Everyone seems to talk about how so many of trends of that decade came back into the 2010s

Now I ask which trends didn’t come back at all in the 2010s ?

Are JNCO jeans back? I remember they had a website.

I can only speak on the women's fashion perspective.

- Women's skirt lengths were almost strictly midi in the 90's; midi is coming back now but not popular through the 2010s.
- I haven't seen removable shoulder pads in tops and blouses lately.
- Stirrup pants aren't very popular right now.
- In the 90's, cardigans were all button-down; today many women's cardigans are open.
- I don't see women wearing jumpers much, very fashionable in the 90's.
- Same with overalls, although they've been coming back a little bit lately.
- Crazy colors in dress shoes and boots were popular in the 90's, haven't seen that recently.
- Real leather jackets were quite popular in the 90's; not so much these days.  Although fake leather is easy to find.
- In the 90's, rayon fabrics with "dry clean only" labels were abundant for tops and dresses; thankfully, haven't seen much of that lately (I hate frequent runs to the dry cleaner).

There's more, but I thought of these for now.

AG can you post a picture of jumpers as I think it is a different garment to the U.K. meaning.

Crop tops for men weren't as risqué and abundant as online media made it out to be.

Crop tops for men weren't as risqué and abundant as online media made it out to be.


As someone who comes from the 70s, I find it hilarious--and somewhat odd--- that media would have made "crop tops" for men into some kind of risqué phenomenon. They were worn, as were a short kind of shorts, regularly by males in the 70s and for most of the 80s and nobody ever thought a thing of it. The 90s brought in conservative, baggy fashions and long "shorts" for men (initiated by Michael Jordon) and basically they have never left.

As someone who comes from the 70s, I find it hilarious--and somewhat odd--- that media would have made "crop tops" for men into some kind of risqué phenomenon. They were worn, as were a short kind of shorts, regularly by males in the 70s and for most of the 80s and nobody ever thought a thing of it. The 90s brought in conservative, baggy fashions and long "shorts" for men (initiated by Michael Jordon) and basically they have never left.


I don’t see anything wrong with men’s standard length shorts of the 80s which were mid thigh. Crop tops on the other hand... I guess I’m so used to seeing women wearing the clingy belly shirts. I never saw a guy wear one till I saw the movie Breakin a few years ago. It just looked wrong, like a hint of cross dressing.

As someone who comes from the 70s, I find it hilarious--and somewhat odd--- that media would have made "crop tops" for men into some kind of risqué phenomenon. They were worn, as were a short kind of shorts, regularly by males in the 70s and for most of the 80s and nobody ever thought a thing of it. The 90s brought in conservative, baggy fashions and long "shorts" for men (initiated by Michael Jordon) and basically they have never left.

I have seen a few men wear shorter shorts where I live but only because of lockdown exercising mostly. I live in a rather unique and small town too.

I don’t see anything wrong with men’s standard length shorts of the 80s which were mid thigh. Crop tops on the other hand... I guess I’m so used to seeing women wearing the clingy belly shirts. I never saw a guy wear one till I saw the movie Breakin a few years ago. It just looked wrong, like a hint of cross dressing.


You see how times have changed? NOBODY thought that way in the 70s and 80s. "Crop tops" (a vulgar sounding term) were referred to as "half shirts" which is somewhat more masculine sounding. And males wore VERY short shorts. Generally cut off jeans (referred to as "cutoffs") but also gym shorts (and basketball shorts) in those days were microscopic. As I mentioned, Michael Jordan put an end to that in the early 90s. He must have felt self conscious. But I'm telling you, before that nobody did. But the genie is out of the bottle now and I don't see half shirts and short shorts for males ever going back to the mainstream popularity they once had. As you yourself infer, they are now seen very much as effeminate or as attire stricty for women. Funny how these sociological shifts occur.

AG can you post a picture of jumpers as I think it is a different garment to the U.K. meaning.


This one looks pretty 90's:

https://i.etsystatic.com/10196128/r/il/d2825b/2278526317/il_794xN.2278526317_bdh5.jpg

Jumpers are generally cut so as to wear a top underneath.  I had a jumper I adored, cut somewhat like the above (but no buttons) with a tie string in back - it was knit fabric in a small green buffalo check; I wore it with a green mock-turtleneck and black tights.  That outfit made me happy in the 90s.  I recall having a denim jumper too, but don't remember as many details.

I guess I’m so used to seeing women wearing the clingy belly shirts. I never saw a guy wear one till I saw the movie Breakin a few years ago. It just looked wrong, like a hint of cross dressing.


Lol! Made me laugh  ;D ;D ;D

This one looks pretty 90's:

https://i.etsystatic.com/10196128/r/il/d2825b/2278526317/il_794xN.2278526317_bdh5.jpg

Jumpers are generally cut so as to wear a top underneath.  I had a jumper I adored, cut somewhat like the above (but no buttons) with a tie string in back - it was knit fabric in a small green buffalo check; I wore it with a green mock-turtleneck and black tights.  That outfit made me happy in the 90s.  I recall having a denim jumper too, but don't remember as many details.


So in the U.K. this would probably be called a pinafore dress, though they were generally more open in the sides. I had one that was black and burgundy striped.

In the U.K. jumper is used interchangeably with sweater - so a knitted long sleeved top.

I don’t see anything wrong with men’s standard length shorts of the 80s which were mid thigh. Crop tops on the other hand... I guess I’m so used to seeing women wearing the clingy belly shirts. I never saw a guy wear one till I saw the movie Breakin a few years ago. It just looked wrong, like a hint of cross dressing.


It was a style back in the days, Did you think that crop tops were a bit effeminate? ???

It was a style back in the days, Did you think that crop tops were a bit effeminate? ???


Maybe it was an urban thing? I remember back to the late 70s and never saw any males wear them in my neck of the woods. So yes by the time I saw guys wear them on Breakin my brain had been long since trained to see them as sexy feminine wear.

Very short shorts, yes I’ve seen many. Usually cutoff jeans like my dad wore. But one time around 1988 or so I was at the Grand Haven musical fountain sitting in the grass, and a guy near me had super short athletic shorts, his love interest romantically leaning on him, and him just stoically staring at the show. He seemed oblivious to the fact that part of his privates were popped out the side of his shorts the entire time. The guy kinda looked like Skippy from Family Ties.

Me I almost never wear shorts anyway. Once a year if I’m lucky. Either I’m working on stuff and don’t like getting my legs scratched or banged up. Or bit by ticks and mosquitoes. Or it’s just not warm enough, I get cold easily anyway.

Very short shorts, yes I’ve seen many. Usually cutoff jeans like my dad wore. But one time around 1988 or so I was at the Grand Haven musical fountain sitting in the grass, and a guy near me had super short athletic shorts, his love interest romantically leaning on him, and him just stoically staring at the show. He seemed oblivious to the fact that part of his privates were popped out the side of his shorts the entire time. The guy kinda looked like Skippy from Family Ties.




I saw that particular "wardrobe malfunction" a time or two also. Once I remember was a guy sitting on some steps at an outdoor concert.  :o  But considering the amount of guys that wore short shorts it happened very little. Most guys at the time wore underwear that held everything "in place", so to speak.  :D

I saw that particular "wardrobe malfunction" a time or two also. Once I remember was a guy sitting on some steps at an outdoor concert.  :o  But considering the amount of guys that wore short shorts it happened very little. Most guys at the time wore underwear that held everything "in place", so to speak.  :D


OMG, When did this happen?  :o

I saw that particular "wardrobe malfunction" a time or two also. Once I remember was a guy sitting on some steps at an outdoor concert.  :o  But considering the amount of guys that wore short shorts it happened very little. Most guys at the time wore underwear that held everything "in place", so to speak.  :D
It happened in football matches, back then the players wore short shorts, and need I say more?

OMG, When did this happen?  :o


In the 80s when men wore short shorts. But like I said, it was a rare occurrence for such a thing to happen. Very rare.

Now I ask which trends didn’t come back at all in the 2010s ?


Umm...everything. :D I never noticed the 90s trends coming back to begin with. So I'm going to say none of it came back!

Umm...everything. :D I never noticed the 90s trends coming back to begin with. So I'm going to say none of it came back!


They never came back because they never went away! A lot of people don't realize it but a lot of fashion today that people consider "normal" or "standard" springs DIRECTLY from the early 90s. As has been under discussion here, the long, baggier styles of shorts for men, for one. It went right from short and tight to long and loose, largely at the behest of Michael Jordan, who no longer wanted to wear short basketball shorts. This set off a trend like wildfire (he was, after all, highly influential) among other players and all his many fans that simply then became the norm that lasts to this day. It was also quickly picked up and purveyed by the emerging grunge scene who we also have to thank for the fact that people now wear wool winter hats (now given the ridiculous name "beanies" although it's not what they were called before) all year round. These things have simply became standard, sort of outside of fashion. They are the macrocosm. Too many people here are looking for the microcosm. Little meaningless trends that came and went and won't be coming back. But the 90s gave us the gifts that keep on giving and never go away. Long "shorts" on men that wouldn't be out of place on Bozo The Clown, and silly hats all year round.

Maybe it was an urban thing? I remember back to the late 70s and never saw any males wear them in my neck of the woods. So yes by the time I saw guys wear them on Breakin my brain had been long since trained to see them as sexy feminine wear.


What part of the world were you living in at the time?  No, I don't think it was an urban thing, per se.  However, I think regional differences were a lot more noticeable back in the 70s, 80s and even 90s.  Fashion trends reached places at different times and sometimes they were more pronounced in some areas than others.

In Hawaii, the trend of "crop tops", as you call them, (we called them "cutoff shirts", "cut shirts" or "half shirts" or sometimes "shimmels") lasted from about 1979 to 1984.  I remember they were really common in 1980, 1981 and 1982.  They appeared suddenly, they were big for a few years, and then they disappeared almost as suddenly as they arrived.

They were not seen as feminine at all.  They were mostly worn by the jock types.  You never saw nerds or geeks wearing them.

https://64.media.tumblr.com/0920d33ba6b235a6f6e74a07761fc214/tumblr_n7bg0aK7QW1teg2soo1_540.jpg

What part of the world were you living in at the time?  No, I don't think it was an urban thing, per se.  However, I think regional differences were a lot more noticeable back in the 70s, 80s and even 90s.  Fashion trends reached places at different times and sometimes they were more pronounced in some areas than others.

In Hawaii, the trend of "crop tops", as you call them, (we called them "cutoff shirts", "cut shirts" or "half shirts" or sometimes "shimmels") lasted from about 1979 to 1984.  I remember they were really common in 1980, 1981 and 1982.  They appeared suddenly, they were big for a few years, and then they disappeared almost as suddenly as they arrived.

They were not seen as feminine at all.  They were mostly worn by the jock types.  You never saw nerds or geeks wearing them.



Your post is pretty accurate, but the photograph isn't accurate. It looks like it might be a soft-core porn type thing. Nobody walked around with their pants all open like that. The holes too are a more current phenomenon than a 70s/80s one (except in punk circles where holes in clothing were more common in the late 70s). And the shirt looks like it was designed that way rather than the more basic T shirt we simply cut with a scissors.

This is a little more representative:

http://i.pinimg.com/originals/d4/f5/91/d4f5912fc3737cf9598d6fa11d212fd8.jpg

Your post is pretty accurate, but the photograph isn't accurate. It looks like it might be a soft-core porn type thing. Nobody walked around with their pants all open like that. The holes too are a more current phenomenon than a 70s/80s one (except in punk circles where holes in clothing were more common in the late 70s). And the shirt looks like it was designed that way rather than the more basic T shirt we simply cut with a scissors.

This is a little more representative:

http://i.pinimg.com/originals/d4/f5/91/d4f5912fc3737cf9598d6fa11d212fd8.jpg
I can imagine a young Ross Gellar wearing these.

Your post is pretty accurate, but the photograph isn't accurate. It looks like it might be a soft-core porn type thing. Nobody walked around with their pants all open like that.

True!

The holes too are a more current phenomenon than a 70s/80s one (except in punk circles where holes in clothing were more common in the late 70s). And the shirt looks like it was designed that way rather than the more basic T shirt we simply cut with a scissors.

Well, I selected that picture because I actually remember a guy who came to school wearing a shirt like that once (on a free dress day).    In fact, his shirt was even shorter than the one shown in the picture (almost to the point where it exposed his nipples).  But yes, most of the time they weren't quite that revealing.

Also, I do actually remember seeing torn jeans with holes in the mid-1980s when I was in college.  Mostly by the hippie / bohemian / wookie types instead of the punk types.

This is a little more representative:
http://i.pinimg.com/originals/d4/f5/91/d4f5912fc3737cf9598d6fa11d212fd8.jpg


Yes!  I remember those long socks, too.  Boys wore short shorts and long socks in 1981.  That was our uniform for gym class (but with a regular T-shirt).  One day a guy wore short socks to PE class, and the gym teacher called them "girly socks".  Ironically, about a decade later, the trend was completely the opposite: guys were wearing long shorts and short socks.