Why do Millennials hate Gen Z fashion so much?

Every time I see millennials exposed to zoomer fashion they instantly start seething. it's always some 20 year old celebrity who goes outside wearing baggy clothes with a graphic tee and millennials online start screeching shit like

NOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T WEAR ANYTHING INTERESTING YOU HAVE TO WEAR HYPERMINIMALISTIC SLOP AT ALL TIMES OR YOURE UGLY AND WEIRD

Why are you people like this

retrieval4558 ,

It's just kind of the opposite of what was cool when we were kids.

That being said, I don't know any serious person who gives a shit. It happens literally every generation. Who cares. Wear what you want.

beefbaby182 ,
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Teenagers used to dress so much hotter when I was a kid.

intensely_human ,

We don’t.

intensely_human ,

Also I love the way Gen Z dresses. They dress like 90s teens.

pyrflie ,

Honestly I don't know how they dress, but it can't be worse than us. I remember when pants hanging mid thigh was cool. We just got lucky boxers we're the thing at the time.

captainlezbian ,

Because we’re old.

Also because it’s garish to us. It’s the trend we rejected because it looked terrible on gen X

HorreC ,

what fashion did we start that kept?? no jinco jeans out there, or flannels every where. To be honest I love the new street wear looks that come out. I am getting the wife that fat cat camo from the FF14 line up and she is stoked.

Dorkyd68 ,

What are you even talking about op? I've never seen or heard of the "issue" you're referring to?

Rhynoplaz ,

NOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T WEAR ANYTHING INTERESTING YOU HAVE TO WEAR HYPERMINIMALISTIC SLOP AT ALL TIMES OR YOURE UGLY AND WEIRD

I don't recall ever saying this.

I have noticed that millennials are more T-shirt n jeans, and Gen Z is more hoodies and pajama pants. Our Boomer parents never would have let us leave the house like that, so we do have a "sloppy" connotation with those clothes, but obviously the millennials must not mind as much since we're the ones buying those clothes for our kids.

Although, I cannot understand the return of mullets and pedo-staches.

Son_of_dad ,

I think you just invented an issue to complain about. Literally have never heard of this aside from the regular "I don't get young people clothing" argument

ElcaineVolta ,
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it always gives it away when OP never shows up in the comments

LesserAbe ,

Not going to gaslight you and say no one is making those comments, I'm sure they are. That said, there are millions of people in the world who don't give a fuck about gen z fashion, or who aren't rude, and then there are millions of people who are dicks, or insecure about their own appearance or place in the world.

As a millennial I remember the manufactured controversy between boomers and millennials, and similar comments about appearance, work ethic, etc. Now that millennials are "old" some of them see new stuff coming along and feel compelled to complain. Whatever age group someone belongs to they'll complain about things they see, age related or otherwise, so I wouldn't focus too much on it.

Vanth ,
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Aye, the fake rage over avocado toast was hilarious.

classic ,

Manufactured controversy is exactly what it is. It might have been innocuous at some point. But right now, faced with deepening social divides and class inequality as well as an urgent need to address climate change, I find myself impatient and dismayed with attempts to keep us from union and collaboration

user224 ,
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Did you by any chance get this conclusion from Instagram comments?

DontMakeMoreBabies ,

It's all made up media bullshit that no one actually cares about.

The internet isn't real life.

Vanth ,
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Intergenerational feuds are almost entirely fake. Be doubly skeptical when it specifically pits women against each other.

Most millennial women I know like baggy pants especially. Much better than the low-rise ass-crack showing pants of the early 00's.

retrospectology ,
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Weird, haven't witnessed this, maybe it's just the country where you live?

nicknonya ,
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the only valid critique of gen z fashion is how it ties into fast fashion, which is objectively awful for everyone and everything involved.
a style is just a style, wear what you want and tell the naysayers to fuck off, but be aware that the things you buy have a real environmental and human cost.
in short: fuck shein

southsamurai ,
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The fuck are you on about?

Gen z are the millennial's kids. The older millennials are hitting their forties now. Not all gen z are the kids of millennials, some are gen-x kids too.

I've never seen any kind of outrage over comfortable clothes by millennials on any big scale. Or gen-x. Hell, not even all of the baby boomers do, unless it's at work.

If you're seeing it irl, then it's likely just parents parenting, which is a different thing entirely. Online? You gotta at least grab some screen shots of handful of examples before this is even believable as a generation level thing. Better, provide links to it, since screen shots can be faked easily by anyone older than about 12.

If you are seeing it, is it on a specific media outlet? You'll find that some are more prone to stupidity like bitching about other people's clothing than other forms of media.

Tbh though, how the fuck can you even tell what generation the people complaining are? Do they give their age? Seems pretty damn weird unless it's YouTube, but most of those are memes to begin with. "I'm 70 years old and I love/hate this" type of bullshit.

I think you're full of malarkey tbh, but if you aren't,I would actually be interested in seeing where this is because millennials have rocked comfy clothes in public for well over a decade. It would be very funny if that's changing as they age.

fin ,

I’m GenZ and I hate “GenZ Fashion”

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