subject: A Fashion Trend History [print this page] Things come in and out of fashion every single year. There is a fad that makes its way through the hallways of the countrys middle and high schools and there are styles which make their way through the hallways of every elementary school in the country. Many times these fads are linked to fashion and clothing.
There have been some crazy styles during the years, from bell bottoms in the seventies to tight rolled jeans in the eighties; it is either one extreme or another. One thing which has never been regarded as an extreme, or at least hasnt in a great time, is blue jeans. I guess that when they originally started off getting popular in the fifties, those adults and the older generations linked them with misfits and gangs. If you wore a crisp pair of dark blue jeans with the cuffs rolled, you were in all likelihood making a statement.
Through the years and as they became a more acknowledged part of daily dress, the bad associations went with the older generation and as the young men and women grew up and become parents of their own children, they saw nothing wrong with the blue jeans as a fashion statement. They perhaps didnt prefer the torn pants and the bell bottoms, since they were different, however they really were merely blue jeans and everybody should have at least one pair of them.
You need something to relax in on the weekend; there is only so many pairs of khakis that you will be able to wear before you go insane. What was once a fashion statement became part of the mainstream, although unlike almost every other things which finally make it into the mainstream, blue jeans never became embarrassing to wear.
Most fashion styles which start off on the fringe and ultimately break through into daily life have the likelihood to lose all of their appeal to the younger generation that actually originated the trend. As soon as you start seeing it on television or movies, it has usually passed its prime coolness. And if you begin seeing adults, people over the age of 30 with kids of their own doing it or wearing it, you can practically guarantee it has lost all of its edge and coolness.
The only thing that seems to combat that trend is blue jeans, and even though quite a few different types have come in and out of fashion over the years, a basic pair is still as cool as it ever was.
