FASHION TRENDS

Anna Belt models baggy pants paired with Doc Martens. Photo courtesey of Anna Belt.

Urban Outfitters at Easton Town Center is full of clothes with a modern take on 90s style.Below, Ava Miller styles oversized an top with flare bottoms. BluePrints Photo by Abby Sanders

BACK TO THE PAST

As styles are constantly changing, many are seeing the repeats in fashion trends from decades ago

BY ABBY SANDERS

For some parents, they are watching as their children become interested in the same clothing they wore back in the 1990s. While some love it, others believe that style belongs in the past.

Fashion trends are constantly changing, but for now, it seems a mix of both late 80s and 90s styles is popular among adults and teens. Baggy jeans, biker shorts, platform shoes, sweater vests, scrunchies, and the most popular, oversized shirts and sweatshirts can be seen on students, teachers and celeberities.

Stores like Abercrombie, PacSun, and Urban Outfitters are full of clothing that was popular decades ago and for some people, it is transporting them back to the past. The comfortability aspect of 90s style is a big factor for most people, inclduing junior Emery Johnson.

“I love flare jeans and mom jeans because they are easy to move around in but also cute,” Johnson said. “I really like being able to style some of my outfits after pictures of my mom when she was my age.”

Seeing both her students and daughter wearing some of the same clothes she wore in middle and high school, history teacher Elizabeth Muhlenkamp is confused on why some styles are gaining popularity.

“Making the swing from skinny jeans to baggy/baggier jeans has my head spinning,” Muhlenkamp said. “I do appreciate, though, the comfortability factor of the grungy, baggy, 90s style.”

The transition in styles of shoes is also very clear. The most popular shoes from companies like Converse, Steve Madden and Nike are all platform styles, and over the past few years, Doc Martens, specialising in chunky leather shoes, can be found in almost everyone’s closet. Junior Ella Forni has hopped on the trend of chunky, platform shoes and thinks they will stay in style for many years to come.

“You can put platform shoes with almost any outfit and it really takes it up another level,” Forni said. “And they make you a little taller, which is always nice.”

Celebrities from the past are continuing to influence style trends and have people buying clothes they never have before just to style a look after them. For Johnson, she loves the late Princess Diana and her casual looks.

“I did not realize how cute an oversized t-shirt and a pair of biker shorts would look until I saw pictures of Princess Diana,” Johnson said. “That is now one of my favorite outfits to wear.”

As trends are constantly changing, there are always some that do not gain much popularity. Some trends can be questionable but there are definitely some trends from the past that need to stay in the past, according to Muhlenkamp.

“I do pray that low rise jeans never make a comeback,” Mulenkamp said.