly fashionable, or being in an environment where they aren't judged for being unfashionable, and wish I could do the same.
It's like watching your friends follow their passion and turn it into a career while you have to make the choice between the two.
I mean what's stopping you, live your truth
There's always a cost but muting myself by not wearing what I actually wanted to wear was not a fun existence
Honestly, I get judged for what I wear on a daily basis and I still wear whatever I want
There’s always gonna be people who will judge you but there’s also always gonna be people who think what you‘re doing is great
There’s never just one or the other
these journeys people take to find their style, find themselves and find the best way to live in response are usually long and are filled with choices. the key is in finding what you value, and in being content with ignoring or rejecting things that don't fit that view.
it's hard, because this can lead to being judged, or missing out on things, or changes to your routine or relationships, or costs of time or money. there's only one way to find out - whether its in trying a trend or following your passion or seeking people who appreicate you - and that's by choosing to engage or not and living with that.
True, I think living with it is the difficult thing. It's easy to get into a cycle of "I want to be more authentic to myself" -> "I want to be more normal and connect with people" -> repeat
I mean you can look insane and still connect with people tho right
Also like 80 percent of people probably arent people you want to have anything to do witj anyways so fuck what they think. And the rest hope doesnt care
this didnt work on any social level for me, tho ymmv
i just ended up masking and shutting down what i actually wanted to do and finding the wrong people for it; lovely friends but not a fit for me
finding acceptance while wearing what i actually wanted to wear and talking about what I wanted to talk about was far better
Not to sound self pitying but some of us need all the help we can get