# Predict the next fashion trend **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434 "2003-08-11T17:25:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/21 "2003-08-13T13:04:52Z")
I’m thinking uniforms. The entire gamut from faux military, to coveralls, to naughty schoolgirls and cheerleaders. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/22 "2003-08-13T14:34:52Z")
Definitely 80’s inspired fashion. Pegged leg jeans are coming back. Seven jeans now has a pegged leg version. Military inspired pants with hints of the old parachute pants are out now that really blend that fatigue/parachute pant look quite nicely. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Oi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cab0a1/32.png) [@Dan\_Oi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dan_Oi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/23 "2003-08-13T15:23:12Z")
According to all the Science Fiction we read/watched as youngsters it’s about time for the silver jumpsuits and capes if you ask me! And maybe some sort of headgear with a fin on it (possibly for aerodynamics?) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/24 "2003-08-13T17:12:53Z")
Asymmetrical hair, including eyebrows; and for men, asymmetrical facial hair. Beyond tatoos and piercing: cutting and amputations. Exposed nipples and pubic hair. Special effects cosmetic surgery (forked tongues are just the beginning) Clothes that make you look fatter. ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/25 "2003-08-13T17:26:57Z")
Hip hop culture is going to start up with wait for it … Karate uniforms! I swear to God! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/26 "2003-08-13T18:57:15Z")
One-piece silver body jumpsuits. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/27 "2003-08-13T18:59:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dinsdale \* > \*\*I’m thinking uniforms. > > The entire gamut from faux military, to coveralls, to naughty schoolgirls and cheerleaders. \*\* Nothing wrong with that. Personally, a well turned out guy in blue overalls a la **1984** (the movie) might be just what we need. And as for a well turned out lady in a naughty schoolgirl outfit, I see that now, and I am not complaining. I don’t think the military uniform thing will fly, though. At least not now, in our culture that worships all things military. Give us a stretch of fifty or so years without a war, and maybe we’ll see the children wearing faux military uniforms. ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/28 "2003-08-13T19:23:34Z")
As far as non-casual dress, I predict that men will wear a shirt, coat/suit and tie(for another 150 years). ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/29 "2003-08-14T15:31:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by Neurotik_ > How do people decide what’s in or not in any given season anyway? Do fashion designers just get together and decide at a conference or something? Cultural osmosis: some sub-culture will adopt a look, and people outside the sub-culture will pick up on it. Eventually, designers will notice the trend (it’s their job to, after all) and start filling the stores with that look at twice the price. Sometimes the fashion will be associated with a celebrity, which helps the whole thing along a bit (eg. J-Lo with tracky-dax). ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/30 "2003-08-14T15:59:29Z")
I think someone will shortly figure out how to make any conceivable weapon from the metals that go into zippers and bluejean rivets. The airport security checkpoints will be enhanced accordingly so they they detect ALL kinds of metal, including zippers and rivets. As a result, we’ll have to start wearing special jumpsuits for air travel; people who travel a lot will own several and and it will become quite a fashion item. Celebrities will appear on late-night talk shows wearing them. If you show up at the airport without your jumpsuit then you’ll be forced to wear awful-looking ones that they’ll have on hand and rent out exorbitant prices. ---
**Author:** ![Wyatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Wyatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyatt)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/31 "2003-08-19T23:33:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gex gex \* > \*\*…(eg. J-Lo with tracky-dax). \*\* Ok, I’ll bite, what is “tracky-dax”? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/32 "2003-08-19T23:49:20Z")
**Loincloths for women** - it’s about the only way women’s clothing can get skimpier without changing the indecent exposure laws. **Burnooses for men** - it’s about the only way men’s clothing can get baggier without becoming hazardous on windy days. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/33 "2003-08-20T05:02:55Z")
Very large shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Petrichor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@Petrichor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrichor)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/34 "2003-08-20T05:44:35Z")
Codpiece’s, big outlandishly colored codpieces. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/35 "2003-08-20T07:26:09Z")
For some reason, I see neckties as well. They’re cute, pseudo-professional-looking, and quite fun to untie. 😉 I see the classic polo going out, in favor of the oxford. In addition, I think that darker, cool and neutral colors (hunter green, burgundy, dark brown, navy, etc) will become more pronounced, to the exclusion of black. Tweed will come back, being the forefront of a return to older style. Oh, and JNCOs will be back. JNCOs, baby! (One of those was sarcastic. Guess which one!) ---
**Author:** ![ProjectOmega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@ProjectOmega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProjectOmega)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/36 "2003-08-20T08:06:55Z")
Buckles. Lots of buckles. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/37 "2003-08-20T12:16:00Z")
Men’s hats…I like those broad-brimmed fedoras from the 1940’s…cool! I also want to see: -vests -double-breated suits -wide ties -spats (ultra-cool!) I’d also like to see women wearing those fur collars on coats, which included mink heads (the jaws formed clasps)! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/38 "2003-08-20T12:53:33Z")
Live animals. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/39 "2003-08-20T13:22:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Bottle-green bowler hats. \*\* **Eve** , this is making my brain itch something fierce. I recognize the reference but can only remember part of the context. Where’s this from? ---
**Author:** ![gleeb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f14d63/32.png) [@gleeb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gleeb)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434/40 "2003-08-20T13:43:15Z")
Kilts and sarongs for men! But with pockets, so you have a place to carry your keys/wallet/handkerchief. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-the-next-fashion-trend/194434.md?page=3)