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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

j4k3 ,
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About the only thing I don't like are the nose rings like cattle and pigs. I simply think "rooting problems" every time I see that. It's a stupid annoying animal behavior, so identifying yourself with that makes no sense to me.

The area you live in has a lot to do with clothing fashion. In Tennessee Alabama and Georgia, in the late 90's and early 00's baggy clothes were popular. After moving to California, it was all women's skinny jeans for both sexes.

I prefer people that are unique and blaze their own trail.

Hugh_Jeggs ,

I dunno, I'm older than that and it's really nice to see folk dressing like it's the 80s again

metaStatic ,

The 80s part 2: This time we'll try not to destroy the ozone layer.

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

DmMacniel ,

What fashion?

blargerer ,

You can dress how you want. If you see a millennial reaction weirdly to what you are wearing, its likely them cringing at a memory of when they wore something similar as a kid. Cyclical fashion trends and all that. With that said, our culture does have a huge issue with fast fashion, and I'd encourage simpler higher quality clothes that wont cycle with trends as often, for the sake of not destroying the planet.

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

Emmie ,

What doesn’t suck about gen z? It’s just that the later born the more microplastics and the greater suckery from fucked up grey matter

Davidchan ,

The only thing really different about gen z fashion I've noticed is barely anyone wears jeans.

fin ,

I’m GenZ and I hate “GenZ Fashion”

shinigamiookamiryuu ,

I didn't know they hate our aesthetics, and I can't speak for why, but hopefully they know it's based on their own, so they only have themselves to blame.

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