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Chapter 1: What trend did the host predict last year?
About a year ago, I predicted the boat shoe trend. Yeah, I did. And can I be honest? Since then, I've been chasing that feeling. The feeling of predicting a trend and then seeing it in the real world, I imagine, rivals the feeling of seeing your newborn baby for the first time. Like, I think I'll probably feel that excited again on the day that I give birth to my first child.
Chapter 2: What are the predictions for fashion trends in 2025?
That's the next time I'll feel that level of satisfaction, unless I'm able to successfully predict another trend before then, which is what I'm going to try to do today. Today, I am going to share with you my 2025 fashion trend predictions. If I can get even one of these right, I'll be able to match that feeling I got when I predicted the boat shoe coming back. But I'm being realistic here.
I don't have a crystal ball. Some of these predictions are random gut feelings. Some of these predictions are based on what I've studied, sort of starting to become popular over the past few years, but haven't fully gone mainstream yet. And I predict that this year they will go mainstream. So it's a combination of gut feelings and educated guesses.
The educated guesses are less satisfying if they come true because it's like I saw it coming in the world, right? The gut feelings, those, if they come true, are so much more rewarding. So hopefully, well, whatever. I'll just be happy if I get anything right. So let's begin. 2025 fashion trend predictions.
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I've been talking about this for a while now, so this shouldn't be a shock to anyone. Now, I'm not talking about minimalism from a lifestyle perspective. I'm not talking about owning less clothes. I'm talking about minimalistic design, okay? Now, what is that, you may ask? Don't worry. I Googled it for you, and I have the definition right here.
Minimalism is a style that prioritizes simplicity, clean lines, neutral colors, and timeless silhouettes, focusing on quality over quantity and emphasizing essential, versatile pieces rather than trendy, overly embellished clothing. Now, I've been talking about minimalism coming back for so long. I'm sick of talking about it, too.
OK, so I won't overemphasize this point, but I think minimalism in one way or another is always in. I don't know. I even feel like the clean girl aesthetic of 2023, 2024 was kind of minimalist in a way. Because it was a sort of style that consisted of simplicity and clean lines and neutral colors and timeless silhouettes.
So, you know, when I say that minimalism is coming back, what comes to my mind is like 90s minimalism. Let's Google 90s minimalism. Okay, if you Google 90s minimalism, this is what comes up. I'm looking on British Vogue at an article called The Minimalist 90s Outfits Inspiring My Summer Wardrobe, just to give some examples of some minimalist outfits.
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Chapter 3: How is minimalism influencing fashion design?
There's kind of a debate happening on the internet around whether or not minimalist designs are timeless, whether or not they come in and out of style. I definitely do think... They have trendy moments, but I think unlike maximalist designs, they're always in and no one can change my mind. Okay.
I think minimalist design is really going to be in, in 2025, but it's never going to be out because it's too simple to ever be in or out. You know what I'm saying? If you were doing sort of the clean girl aesthetic in 2024, 2023, 2024, um, which consisted of the slick back bun, the trench coats, the dress pants, the little loafers, the little button-up shirts. It's just very chic and classy.
Literally, just by styling that slightly different, maybe doing your hair a little bit different, maybe accessorizing a little bit differently, you now have 90s minimalism, right? And then in a few years when there's a new sort of minimalist style that's in, You can reuse those pieces again.
I just... I really do think when it comes to trends, any sort of minimalist trend, to me, is the safest one to buy into because you actually can reuse those pieces in a million different ways. So I think...
investing in good minimalist pieces I would be shocked if you regretted it you know unless you're just a maximalist at heart and you don't like clothes like that fair enough but I do think it's going to be trendy to buy you know good basics and stuff like I think that's going to be really in and styling them in unique ways that have sort of magic I think that's going to be in but
But I don't think it's something we're ever going to look back at and cringe at, which is cool. It's cool when a trend also is timeless and it's rare. So I think this is one of the rare times when something timeless will be trendy. Moving on. OK, so in 2024, the concept of Jane Birkening your bag. Are we remembering this?
This is the concept of taking your purse and attaching a bunch of personalized objects onto it. tying a bandana onto it, putting little charms on it, attaching jewelry to it, inspired by Jane Birkin of the 60s who carried around her iconic Birkin bag that she attached a bunch of little accessories to that were personal to her.
Imagine she's wearing a bandana around her neck and then gets a bit warm and then ties it around her purse to give her neck some air. That's the idea, right?
Organically and authentically accessorizing her purse through necessity and convenience, weirdly enough, became a trend in 2024 where everybody was buying charms and finding bandanas and things in their drawers and then adding it to their bag to make it look authentic like Jane Birkin's bag.
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Chapter 4: What is the significance of personalization in fashion?
But I don't think it's what we're all afraid of. I think we're all afraid of jeggings. That's what we're all really afraid of. Skinny jeans themselves. Yeah, they're they're not great. But I think what we're really all traumatized by is like low waisted jeggings. That was skinny jeans at their worst form in, you know, the 2010s. That's not coming back. OK, so don't worry. We're not going to be.
Spending 10 minutes getting our super skinny, low-waisted jeggings up our legs before work or school. Like, that's never happening again, right? But I do think skinny jeans are going to come back. But I think that they're actually going to be less hideous than we imagine. In fact, when I think about styling skinny jeans, I'm not repulsed, which is really frightening.
Because a few years ago, if you would have asked me if skinny jeans would ever come back, I would have said maybe, but I can't even imagine it. It's going to be hideous. I could see it being cool. I could see it being cool. I'm definitely thinking outside the box when I'm thinking of skinny jeans looking cool, but it's not impossible. It's not impossible, and I think it will be done this year.
Am I going to participate? Probably not. Although, never say never, because... I might get inspired and really want to do it. And I might pick up a pair, but I doubt it. And I'm going to wait as long as possible until I'm exploding and bursting at the seams and need to wear skinny jeans, which I don't think will happen. But again, never say never.
I think a very specific type of skinny jean is going to come back. Real denim, like stiff, real denim that's not so skin tight to the leg that it like takes two hours to get up, like reasonably tight, but not like impossibly tight, like what was popular in the 2010s. I think timeless washes, right?
Like classic denim washes, nothing that's like acid wash, super ripped and distressed, none of that. Black denim I think will be fine, but like no extreme denim washes. And I think it might, I think it might work. I think it might work. The only thing I'm struggling with is like what shoe perhaps tucked into a boot. Oh, my God. Like a skinny jean tucked into like a moto boot. Oh, my God.
I'm scared. Is that going to happen? Or like a skinny jean with like a little ballet flat or like a little flat shoe of some sort. It might happen. I don't know. I could see people talking little skinny jeans into boots. I could definitely see that. I don't know, we'll have to see. It might not happen, but I definitely could see the skinny jean coming back.
Anyway, indie sleeves, I think it's back this year. It already started in 2024, so I'm not some sort of genius for predicting that, but I think it's gonna hit its peak this year. Okay, next, micro glitter matte lipstick. Okay, close your eyes and think about the early 2000s and think about the makeup trends and think about the lipstick that the beloved women in your life were wearing.
It was shimmery. It was light pink. It was micro glitters. It was like almost holographic. I think that that's coming back. You know, I was thinking about the makeup that my mom wore when I was a kid randomly the other day, like completely randomly. Like I was daydreaming and that just popped into my head. And I was like, that lipstick is definitely going to come back.
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Chapter 5: What is gaunt makeup and how is it related to trends?
sort of Barbie doll aesthetic. You know what I mean? Looking like a Barbie doll, being perfectly symmetrical, having plump lips, having plump cheekbones, having the perfect little nose, like people, you know, many, many, many, many, many, many, many people were going in, you know, getting cosmetic procedures done to accomplish this look.
Unfortunately, it's become a trend to get certain procedures done, right? Well, I actually think that that's over. I think everyone looking the same like a little Barbie doll. I think that that's out. And listen, I'm not trying to shit on anyone who looks that way or who has, you know, chosen to go get those procedures or do whatever. Like, I get it. Okay, I get it.
If that's what you like, or that's what you liked in the past. It's none of my business. It's Up to you what you do with your face or body or whatever. I don't care. But I think it's gotten to the point now where everybody's sort of getting the same procedures done. Right. Everybody's getting their lips done. A lot of people are getting rhinoplasty is getting their nose done. done.
A lot of people are getting filler and Botox in the same areas, right? There's sort of become a trend of getting these certain procedures done. And what's ended up happening is a lot of people look the same. Oh my God, veneers, like getting veneers, super trendy, fake teeth that are super perfect. This has become a trend, perfection, right?
And now we have a lot of people who have a very similar nose and have very similar teeth and have a very similar jawline and have a very similar, you know, whatever. Listen, we're all different, but like there's definitely a lot of similarities. And so I think as a response to that, it's going to become trendy to have aesthetic quirks about your look. Now,
Listen, in an ideal world, it would be a trend to have your own unique quirks, whatever those may be, right? So like everybody's different, meaning everybody has their own unique quirks and those are all inherently trendy. Unfortunately, that's not how our society works. I see it being like cherry picked sorts of quirks. You know what I'm saying? Like having a gap in your teeth, trendy.
I could see that being trendy. I could even see people going in, if they don't have any quirks, going and getting quirks manufactured. Going and getting a gap in your teeth. Like going and getting grinded. Can you even do that? I don't know. Get the gap grinded down so that you have a gap in your teeth. Or like, you know, getting an ear implant so that your ears...
look unique or like getting freckles tattooed or shaving off your eyebrows. I can't explain this, but I just see a trend happening where looking weird or quirky becomes a trend. Because the last few years, it's been trendy to all get the same procedures that make you look like a perfect Barbie doll. And I think the opposite is going to become trendy.
So people who already have a gap in their teeth or already have a bunch of freckles or already have a mole on their lip or have a birthmark on their... Like these things are going to be...
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Chapter 6: What does Indie Sleaze mean and how is it making a comeback?
simple, color blocking, easy on the eyes. Those two things go hand in hand, in my mind.
I think this sort of simplicity is going to be really appealing this year, especially because I think the concept of having a lot of simple pieces and building more intricate outfits using a bunch of simple pieces is going to be really in this year because it's a more sustainable way to play with fashion, whereas constantly shopping and
Buying new unique pieces and making outfits with them once or twice and then donating them. Like, I just think people are going to get sick of that cadence of buying and donating and buying and donating and dealing with clutter and stuff like that. So I think the concept of color blocking is going to work really well. You know, you can wear...
a green t-shirt with a pair of blue pants, and then you can wear the green t-shirt with a pair of brown pants, and then you can wear the green t-shirt with a pair of orange pants, and you know what I mean? And it's always... It's going to bring a different feeling every single time because it's a different combination of clothes, but that was all just with one shirt.
And then if you put a little vest over that shirt, now it feels different. It's like... I think layering and color blocking is going to be in, which is definitely very 1960s mod. Also, classic patterns, stripes, polka dots, plaids, like simple, timeless patterns that are always in. Very 60s mod. I think that'll be in. Simple, minimalist designs. Our very 1960s mod.
Just classic silhouettes that we all know and love. Especially with like little skirts and dresses. Timeless. And you can't go wrong. I started seeing 60s mod silhouettes on the runway like last year. And I was like, oh man, that's really going to come back in a big way. And it hasn't fully come back yet, but I think this is the year that it will. And last but not least, more modest silhouettes.
I feel like the 1960s aesthetic was very classy, very modest. And I could see that coming back, weirdly enough. Like a longer skirt, a boxier fit, not skin tight. I think that's going to be in. Yeah. Okay, moving on from 1960s mod, the digital watch. The digital watch. Listen, if you're under the age of 40, it takes you a little bit too long to read an analog clock.
Everyone under the age of 40 prefers a digital watch, prefers a digital clock in general. None of us know how to read a clock under the age of 40. None of us. And if we do, it takes us at least five minutes to read the fucking clock. Five, 10, 15, 20. Oh, wait, what's the longhand do? It's not good. Digital watches are fucking back.
You know, it was all about having like a chic wrist stack with like a beautiful Cartier watch or like a beautiful Rolex or whatever, or like a beautiful metal watch. You know, that was very trendy for a while there. Don't get me wrong. I actually do think that a lot of times those pieces of jewelry are timeless, but I think it's going to become cool. to wear like a plastic Casio digital watch.
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Chapter 7: What classic patterns are expected to trend in 2025?
And I know that I mentioned 90s minimalism and I know that I mentioned 60s mod as being in, but I more mean elements from those time periods. I don't mean like dressing exactly like that time period. I think that dressing exactly like a certain time period, it always sort of feels costume-esque, which is not timeless, right?
Mixing and matching various references from various decades and making something kind of new and kind of your own. I think that's probably better. And I think that that's going to be what people are doing in 2025. I think it's going to look costumey to dress exactly Y2K, exactly 90s. Exactly 70s. You know what I mean? Even exactly 60s mod.
Even though I think a lot of elements of the 60s mod are going to be in. I think if you dress up like you're somebody in the 60s mod era, it's going to look costumey. And I think that that's not going to fly in 2025. Next, camo. Camo is so done. It's done. Unless you're literally like a deer hunter or you're in the army. Like, no. If you're just... If you're like...
like a little fashion kid in New York wearing the camo, I think that might be out. I think that might be out. I think that pattern is out. I'm sorry. I never loved it, which is, by the way, if you love camo, I'm not even kidding. If you love camo still, by all means, wear camo, okay? It's none of my business. But I think it's out. It got really big in 2024, and I think it's going to be out.
Next, the whole soccer jersey trend. It was such a trend to wear international soccer jerseys. That is out. Everybody give your Argentinian soccer jersey for a team that you don't know back to your little brother who actually cares about the team. Do you know what I'm saying? Like, it's done. We're not wearing those jerseys anymore. Unless it's genuine. If you genuinely...
love a certain soccer team and you root for them and whatever, like that's different. But there was a lot of people buying soccer jerseys and other sort of similar jerseys for the sake of fashion or stealing them from their little brothers. Give it back. you know, find somebody who you know who actually likes the team and give it to them. Just, it's over.
And last but not least, don't get mad at me for this, designer dupes. There was a big trend of buying designer dupes last year, which I don't think is necessarily bad. If you really love something and you can find a dupe, I'm not going to judge you. It's not about moral righteousness. I'm not saying designer dupes are out for 2025 because they're wrong. I am not the moral police here.
I think it's out because I think people are going to choose to spend that money on something unique instead. Does that make sense? Like instead of buying a dupe of something, why not take that money and buy something that just costs that much? You know, that's from like a cool, small little brand that you found online or at like a flea market or something. You know what I mean?
I just think designer dupes are out because I think things that are explicitly designer are out. I think if you listen to my last episode about what I think is in and out for 2025, I talked a lot about how I think flexing and extravagance and showing off wealth and all of this is out. And so I think as a result, you know, designer like buying a designer dupe.
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