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Hello, and welcome back to a series I have here on Anything Goes called Trendy or Timeless, where I take current fashion trends that are happening in the zeitgeist, and I figure out whether they are a trend, something that will be cringy to us in six months to a year, or if these trends are actually timeless.
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And in 50 years, we ll look back at these trends and say, you know what?
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That was chic then, and it s still chic now.
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let s waste absolutely no time and get right into it.
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Okay, starting with piercings.
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It s been a trend for a couple years now to have a lot of piercings, whether it s a nose ring, or it s a septum ring, or it s a bunch of ear piercings covering the entire ear, or it s a belly button piercing, which just recently came back into style because that was not
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cool for a little bit there and then it very quickly came back.
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Piercings in general.
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Now, I m not talking about simply having your ears pierced, okay?
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I m talking about fashion choices with piercings.
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I m talking about the whole ear being covered in piercings.
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I m talking about the nose ring.
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I m talking about the septum ring.
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I m talking about the belly button piercing.
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These are
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fashion choices.
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I feel like simply having your ears pierced is very standard, like most people have that.
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It s not really a trend.
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Arguably, that s timeless.
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It s when piercings are taken to a next level.
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Okay, that s what we re discussing here today.
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For a long time, I thought piercings were timeless, for the most part.
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Like you could stack up your whole ear, you can get a nose ring, you know, you can get a belly button ring, and it s timeless to have the piercing.
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What is trendy is the type of jewelry that s in it.
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And I think that that s still true, but I think I ve actually come to the conclusion
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that piercings are trendy.
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Like all sort of fashion piercings are trendy.
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Nose ring, belly button, stacking up the whole ear.
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I actually don t think it matters what type of jewelry that you have in there.
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I think it s always trendy.
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Now, that s sort of what s shifted in the last few months for me.
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Because again, before I used to think it didn t matter how many piercings you had or where they were, it was more about the jewelry that was in them.
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Like a simple little gold hoop or a simple little diamond stud is timeless, right?
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It doesn t matter if you have 10 piercings in the ear, if they re all timeless jewelry that s simple, like I just described, you can t really go wrong.
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It s the stuff that s loud and extreme that s more trendy.
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Like, you know, having a big dangling butterfly out of your belly button.
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That s trendy.
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Having a little hoop in your belly button?
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That s timeless.
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I still think that that is true, that the type of jewelry impacts how trendy the piercing is.
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However, I m starting to think that piercings in general are kind of trendy.
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Like, I recently decided to take my nose ring out, and I had my nose ring for years, like since I was 17, and I m 22 now, so that s five years of my little nose ring.
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I always had a little hoop in there, a simple little hoop, nothing wild.
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And I remember my dad told me, he was like,
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you re not going to want to wear that for the rest of your life. 
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And I was like, really?
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I think I ll be wearing my nose ring until I m like a parent.
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I m like 50.
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And he was like, maybe, but I don t know.
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And I was like, interesting.
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Okay, we ll see.
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Because I think we were discussing a long time ago whether or not, you know, a nose ring was trendy or timeless, basically.
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I ultimately think he s right because I had a photo shoot and they asked me to take the nose ring out.
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And I was like, okay, I hadn t taken it out in so long.
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Like I forgot what I looked like without it.
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And I took it out and I was like, I like this better.
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I just like this better.
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And at this photo shoot as well, they asked me to take out
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all of my earrings, basically.
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So I had, like, I have four holes on each ear.
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I used to have more, but they all closed up and got infected.
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Really, like, just absolutely pus everywhere.
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So infected.
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So that was very unfortunate for me.
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So they also had me take out all my earrings.
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So I basically had no jewelry on.
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And I was looking at myself for the first time with absolutely no jewelry in my face.
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And I was like, I really like this better.
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And I ended up just putting back in my main earring, like in my main hole, and something in my second hole.
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And I was like, this is just so much cleaner.
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And it s not really drawing too much attention, but it still, you know, sort of frames the face.
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I was like, I don t think I m actually gonna fill those extra four holes.
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Like, I think I m just gonna leave those empty, and I think I m gonna leave the nose ring out.
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Like, I think I like the simpler look.
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And so I might be going through a phase where I m just craving the bare minimum, and that could simply be it.
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But I don t know, I m not so sure.
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I actually do think that piercings are trendy.
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Now, the good thing about piercings is that you can take them out.
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It s kind of a safe, trendy thing to have.
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I mean, I do have a hole in my nose that you can see.
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Looks like I have a really big pore on my nose from where the nose piercing was, and that s kind of unfortunate, but it s ultimately gone.
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And I bet that hole will get smaller over the years.
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So it s a low risk trend.
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I mean, you are altering your body, but it s low risk.
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It s not like getting tattoos, which are also often very trendy.
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That s higher risk trend.
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So I think it s safe to play around with.
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I don t think there s any harm in it.
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I actually do, though, think that they re trendy.
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And I don t know, I think very simple, very understated piercings are ultimately timeless.
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But I don t know, like, when I think about, let s say, 2005, when people had, like, tongue piercings and lip piercings and eyebrow piercings, like, that s not cool right now.
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That s not trendy right now.
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I think that that is simply proof that piercings come and go.
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as trends, even belly button rings.
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I mean, they re back in now, but they were out for like five to 10 years.
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They were in in the early 2000s.
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And then when the whole like Y2K thing started happening again, everybody loved the belly button piercing again.
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I really think that the only timeless piercing that you can really rely on is just like a piercing on the lobe of the ear.
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I think that the rest will come and go.
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But that s not to say that I don t like them.
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Like, I loved my nose ring.
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There was a period of time where I wanted a belly button piercing.
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I wanted a really simple belly button piercing with just a little ring in it.
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But unfortunately, they told me I didn t have the right anatomy for it, which was unfortunate.
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So I never got it.
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But it s not that they re not cute, but I just don t think that they re timeless.
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Like, I think that you will ultimately want to take them out at some point, either because you grow out of it or because it s not cool anymore.
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or because it s hard to maintain like having 50 earrings in your ears or having a nose piercing it s like they fall out they get infected sometimes they get irritated sometimes like it s not a convenient thing to have always you know they can be uncomfortable anything that s like uncomfortable or inconvenient is usually going to be trendy because it just can t stand the test of time like people don t want to put up with it for that long
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I don t know.
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We ll see.
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We ll see what happens.
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But it was a weird epiphany for me because I was convinced I was going to have my nose ringing for the rest of my life.
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And now I m kind of like, I don t know.
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Not really that into it anymore.
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Okay.
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Next we have huge goggle like glasses.
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I m talking about like almost like a shield, like any like very large goggle-esque sort of glass or shield like glass that covers like
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eyebrow to like pretty much the bottom of the nose like you know I m like these big frames right it s funny because what was really trendy I don t know three years ago was like the super actually maybe even five years ago now the super teeny tiny glasses right and now we ve gone in the opposite direction where the huge goggle like glasses are in
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I think majority of these are trendy, however, I love a big goggle-esque sort of glass.
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I think the ones that are more like a shield are more trendy to me, just because they re very, I don t know, they re sort of faux futuristic in a way, they re kind of race car driver in a way, and they re just not versatile enough maybe to be, you know what, no, hold on,
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No.
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I m thinking about it.
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You know what?
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I m sorry.
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No.
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I think huge goggle-esque glasses, I actually think that they might be timeless.
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I think it depends on how goofy they look.
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I think that there are some that are so goofy that it s like, these are obviously trendy.
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But I think that there actually are some that are timeless.
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Like, I m thinking of like a huge, like, 60s goggle mod pair of glasses.
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I think those can be timeless, actually.
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And even like a shield sort of glass, you know what, if they re not super reflective, maybe like they re all black and more simple, I actually think that that could be sort of timeless.
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I m conflicted on this one.
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I m conflicted on this one because I might just like them so much that I want them to be timeless.
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Like I kind of have skin in the game with this one because I actually really love
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love a big pair of sunglasses.
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Because like five years ago when the tiny little mini teeny little glasses were in, I probably would have said that those are timeless.
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And looking back, they re so clearly not, right?
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Like the super, super tiny glasses.
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We ended up sort of leveling out at like a slightly larger, less extreme sort of tiny pair of glasses that I do think are ultimately timeless.
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but they re not as extreme as the ones that were trending like five years ago, you know?
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I think the same thing is going to happen with the big sort of goggle shield big glasses where we re going to end up leveling out at a point where all the really extreme ones are going to just go out of style and then we ll be left with something that s a little bit more wearable and that will remain as being timeless.
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I love them though.
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I think a lot of glasses are timeless.
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I think it actually comes down to like the materials that are used.
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Okay, let me explain.
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Like, for example, a pair of sunglasses that are like a classic aviator shape, right?
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That s pretty timeless.
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Like you can t really argue that.
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the shape itself.
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However, if the lenses are like reflective, like rainbow, like monochromatic, like the chromatic sort of like rainbow, bright, flashy lenses, now it s trendy.
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If the lenses were just black, they d be timeless.
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Same thing with like, if you were to take a small little pair of glasses, like a teeny tiny little 90s pair of glasses, like what was trendy five years ago,
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Those with blue lenses, like bright blue lenses, that s trendy because it s flashy and it s loud.
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Those with black lenses, that s timeless.
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So I actually think with glasses, it comes down to the details.
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And I think that that s why this one was so tough for me.
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Because like a big pair of goggle glasses that are like all black,
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kind of timeless.
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If like the lens is ombre brown and then like, I don t know, it s like trying to be ultra 70s or something in a way that s almost costume-esque, now that s trendy.
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You see what I mean?
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Okay, moving on.
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We have to move on.
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Next we have boxers.
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I ve been seeing a lot of boxers.
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This has been going on for a while now, but I ve been seeing like a lot of people wearing boxers as pants, you know, like wearing a cute little tank top with a pair of, I don t know, usually blue boxers with stripes and stuff on them and the little buttons on the front, maybe like a little white scrunchie sock and like a Birkenstock, okay?
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That s like a summer outfit.
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That started, honestly, maybe two summers ago now.
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We ve been seeing that for a while, but a new advancement is seeing boxers, like, poking out of pants.
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So, like, you ll have a baggy jean with the boxers poking out, specifically on people who normally wouldn t wear boxers.
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Like, obviously, dudes have been wearing boxers and having the boxers poke out of the pants for God knows how long, but we re seeing it with girls as well who aren t normally wearing boxers, right?
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I actually weirdly kind of feel like the boxers are... No.
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Okay, I think the boxers as pants, like as shorts, I think that that s timeless.
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I can t imagine looking back at that later.
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It s just like such a classic
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It s a classic pattern for one.
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You know, like they re always in these classic patterns.
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They re in pale blues and whites and plaids and like very timeless patterns that will never go out of style.
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So that s number one.
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Number two, the way that like the details on them, the little buttons and stuff,
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That s very timeless.
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They re pretty understated.
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They re comfortable.
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I think that they re timeless.
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Even though I don t recall ever seeing like people wearing boxers as pants, like maybe shorts that are sort of similar, but never like a classic, almost like men s underwear boxer as pants.
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I ve not necessarily seen that in like old magazines necessarily.
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Maybe it exists and I just haven t seen it and I m being dumb right now.
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So I m sorry if that s the case.
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I haven t seen that before.
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So it seems somewhat new.
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But I don t think we re going to cringe at that later.
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I think it s timeless.
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My only issue with the boxer trend is that it s very hard to make them flattering.
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Like, it s hard to find a pair that flatters the butt and, like, looks good.
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Like, they ll look good from the front.
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I ve seen people talk about this on Instagram Reels, actually, like, talking about this trend and how it s, like, hard to make it flattering.
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And it s so true.
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And I ve always thought that.
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I m not the only one, though, apparently.
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It s just they always look bad from the back.
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And so that s the only thing about them that I think is challenging.
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But I don t know.
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I think it s cute and I think it s timeless.
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However, having them poking out of the pants, that I think is trendy.
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Do I think it s cute?
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Yes, I actually do.
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I think it s cute and I like it, but I think we will look back on that and think it s a little goofy.
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Part of me wants to say that we won t because, again, like going back to what I said about the boxer, like they re so classic and, you know, they re ultimately underwear and it s like underwear is obviously timeless.
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I will say, like, I think that the boxers poking out of the jeans and stuff is way more timeless than the trend of having like exposed underwear straps.
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Like, you know, the trend of wearing low-waisted pants and then wearing like a high-waisted, not a high-waisted,
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a thong of sorts or underwear of sorts, usually a thong, that has a really high string waistband, so then it s exposed on the hip, like it comes up over the hip and you can see it, it s visible.
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That s been very trendy over the last few years.
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That is not timeless, I don t think.
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It s cute, it s fun, but I do think that we re going to cringe at that later a bit more.
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because it s such a specific sort of style and aesthetic.
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It s a bit edgy, too.
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you know, to be showing your underwear, like having your thong like popping out of your pants.
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It s more edgy.
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And I think stuff that s edgy tends to not be timeless because, I don t know, I think people go through phases of wanting to be edgy, wanting to rebel.
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It s not like that s a trend that s like ultimately comfortable either.
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Like, I ve tried it before, like trying to have like, you know, the exposed, like,
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whatever, it s uncomfortable.
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You re pulling the straps up on the hip, like trying to keep them exposed.
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Like it s not convenient.
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It s not comfortable.
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That s very trendy to me.
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The boxer, less trendy, but still a trend.
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I think anytime underwear is exposed or like bra is exposed, like anytime, oh, bra straps even showing, that s another trend right now too.
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Bra straps, thong showing, all of this.
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I think it s cute.
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I think it s fun, but I do not think it s timeless.
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Like, I think that that will come in and out of style for years to come.
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Just depending on what the general mood of people in the zeitgeist, you know what I mean?
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Are people in a rebellious mood?
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Okay, then they re going to start showing bra straps, and they re going to start showing underwear straps.
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Because those are like, it s one thing to have, like, your underwear sticking out on accident, like, that happens to all of us.
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It s another thing, like, have a bra strap sticking out on accident.
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That s another thing.
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It s like, that just happens.
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That s not what I m talking about.
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I m talking about
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Making a conscious effort to like have your bra showing or to like have your underwear strap showing it s different.
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I think it s too Inconvenient and it s it s almost too sort of rebellious to be timeless I feel like I sound like a grandmother But I m not because I m not saying that I I don t like it or I don t think it can be fun Like I fucking get it.
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I get the vibe
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I just, it s, there s something about it that because it s so, it s such a statement and it s such a choice, I think that it becomes stale quickly.
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You know, it loses its, it loses its allure when too many people are doing it, when it becomes overdone.
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and then it needs to go into retirement for a bit because actually, do you know what?
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That just made me realize something about it.
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I think the reason why that s a fun trend is because it s rebellious.
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Like, that s why it s fun.
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That s why it s cute.
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That s why it s cool.
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So when it sort of loses its edge because it s a trend and everyone s doing it,
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It just kind of becomes boring and everyone stops doing it.
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And then eventually it comes back in again because it went out of the zeitgeist for a minute and then it s like, oh, you know, and then when it comes back, it s like, whoa, you know what I m saying?
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All this to say, I think the boxers are a little different because I think that they re like less of a statement.
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It almost feels more like layering to me because it s not really edgy.
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So I don t know.
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I actually think the boxers poking out of the pants might be timeless.
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I m going back and forth on this one.
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Because my gut is saying that it s trendy, but my brain is telling me that it s actually kind of timeless.
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So I don t know.
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I m conflicted on that one.
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You will all have to let me know.
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Okay, next we have mini shorts.
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I ve been seeing a lot of mini shorts coming back.
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And you know, I sort of forgot about the mini short in a way, not because they weren t being worn, because I think that they are ultimately timeless.
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Like, I mean, mini shorts, like a mini short short, right?
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It s such a broad umbrella, like what a wide umbrella that is.
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There s so many different types of, of mini shorts, right?
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So there s always going to be some that are trendy, but there s also always going to be some that are timeless.
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I forgot about them because for the last few summers, I feel like.
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it s been more trendy to wear a longer short and so I was so focused on that that I wasn t even thinking about the mini short.
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I think many shorts can go either way, but I think, I don t know, there s a fine line between trendy or timeless with them.
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Like, when I think of trendy short shorts, I think of, you know, a pair of super overly distressed, like, Daisy Duke-esque sort of denim shorts.
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Those, to me, are trendy.
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I think of a pair of short shorts that have a bunch of bedazzling on them, or they re like super early 2000s, like,
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They re like true religion cutoffs.
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Like, I don t know.
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I think that they can sort of go tacky quickly, which again, can be fun.
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Like that can be totally fun.
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However, we can cringe at that later.
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Whereas like a cute little, let s say like a red pair of like board short looking short shorts, like with a cute little white waistband, like something classic like that, that s timeless.
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A pair of denim cutoffs that are short,
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but not overly distressed like just a classic pair of denim nothing too crazy about them right just like simple classic denim mid waist jean shorts that s timeless like a little pair of plaid shorts timeless
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A little pair of like white cottony, maybe even linen-y sort of like short shorts.
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Great.
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I think that all of those are timeless, but I think anything that s too stylized is just simply going to be trendy because the silhouette already, it can go trendy very quickly just by nature.
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Okay, next we have, I m gonna have to describe this, and I hope that you ll follow.
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Open front sleeve tops.
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So imagine like a top, okay?
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Let s imagine this, let s close our eyes.
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A long sleeve shirt, except the only thing that exists are the sleeves, okay?
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So like, there s nothing covering the boobs or the abdomen.
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It s just like a shirt
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that only covers the arms, and a lot of times it goes over the head, but it s very small.
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Let s just say this, if you were to put one of these on by themselves, you would be showing all of your boobs and all of your stomach.
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You d be completely exposed.
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It s a layering piece, ultimately.
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I ve actually worn one before, I think, on my Instagram.
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It was a sweater that fell into this category.
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These, to me, are trendy because they re so pointless.
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I ve been saying this.
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I always say this about things that are ultimately pointless.
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Like I said this about the double belt trend, like wearing two belts.
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It s like that will not stand the test of time because it s not serving a purpose.
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I think things that serve a purpose are almost always timeless.
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Not always,
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but it s just very unnecessary.
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Because a lot of times, okay, a lot of times you ll be wearing like a tank top and then you ll put one of these sort of frontless long sleeve tops over it.
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And it s like, well, just wear a long sleeve shirt.
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I get it.
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I ve worn them before.
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I get it.
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It s cute.
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It can be cute for layering and it can add dimension.
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And I like that element of it, but it is ultimately pointless, which is why I think it is just simply a trend.
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Okay, next we have intense sort of acid washed denim.
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I m not talking about like the acid wash that we know from the 80s where it s like a super light pair of denim with this sort of like electric white sort of acid wash on them.
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I m not talking about that acid wash.
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I don t even know how to describe these.
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The sort of more modern like extreme denim wash seems to be more of this like
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dirty orange like almost grease stained looking wash on denim it s kind of has sort of like an acid it almost looks like bleach was thrown on a pair of like pants and it sat for like one minute and it didn t all the way go through but it kind of left like a weird orangey greasy feel to them i can t explain it i was talking about this with someone the other day because
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I recently got rid of so many pairs of jeans because majority of them did not fit me anymore.
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And so I ended up with almost no jeans, which was crazy because I literally was like a denim collector when I was younger.
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So it s like kind of wild how many I got rid of.
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But it was time to go out and get new jeans.
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And I was looking online trying to see like, OK, are there any brands that are selling jeans that, you know, what s happening?
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What s happening?
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And I considered buying a few pairs of jeans new.
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I usually buy vintage jeans, but those can be challenging sometimes because it s hard to find ones that fit properly.
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It s like a journey.
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It takes a lot of time.
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Also, sometimes they don t have the best
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structural integrity.
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Like sometimes you ll find a pair that fits, but then like six months later they rip in the ass or something because they ve been worn for so many years.
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So there s pros and cons, mainly pros, but some cons to having only vintage denim.
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And so I was like, you know what, maybe I ll go and buy some new jeans.
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Like instead of going on that hunt for the vintage pairs that are good, maybe I ll buy some new pairs and like have them forever.
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Like that was kind of the vibe, right?
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I was looking around and I was like, all of these washes on the jeans are so trendy.
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Like they re not timeless.
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Like if you want a pair of jeans that already look sort of worn in,
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they don t have it down.
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Like the only way to get that look in a way that doesn t look trendy is by buying old jeans.
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Otherwise, it can look too manufactured and it looks trendy because I think anytime anything is fake, it s bound to be a little trendy.
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Like another example would be a t-shirt that has a bunch of rips in it, sort of simulating like a worn in t-shirt.
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but it s a bit you know it s clearly manufactured it s clearly a new shirt that has rips put in it by the brand okay you can tell when a shirt is genuinely vintage and like worn in and has holes in it or if it s a shirt from a store that has rips put in it by Urban Outfitters you see what I m saying that will always be trendy like when there s an illusion happening of like something being worn in or something happening naturally like it s mimicking vintage clothing
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And for whatever reason, which is shocking to me because I feel like we have so much technology today.
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I m shocked that they re not sort of replicating the look of something being super worn in better because they re not.
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Like jeans that are supposed to look worn in, it looks fake worn in.
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Like that s actually a style on its own.
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And I don t know.
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It s just not timeless to me.
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Like it s, it s not timeless to me because it s not real.
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I don t know.
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There s something about that that I think
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will not stand the test of time.
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Whereas like going and getting vintage jeans that are actually just worn in, I do think that that s timeless.
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And you can tell that they re authentically worn in.
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Same thing with like, you know, if you want a cool ripped up t-shirt, you can find a trillion of those in the thrift store.
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You know what I mean?
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And it actually looks authentically ripped up, right?
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Anyway, so going back to this sort of intense acid washed sort of oily, greasy looking denim,
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It s sort of mimicking distressed genes, but it s not really distressed.
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It s faux distressed, right?
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It falls into that category, but in an even more extreme way where it s like something that I don t even think could happen in nature.
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I don t even think they re like trying to mimic something that would happen in nature.
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It s more just a way of treating the denim.
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I just don t know.
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I think the only denim that s timeless is the classic colors like blue jeans, black jeans, white jeans, whatever.
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Or those in various forms of natural distressing.
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Like I almost think
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The best way to go is just to buy either pre-distressed jeans, right?
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If you want something like fully, truly timeless, buy them pre-distressed if you want a distressed look.
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Or buy a bunch of pairs new and just wear them like every day and wear them in yourself and get them dirty.
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paint in them and go hiking in them and do all this shit and break them down yourself, you know?
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To get that sort of more distressed, stylized look.
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I think that s sort of cool.
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Am I gonna do that?
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No, I m going to hunt for the pre-distressed ones because I m lazy.
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But I think that that s the only form of timeless denim.
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Do I think, though, that different sort of intense washes of jeans can be cool?
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Yes, I ve worn these things.
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I think that they re fun, but I m already starting to sort of cringe at them.
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Like, it s already starting to just look kind of stale to me.
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so there we go okay next we have track pants and track shorts there s sort of a lot of sporty stuff going on more than just track pants and track shorts however they re the most popular things that i m seeing like sort of just like a classic adidas or nike simple pair of track pants like
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straight leg, usually in classic colors like black, blue, red, et cetera.
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I m gonna go ahead and call these timeless.
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I think that these are timeless.
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It kind of reminds me of a pleated skirt.
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It s like the pleated skirt feels very tennis, very schoolgirl, school uniform vibe, preppy.
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And it can be styled in ways that are trendy.
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But I think that it s ultimately a closet staple because it s so versatile and it can be mixed and matched in so many ways.
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But I don t think, OK, imagine a pair of track pants or track shorts.
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with a white tank top and like a pair of sneakers.
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Are we ever going to look back at that and cringe?
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Absolutely not.
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Imagine a simple pleated skirt with like a little cute crew neck sweater, a scrunchie little sock, and a sneaker.
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Are we ever going to cringe at that?
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I don t, I doubt it.
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I doubt it.
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It s just, it is sort of timeless.
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This is making me realize a good way to test if something s trendy or timeless.
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If you were to pair a certain trend with an otherwise simple outfit, what would happen?
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Let s take track pants, for example, right?
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I used the white tank top and simple little sneaker as an example.
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The track pants just fit into that simple outfit so well, and you know that if you look back on that later, it fits in very well with a simple outfit.
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It feels classic.
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Let s take something like intense acid-washed denim, right?
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Pair that with a white t-shirt and boots, let s say.
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It s such a loud piece of clothing.
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It s so extreme.
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that that pair of pants overpowers the simple outfit.
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It doesn t just seamlessly blend into the simple outfit.
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That to me is a sign of trendy.
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Another example would be, let s say a pair of leopard print pants.
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Same idea.
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It s like it overshadows the simple outfit.
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Therefore, I think that makes it trendy.
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I m not sure that that s
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a great test 100% of the time.
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Listen, the patent on that is pending.
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Okay.
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It s not fully proved yet.
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You know, we haven t done enough studies on it.
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I m bringing this to the scientists at Stanford University.
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They re going to get back to me.
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It s all good.
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But I think that that might be a good test.
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We ll try it a few more times and see how it stands up.
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see how it holds up.
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But I m going to go ahead and say track pants and track shorts are timeless.
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I m seeing them paired in more trendy ways, like people are wearing them with little ballet flats, which is definitely a trend, you know?
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That sort of combination is unusual.
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It s something new.
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It s definitely trendy.
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But I think as individual pieces, they re timeless.
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Okay, next we have classic authentic camo.
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I m not talking about camo like the blocky like camo that you see on a third grader s backpack.
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I m talking about like hunting camo, okay?
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Like the camo that like people who go hunting wear, where it has like a bunch of branches on it.
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Do you know what I m talking about that camo?
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That s been very trendy recently.
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I think that all camo is trendy because it s a pattern that was created ultimately for a certain function.
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Like camo was created to help people who like hunting to hide in the woods better
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from prey that they want to shoot, okay?
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Or in the army or, you know, whatever, people were wearing camo to blend in to their surroundings.
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Like, I think because they serve a specific purpose for specific people who are doing specific things, I also think because it s rooted in, like, violent activity for the most part,
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I don t know, I don t necessarily see it being a timeless thing as a fashion statement.
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Like, obviously camo s gonna be timeless for people who enjoy hunting, or obviously there s no fashion trends for people who are in the army.
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They re wearing that for function simply.
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Like, that s a different thing, okay?
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But for, you know, people frolicking around New York City, like, wearing a camo long-sleeve shirt, they re not hunting and they re not in the army, I ll tell you that.
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So because it ultimately has a function and it s not being used for that function, and because it s rooted in violent activity, I think at a certain point people will be like, wait a minute, why are we wearing camo?
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This is a little weird.
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Like I could see that happening as like a unit, like as a whole, people will be like, wait, this is kind of weird.
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Like, why are we wearing this?
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Like, this isn t for us.
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Like, I m not a hunter.
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I don t hunt.
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Why am I wearing this?
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The only thing that makes me think it could be timeless is that there is sort of a surplus, I feel like, of camo things.
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All different types of camo.
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Like, I feel like every time I m at a thrift store, I see so much camo shit, which makes me think it is kind of good and cool that it s a trend because it s like, you know, we re buying those things from the thrift store and putting them to use, which is cool.
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But I think it s trendy.
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For the reasons that I stated, I think it s trendy.
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Do I have anything camo?
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I don t.
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I remember camo was really like the classic like blocky camo that, again, you see on a third grader s backpack.
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That was so trendy in like 2016.
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And everybody had those like bright colored camo pants.
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I really hope you remember those.
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If you don t, maybe consider yourself lucky.
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That was super trendy.
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And that came and went so fast, like in a year.
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And for a while there, people were really put off camo.
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Like, no one was wearing camo.
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You would not see it around, because it had such a moment, and then it really just didn t.
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And then camo sort of came back.
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I don t know.
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It s coming back now, but it s more classic camos.
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So we ll see.
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We will see what happens.
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Next, we have lace.
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I ve been seeing so much lace.
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And I don t know.
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I feel like lace was not having a moment for a while there.
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And it s definitely back.
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I actually do think that lace is timeless.
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I think that there are ways that it s used that are not.
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Like, for example, I saw, I was gathering my items for this video and I saw this pair of pants.
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They re like a yoga pant, almost like a flared yoga pant with like a lace waistband.
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And I remember
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those being popular in like 2000 what I don t know six probably I can t even remember and it s back that is so trendy you know like it s kind of kitschy it s kind of extra I think lace in that way is trendy but lace in like a corset like a like a lace corset or like I don t know like lace tights or for layering and stuff or
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Oh, it also depends on the color of lace.
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Like, I think black lace, white lace, beige lace, like even red lace, like very classic colors, timeless.
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But on the specific pair of pants that I was just talking about, the yoga pants, it was bright neon pink lace, okay?
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Anything neon pink, anything neon colored ever is trendy, period.
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I will say nothing further in my opinion, very trendy.
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I think lace as a whole is timeless though.
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If it s in like a neon color, yeah, that s trendy.
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But for the most part,
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I actually do think lace is just so classic, and it also is so beautiful.
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Like, it is very beautiful.
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And when it s used in a way that s classic and cool and sort of understated, wow, it can be so incredible.
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I m into it.
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I m into it.
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I love it.
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And I think that it is timeless.
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when it s done right.
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It s been around for so long.
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You know, lace has been around for so long.
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And I think when something has stood the test of time for that long, and it has come up over and over and over and over again for that long, it has to be timeless.
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Next, this is the trendiest one of the day.
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Okay, I can t believe that these are back.
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I m absolutely shaking in my boots, literally.
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Heeled sneakers, okay?
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These were trendy for about three minutes.
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Back in the day, I don t even remember when.
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I feel like it was a fever dream.
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I cannot remember when it happened.
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Sneakers with a heel.
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Converse with a heel, Skechers with a heel.
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Like, literally looks like a sneaker, but it has a heel.
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These are so trendy.
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It s unbelievable.
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And they re back in right now.
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I m seeing them everywhere.
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I am seeing them everywhere.
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And I am, I m speechless to see these back again.
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I really thought that these were going to be a one month wonder in like 2007 or whenever they were happening.
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But no, they re back.
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They re totally back.
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And I feel like they ve been back now for quite a few months and they re not going away.
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They haven t really hit mainstream though.
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They re not like full mainstream.
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but I m seeing them, and it is shocking to me.
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I actually, I ultimately do not like them.
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Actually, I hate them, to be honest.
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I ve seen people style them cute.
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Like, I m not a full hater.
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I don t hate the people wearing them.
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I hate them, okay?
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But I actually respect their bravery, and they re being, you know, they re exploring, and they re making it work, and it s kind of impressive.
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So to the people who are wearing them, fuck yes.
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Don t listen to me.
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Keep pushing.
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I don t like them.
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I will never wear them.
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But these will be gone tomorrow again.
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I can guarantee you that.
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They re too goofy.
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They re too silly.
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I wonder if heels like high heels will ever go out of style like altogether.
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I don t know.
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Probably not.
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They re too classic.
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I wonder if there ll ever be a phase where like, I don t know, like the heel goes out of style.
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I just don t know what would replace it.
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Yeah, no.
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Those are just timeless.
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Like there ll never be nothing.
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I don t know what would replace them, what would take their place.
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Listen, I m just saying this because I want them to go out of style and I want
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nobody to wear them anymore because then I don t wear them either.
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No, I just shouldn t wear them now.
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That s ridiculous.
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But, okay, next we have mid to low-waisted pants with a flare at the bottom, like a little bootcut sort of flare.
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This is a very popular pant silhouette right now.
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I have, I believe, one pair of pants like this.
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You know what?
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I actually think that this silhouette is timeless.
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I don t think, like,
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Unless they re too low-waisted.
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If they re too low-waisted, then they re trendy, because I think anything that s super low-waisted or super high-waisted, like those types of extremes, trendy.
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But if they re like a mid-to-low waist, you know, and they re in like a simple color, and the design is not too overwhelming, I think that s a timeless silhouette.
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that wasn t necessarily in for a minute.
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However, I don t think that they re ever out all the way.
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Like, a full-on, like, 70s, like, flared pant, like, flare, where it s, like, flared out really wide.
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It s, like, bell-bottom.
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It s flare, flare, flare.
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That s trendy.
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Again, too extreme.
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It s like, that has a moment every once in a while, and then it is gone.
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Like, those are not trendy right now, I don t think.
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But, like, a little, cute, minor boot-cut flare,
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I think that that s always in.
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It s just, it s cute and it s feminine and it s fun and like, and it s versatile.
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And I think for the most part, those are never going out.
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I think it depends on the color and the pattern and the material.
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I think that that all comes into play.
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Like I think the silhouette is timeless, but I think when it comes to individual pieces, it depends on the actual fabrics and color choices and things like that that are made, but overall timeless.
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Next, wide belts.
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I m talking about like a wide belt, like three inches wide.
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You know, a lot of times you ll see them over a mini skirt.
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I ve even seen them worn as tops, sometimes over like a dress, maybe like lower on the hip.
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really wide belt.
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You know, I think with accessories, it really comes down to styling, whether or not it s timeless.
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Like if you have a really thick, simple belt, like I m thinking of this really thick red leather belt, like it s wide.
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It s like probably two or three inches wide.
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No, it probably is like three inches wide.
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And it has like a big, you know, silver buckle on it.
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For some reason, that feels timeless to me.
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It does.
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Whereas I think about maybe a really big belt with a bunch of studs on it or something.
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That s obviously not timeless to me.
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I think that they can be timeless, depending on how they re styled, so what you pair them with.
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And then also, again, what s the design like?
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What s going on with the design?
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Like is it something simple like a red with a silver buckle that s sort of just classic colors, simple, whatever?
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Or is it something with studs on it and like charms hanging off of it and shit and it s like crazy?
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I m gonna lean on big extreme belts being trendy because I think for the most part they are.
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But I think that they can be timeless if they re styled properly and they re the right, you know, like color scheme and stuff like that.
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But then again, like a big belt is so like unusable.
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You re not even really using it for anything.
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Again, it s not holding your pants up like the belt intended.
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So maybe it is just trendy because again, anything that s not really serving a purpose and it s sort of just.
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slapped on there is sort of doomed to be trendy, right?
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So maybe it is just trendy.
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Let s just say 80% trendy for that one.
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Okay, next we have tacky shit.
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Like, purposely tacky shit.
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I m talking about like,
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t-shirts that have like a bunch of rhinestones on them and like super like early 2000s like have a bunch of rhinestones on them will have like sometimes like a cross on it or like a quote on it or whatever and and people buy these things I used to buy them too because they re tacky like it was on purpose it was like
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The point of this is that it s, like, early 2000s tacky, you know?
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There ll be, like, frayed denim with, like, rhinestones on it, like, hats that, I don t know, have, like, a crown on them and, like, a bunch of, like, rhinestones all over them.
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You know what I m saying?
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Like, purposely tacky stuff.
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By now, you know what I m gonna say, okay?
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This is obviously trendy.
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I think it s like funny though to lean into things that are silly like this every once in a while like even though these things are ultimately very trendy and will last for literally a blip of time which is why it s like yeah maybe don t go buy these things maybe go into like a gift shop and take a selfie with
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you know one of these hats on or something but like this is ultimately a trend so maybe don t buy it just take a pic in it for the memory I think it is fun though that s the thing like it s a terrible idea to participate in the trend go purchase these types of things but like if your mom has like
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something like that from 2005 and you want to put it on, then like hell yeah, participate.
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But like going out of your way to participate in it, it s going to be over any minute now.
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It s already almost over, you know, because it s so tacky.
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Like there s a way to do funny tacky that I think works.
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Like being tacky on purpose is a trend right now.
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You know, you see people wearing like, people are starting to want to wear like yoga pants with the lace sort of waistband or like, you know, like a super dramatic, like big juicy couture purse.
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Like these things are coming back into the zeitgeist, you know, and it s fun.
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Like I get it.
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It s fun.
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It s like,
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nostalgic and costume-esque in a way and it s fun, but it comes in fast and it goes out even faster.
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If you want to be like silly and fun, but also be timeless, my recommendation is stuff that s a bit less loud, like funny in a different way.
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So like, for example,
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a really well fitted t-shirt that says something funny on it.
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Oh, that s great.
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That s funny.
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But that s timeless.
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You ll never even want to get rid of that.
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Or like, I have this bag that has a banana.
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It s a simple black bag, but it has like a real banana on it.
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Like it looks like it has a real banana on it.
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The design of it is very simple and it is a goofy thing, but I think I ll use that bag for years because it s simple and it s weirdly versatile.
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I can wear that bag with anything, shockingly.
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It goes with a lot of stuff.
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So you can be sort of funny and silly with your fashion without buying something that s going to be out just as fast as it came in, you know?
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Next, Harley Davidson.
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Harley Davidson has been in for like six years now, and I think it s kind of going out now.
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I don t know, like, I still really like some Harley Davidson stuff.
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Like, I like the motorcycle vibe, like the motorcycle jacket, like the motorcycle t-shirts, like the old ripped up Harley t-shirts.
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Like, I do actually like them.
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But I think that it kind of got overdone, like I really do.
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And I want that to be timeless because Harley-Davidson is like such a classic brand.
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And I don t know, they ve made so much cool stuff over the years.
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So like you can go and buy such cool vintage Harley-Davidson stuff.
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But I do think that it got overdone, and I think that it is now something that s trendy.
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Like, I think before it became a real trend and everybody was buying Harley Davidson stuff, it was timeless.
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But I almost think this recent cycle of it becoming really trendy made it a trend because it was so overdone.
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I don t know.
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I m bummed, though, because I like Harley Davidson, maybe because my grandpa
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Was like a motorcycle dude.
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So I d like he always had a Harley Davidson stuff.
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So I m like Maybe I m emotionally attached and it s just a trend.
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I mean it kind of reminds me of like von Dutch You know, everybody was wearing von Dutch hats and stuff.
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I did.
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Oh my god.
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Oh my god I m remembering an outfit.
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I wore once I wore like a von Dutch hat and
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true religion jeans and a Harley Davidson shirt and it was like so I fucking loved it and it was and I knew it was trendy in the moment I was like this is gonna I m gonna regret this later I actually don t regret it because it was fun but so trendy like I would never wear that now that s ridiculous
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All of those things are trendy, too stylized.
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Next we have lots of charms on bags.
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It s been a huge trend recently to have people just clipping on a bunch of stuff onto their purse, like keychains, their keys, like little cute memories, memorabilia.
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And I think this was inspired by Jane Birkin, who basically she was the inspiration for the Birkin bag.
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The Birkin bag is like the most expensive purse
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sold by the brand Hermes.
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It s a very sought after bag.
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It s a very popular bag, which is crazy because the starting price for them is like, I don t know, $8,000.
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They re very expensive.
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And then they go up to like, I don t know, I think the most expensive one is
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A few hundred thousand dollars.
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Anyway, Jane Birkin used to carry around her Birkin.
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She had like a black, I believe, I think it was a black Birkin, I don t know.
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Simple, like big Birkin purse, right?
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And she had a bunch of stuff clipped onto it.
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I remember the day I saw that, I was like, that is fucking amazing.
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Like, I love that.
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Like personalizing
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the bag, making it her own, putting her own little memorabilia on it.
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And she always carried that bag with that stuff on it.
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And it was like building over time, like she would add more keychains and clip more things onto it.
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That s becoming a trendy thing.
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And it s definitely like manufactured, like people are now buying charms, like buying things to clip onto it.
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In fact, I ve been very tempted to like
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try to find keychains and stuff, although I ve decided I m just going to wait and let them find me, because I love this so much and I ve been wanting to do it.
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I don t have anything to clip onto my bags right now, but I love this trend and I actually do think that this is timeless.
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I think personalizing anything, adding pins, adding buttons, adding keychains, adding things like that, I think that that s timeless.
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Anything that feels personal, I love that.
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And so, I don t know, I love this.
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I think it s timeless and I will hopefully participate, but I m going to let it happen naturally.
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and organically although I m like excited to do it so I am like trying to find keychains and cute things to clip onto my bag as soon as possible but I will let it happen naturally.
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Okay and last but not least we have tooth gems.
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I think similar to having a lot of piercings and stuff like that, tooth gems are very trendy.
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It reminds me of like when I was in I think third grade and everybody was obsessed with getting tinsel put in their hair, like shiny tinsel, so that like your hair would look shiny, like it had like glittery little pieces of tinsel in it.
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Probably lasted like two weeks or something, maybe even less.
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But then very quickly like that was not cool anymore.
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It was like
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third grade, that was all the rage.
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By like fifth, you wouldn t be caught dead, you know?
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And I think it s sort of the same thing with tooth gems, where at some point, it s just going to be like, wait, what are we doing?
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No, we can t, this is not, we re not doing this anymore.
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Or maybe it s not that extreme.
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Maybe they ll, maybe now that like they re popular.
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I never remember tooth gems being popular before.
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I feel like this is like somewhat of like a new thing as of the last, I don t know, hundred years.
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Maybe I m wrong.
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Oh, they were popular in the 90s.
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OK, it was a 90s trend.
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See, I didn t know that.
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I m glad I looked it up.
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I think that they will go out of style again.
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However, I do like them.
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I think that they re really cool.
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Like, similar to how I liked the nose ring for a while there, you know what I mean?
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Now I m kind of over it and I can t exactly tell you why, but for some reason it s like I woke up that day and was told, hey, you need to take your nose ring out and something had shifted in me and I didn t want to put it back in at nightfall.
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You know what I m saying?
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Like, I don t know why these things happen.
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I don t know why we decide, eh, we don t like that anymore, but we do.
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And I think that that will happen with the tooth gem ultimately, similarly to how we are with piercings, where it s like one day we wake up and we re like, wait, I don t like that my full ear is covered in piercings.
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It s like too much.
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I want to simplify.
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I don t, this is like too loud and like too attention grabbing.
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I don t like it anymore.
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I think that we will feel that way about tooth gems.
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However, I like them.
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Like I saw this one photo of this girl who had like on her forefront teeth, she had tiny silver stars on all of them.
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And I was like, ultimately, I want to go get that.
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Like, that s so cool.
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It looks so good.
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I think it s so like fun.
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And it is fun to like accessorize in areas that you normally don t get to like on your teeth.
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Or even like on your nose, like that s why I was excited to get a nose ring.
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Belly button, like all these things are exciting.
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It s like we love to accessorize ourselves and decorate ourselves in fun little ways.
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But I think those ways that we decorate ourselves, the more extreme they are, the quicker we ll become sick of them because they re very loud.
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and hard to ignore and so also like getting a tooth gem removed is not fun like I had a teeny little tooth gem on one tooth for like a few months because I got one for free at like an event actually and eventually I had to get it off because I was like okay I can t have this forever like I m kind of sick of it I need to get rid of it kind of hurt to get it taken off and maybe that was just my experience but like didn t feel great wasn t fun so not starving to go get another one
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Like, having to go to the dentist in extra time, I m not, I don t love that.
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The last thing I need is to go to the dentist in extra time per year to get a tooth gem removed.
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It s already traumatic when I go, like, I don t know, what, once or twice a year?
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How much are you supposed to go?
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I don t even know.
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and they tell me that my gums are receding and I m scared because I don t know why they re receding.
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I guess I brush too hard.
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Like, I don t need to be told that again.
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It already stresses me out enough.
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I m trying to take care of my gums and they just keep receding.
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It s genetic, I think.
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I don t know.
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But I don t need to hear about that again any more times per year than I already do.
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Okay.
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So that s why I will not be getting any more tooth gems anytime soon.
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But
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They are cute, but they re also trendy.
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So anyway, that s it.
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Those are all of my trendier, timeless things of today.
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I think it s safe to say that most things are trendy.
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I mean, I kind of realized that today.
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I was like, wow, I m being kind of harsh.
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Like everything s trendy.
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But I m realizing more and more that like very few things are timeless.
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And
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that s okay because it s like it is fun to participate in these trends and like I don t think that there s anything wrong with enjoying something that s trendy.
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However, I m in a phase of my life where I m like I m trying to shift the way I think about clothing and the way I think about fashion so that I m not consuming as much clothing.
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because I used to consume a lot of clothing because I wanted to keep up with the trends and I wanted, like, that was my goal.
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I think that that s why it s valuable to be analytical of things that are happening in the zeitgeist, you know, trends that are trending, because they re enticing and they can be cute and they can be fun.
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But it s like, we can t buy all of it.
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We shouldn t buy all of it.
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And I think being analytical of the trends is important so that
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You re making smart purchases and you don t end up with a bunch of waste that doesn t help anyone.
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You know what I mean?
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Because ultimately that s what buying like ultra trendy things is.
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It ends up just becoming waste.
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And let me tell you, I am not an angel there.
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I m no saint.
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Okay?
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Because I have participated in so many trends and bought so many things that I ve ultimately just gone and donated.
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Like, I don t want that anymore.
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I ll just donate it.
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It s just not a great, it s not a responsible way to shop.
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So I m trying to get better about that.
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And maybe hopefully I can inspire you to get better about that.
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Although you re on your own journey and I m not judging you and I love you regardless.
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Anyway, all of that to say, let me know what you think.
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Do you agree?
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Do you think some of these things are timeless?
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When I said they re trendy, vice versa.
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And hey, you know what?
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As always, it s a pleasure.
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Thank you for letting me ramble to you for the last hour about fashion.
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I love you.
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I appreciate you.
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Okay.
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Love you.
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Talk to you later.
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