I think faux-hawks will be laughed at. Tattoos also. You have to be a certain type of person for it to look right. Also you have to have them done right and not to excess. Tattoos are art, and now they are commericalized so people are just out to sell them and they lost any meaning.
I think men will desperately cling to the bald head look not because it is good. Indeed it looks good on like 1% of the population with a nicely shaped head, but because most men lose their hair…
But then again, a mustache looks so out of place today.
I disagree about the messed-up jeans. People have been distressing their own jeans since at least the '70s, paying for stone- and acid-washed jeans since at least the '80s and paying for distressed jeans since at least the '90s.
Horn rimmed glasses. Twenty more years later they’ll come back again-again.
Giant sunglasses. Which is a shame, because I much prefer them to those tiny sunglasses that were popular about 10 years ago which were worse than useless UV protection-wise.
The intentional dark roots look.
The emo hairstyle- super chunky layers of hair from 2 to 12 inches randomly interspersed all over your head, with the longest pieces framing your face. I actually like this hairstyle, but I am aware that in 20 years people will be wondering why teenagers were getting small children to cut their hair.
Empire waists.
“Was there a baby boom in the oh-ohs?”
“No, millions of women just didn’t think through the implications of wearing a shirt that ballooned at bellybutton level.”
I was going to mention rap music, but since it has been with us since the mid 80s and it doesn’t appear to be going anywhere any time soon I’m afraid we’re stuck with it, at least for awhile. Whatever eventually replaces it can’t possibly be any better. On the other hand, people don’t have much of an appreciation for “classic rap” (if such a thing even exists) as they do for classic rock, which has held up over the generations, so maybe rap will one day (God be willing) be seen as passe. Passing music fads, such as disco, breakdancing, hair metal bands, and perhaps ska and the big-band revival of the mid 90s, are more subject to derision by future generations.
Goatees and soul patches…as soon as our business executives started wearing them, I knew the trend was dead.
Fauxhawks and combed-down emobangs…hasn’t hit our executive ranks yet (possibly due to receding hairlines), but it is almost a required dress-code for our 20-30 y.o. marketing reps, and whenever marketing tries to reflect edgy youth, it’s the first nail in the coffin.
…and lastly, gaudy ironic hipster wingtip bowling shoes.
These drive me insane. They don’t look good! How can someone look at themselves in the mirror and think that’s something they want to go out in public in?
My manager is an exceptionally attractive person who is really easy on the eyes…except when she wears an empire waist. Agh.
So for the knee length shorts on men, we always figured they’re not shorts and they’re not long pants therefore the proper name is schlongs. This is also due in part to those that wear them.
I’ve been hoping the “pants around the knees” fad would vanish for well over a decade. Sadly, it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. It always make me think of a male baboon flashing his ass colors to impress females and intimidate rivals (which, come to think of it, is probably pretty close to the truth:smack:)
The length of men’s shorts really seems to be a preference thing. Nothing more. Neither side is wrong and everyone will be better off when we just get along.
Personally, I don’t like wearing shorts that stop above the knee. They bunch and they’re just uncomfortable. I also think they look hideous on 95% of men (and at least half of the women in the world for that matter).
I have no plans on changing and showing pictures of Tom Selleck in short shorts just reinforces my belief that shorts were meant to go to the knee.
I can’t wait until my son’s generation is in the old folks home. Those tramp stamps won’t age well - I guarantee it!
There will be hordes of old people shuffling around, faces scarred from multiple facial piercings, giant earlobes from the stretching, and cute little sexy tattoo’s that are now three feet long.
I also agree with tattoos. I don’t like them, but what someone else does with their body is none of my business. However, I’ve seen some makeovers on What Not To Wear where the tattoos all over the arms and legs really don’t mesh well with an upgraded wardrobe and hairstyle. I bet a lot of people who get tattood at a relatively young age will not be as pleased with the decision when they’re 40-something. This is not going to be true for everyone, of course, but I think a lot of fad tattoos are going to be really embarassing for their owners in a while.
I’ve said it before and will say it again; we’re currently in the worst-dressed period in centuries, and decades from now the manner of dress of the 2000s will be regarded with the same hilarity and contempt as the interior design of the 70s of the music of 1961.
And I think the #1 target of hilarity will be footwear. I find it amazing that adults actually leave the house wearing crocs or flip-flops and by 2025 people will be embarassed of pictures in which they’re wearing such things.
Do not confuse ‘growth industry’ with ‘universal belief’. Are there a bunch of questionable tats out there? Of course. What’s their percentage of the overall population?
There are folks that regret having children too. :dubious:
I’m not sure if stainless appliances will get as dated. It’s a pretty basic, neutral color unlike say, avacado green. I think stainless might have something to do with the rise of Food Network and shows that make professional chefs and kitchens hip and cool. Stainless might go away if for some reason it loses the “Pro” cachet and goes back to “utilitarian”.