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Trends come and trends go, but nowhere is that more apparent than in the world of fashion and beauty. It seems like only yesterday skinny jeans and smoky eye makeup were all the rage. But now it's considered a thing of the past and "Millennial cringe".
The British Vogue predicts that tank tops, the color red, and plaid will dominate the fashion trends of summer 2025. But will everyone be following these guidelines? Some sentiments online suggest that people are becoming disillusioned with increasingly short trend cycles.
That's why we decided to look into which trends and fads people online find the most annoying. We've gathered the most interesting takes from different Reddit threads and TikTok and present them to you here. Turns out, not everyone is eager to buy into what's popular at the moment.
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#1
Super long and overly decorated nails, obnoxious fake lashes/lash extensions, contouring, anything Gucci and Balenciaga (sp?) or just “high fashion”. I feel like the idea of trends is just used to make women feel bad about themselves and force consumerism even more because if you’re not buying all the latest and greatest & keeping up with the trends, you’re made to feel like a loser.
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#2
I can't believe young people are bringing back mullets. It's the worst haircut ever.
Katarzyna Drozd 4 months ago
It seems like every girl now have the same "Instagram" haircut, long straight hair with parting in the middle. It's so boring. I think avantgarde haircuts, like mullets, are great
#3
Cropped jumpers and t-shirts. All the shop seem to sell only cropped tops.
Great if you are a slim 20-year-old hanging out in cool places but I’m fat middle-aged and on the school run - I need a jumper or shirt that’s going to cover my stomach and bonus if it covers my a**e too!
T'Mar of Vulcan 4 months ago
If I can't find women's clothes I like, I just buy men's clothes. I've discovered that clothes are 'gender neutral' and if a woman is wearing it, it looks like a woman's outfit. I have quite a nice men's button-up shirt with palm fronds on it that I've been told multiple times is "a nice blouse". Honey I bought that in the men's section at Woolworths!
#5
Fast fashion. Congratulations on destroying the planet and exploiting workers.
Julia Mckinney 4 months ago
And then you've got slow fashion. My husband wore a t-shirt today that's almost as old as our marriage (32+ years).
#6
I don't like how jeans have huge holes in them. They look ridiculous.
#7
Crocs as going out shoes…. Never.
#8
Plastic surgery or anything injected. I don't care how trendy a certain look is. In ten or twenty years, it will look crazy dated and tacky. But I would be stuck with it because unlike makeup or clothes I wouldn't be able to wipe it off or buy new.
#9
I’ve learned to never say never. But I can also confidently say I will never purchase a labubu.
#10
I am old so I am not really supposed to get it, but people wearing flip flops and socks and going about their day like they are normal shoes. Especially in the winter.
mr-dirtybassist:
Yeah. We use to laugh at people in socks and sandals...
Now it's trendy??
Wild Cream 4 months ago
Remember when people were wearing socks with high heels too? I hated that - except for some very specific looks, it just looks goofy 😂
#11
Shoes with no socks.
Mainly men of a certain type thinking that showing a bit of ankle in a sweaty shoe is…. fashion?
MmmThisISaTastyBurgr:
Shoes with no socks make me physically recoil. Sweaty, slimy feet and draughty ankles. Ewww
#12
Laminated eyebrows. I’m not interested in looking like I’ve been permanently zapped by an electric shock.
#13
When u pull out what appears to be a simple sweatshirt or sweatpants to find out it has something stupid like "good vibes only" or some s**t written on it.
TaiPer077:
Clothes that are cute until you look up close and the back says something stupid like “but first, coffee”
#14
Pajamas in public. Especially those plaid pants. Lazy and ridiculous.
Danni 4 months ago
As a girl Mom, and as a former professional teenager. I would way prefer my daughters (pre teen and teen) wear some comfy oversized pajama pants and not be pressured into wearing low rise super tight jeans or really tiny shorts. (As was the fashion when I was their age). Amen to big a** pajama pants and huge sweatshirts!
#15
Tabi shoes, I hate them with passion.
#16
Clothes that are so tight you can barely move like a normal human.
farraigemeansthesea:
Never a good look; screams desperation.
Craig Boddys 4 months ago (edited)
I hate that all I can seem to find these days is skinny jeans. I like to have unrestricted movement. I also don't like wearing anything that's so tight my testicles get crushed. Skinny jeans with elasticated ankles are even worse. I have to buy vintage skaters jeans now and hope they don't fall apart in the wash due to age.
#17
Instagram Face. Peoples faces are starting to homogenize because they’ve all had exactly the same procedures. I saw it described recently as ‘trying to look like a s**y baby’.
#18
Wearing a bra as a top.
Still_Quail_5719:
I took my mom to the doctor last Friday in NYC and a girl in her early 20s came in wearing shorts and only a bra. I’m in my 30’s and was beside myself. Have some decency and put on a shirt!
Earonn - 4 months ago
As long as it's decent for a man to go topless, I won't call a woman in a bra "indecent". It's not my style, but a lot of things aren't. Nobody bats an eye if women are wearing underwear on billboards selling underwear, movies, or cars, but it's horrible if they are here in the flesh? Please!
#20
Personally, I can’t be bothered with high heels, long fake nails, or flashy outfits that aren’t practical. Comfort always wins for me!
Luke Branwen 4 months ago
If I don't have to be uncomfortable to be acceptable in public, neither should women!
#21
Those leggings with the ruching round the a**e.
SaladSpinnerDeux 4 months ago
Workout tights with the elastic wedgie up the crack of the azz. Buttcrack pants. Ew
#22
Why are low rise jeans back lmao?
Im too fat for that 😭😭 how are you meant to keep them up?
CrabbyGremlin:
I’m not even fat and they don’t stay up. I guess that’s why belts have also become so popular recently.
Tabitha 4 months ago (edited)
Mid-rise jeans work best for me. I’m very short-waisted (long legs, short body), and the waistband of high rise jeans hits me right under my b***s. Mid-rise hits me at the waist. Low-rise is at the bottom of my belly button level. I’m also 64, and high rise tends to make my belly, which has never been completely flat, look bigger than it actually is—-and they make my butt look completely flat even though it isn’t. They remind me of Mom jeans. So, as long as there’s a choice of rise and I can get pants that don’t button almost at my neck, I am happy.
#23
Dropped shoulder jumpers sweaters and tops. They aren't flattering at all.
The dreaded combo of cropped and oversized together. You just look a mile wide and dishevelled.
Visible underwear, either intentionally above the waistband, or under completely sheer clothing, or just a poor choice for the outfit (wrong style or colour or too tight).
Wild Cream 4 months ago
The example in this photo is called a “cold shoulder.” I think what OP is referring to is the oversized sweaters with necks that are wide enough to drop off one shoulder? And I’m so sorry again, but I absolutely love that look 😅 I will accept any downvotes and shame
#24
Overdrawn lip lines are super weird, like I can see your actual lips. It looks clownish.
Lip filler because of the migration.
Alo. I have been trying to find good quality workout clothes and they actually have been the worst despite the high price tag. It's just Bella + Canvas with a $100+ price tag. Why/how are people affording so much bad quality c**p from there?
Zoe Vokes 4 months ago
Maybe it’s because I don’t wear makeup but I don’t understand lipliner. I used to know a woman who wore lipstick that wasn’t long lasting and she would always end up with just lipliner. And there’s a style of using it where it’s obvious and noticeably a darker shade. Isn’t it supposed to subtly make your lips bigger, more shaped, more symmetrical, etc. and not be the main focus of the lips?
#25
Not sure what fashion trends are hot at the moment in other countries or cities but here in Dublin, Ireland, cycling shorts are having a moment and they look hideous.
It's mostly younger women, teenagers and women in their early 20s - the kind of people who have the figures to pull off such an unforgiving item of clothing...yet they don't look good at all on any of them.
They wear them with heels mostly - all dressed up on the top half like they are going out clubbing then, on the bottom half, cycling shorts and heels.
I just do. not. get. it! It's such an unflattering look and it also looks ridiculous.
*I feel obliged to admit that I'm a 40 year old woman whose a*s has had it's day* 😂😂😂.
#26
Guys who wear the pants on show trousers falling down look.
whatanabsolutefrog:
I feel like that one never really goes away. I remember my mother complaining about young lads walking around with jeans "round their ankles" 20 years ago.
Wild Cream 4 months ago
No for real. It doesn’t look cool at all. It’s never looked cool. It looks so awkward and unattractive. It often looks like the guy is wearing a diaper. It honestly tells me so much about a person when I see them sauntering around with their pants at their knees.
#27
Skintight dresses with asymmetrical holes everywhere that barely avoid your backside/vulva/breasts.
#28
Cropped flare pants. I hate that they’re everywhere again. They don’t make ANY body type look good- proportions just look bizarre- and don’t go well with almost any shoes.
#29
As a woman, sheer shirts and dresses. I don't want to have to wear a cami under every d**n shirt!
shg stewart 4 months ago
I refuse to buy shirts that require other shirts to supervise them. Where I live, our climate is quite extreme. It's pretty normal here to wear layers in the winter, but in the summer, that will (maybe literally) effin unalive you from heatstroke. So nuh uh, not buying shirts that require undershirts, fugeddaboudit.
#30
Balenciaga and basically anything Demna Gvasalia touches.
The whole brain-dead, logo-emblazoned, fake raver, oversized, goth style. Basically if TikTok was a fashion house.
#31
I'm generally more bothered by
* The fact the fashion cycle has sped up way too fast in the last couple of years which means things don't even have time to stay around long enough to properly be a trend
* General enshitifcation of clothing and the fact it's impacting all levels of fashion
Than any individual trends, the only thing I guess that really bothers me is the over dominance of neutrals, like I admit I wear black 95 percent of the time (for goth reasons) but I walked into a H and M a while back and it was just like 'where's the colour'.
#33
Women’s cold shoulder fashion. If you want to show shoulders, then show them. Not the half-assed sleeves showing some shoulders.
Nikki Sevven 4 months ago
Tell me that again after you turn 55. My shoulders are still lovely. My upper arms, not so much.
#34
The super high-waisted, often thrifted, 90’s jeans or jean shorts that the girls are wearing now. They made our a**es look long and flat and weird in the 90’s, and they’re making your a*s look long and flat and weird now.
#35
The high fashion trend of modernism. It makes me depressed. Bring back colors and patterns. FREE THE CLOTHES.
#37
Make up. I'm not good at it, and it's not fun for me and make me so frustrated. I wish I wanted to do make up, but if you do something somebody else doesn't like you automatically get put down for being "bad". Love it on other people, but i refuse to spend 45 minutes doing something that's just going to look bad. Practice sometimes just doesn't make perfect.
Lauren Fechhelm 4 months ago
It only takes that long if you want to end up looking nothing like yourself. Mine takes 10 minutes tops!
#38
Contouring. I don't want to open the disappointment door everytime I wash my face and my cheekbones vanish like a morning mist.
#39
Ath-leisure.
Just looks slovenly IMO.
littlenymphy:
I think this has become more popular because most women’s clothes don’t fit all bodies properly but the athleisure is stretchy so it does.
I go to the gym regularly and have a real issue with jumpers and t-shirts not fitting over my biceps, which are not even that noticeably big but I guess they’re bigger than an average woman is expected to have.
Wild Cream 4 months ago
Can’t hate this one either. Sure you might look like you’re just running errands after a gym sesh, but what’s wrong with that?
#40
I'm not a fan of those wide panel sandals with the fur / fake fur over it. They look like you're wearing slippers out in public...
Little Bit 4 months ago
I can't make up my mind whether they're designed for winter because they're covered in fur, or summer because they're sandals.
#41
The f**kboi haircut that every popular kid at my school has. You know, the one where the sides are shaved and the top is a ridiculous perm that looks like spaghetti.
Barbara Burns 4 months ago
The haircut they describe does not match the pic. That's irritating, but anyway the f**kboi is called the 'broccoli' haircut on the US west coast, no?
#42
When things come back around too quickly. I want fashion to change. Even if we all walk round like tudor princesses with a modern twist. Idc, just give us something new. Not be stuck in 90s/2000's forever haha.
#43
Super-tight jackets and trousers that are also too tight and halfway up the calf. Just looks like you don’t know how to do laundry and are wearing something you accidentally shrunk.
Wild Cream 4 months ago
Oh it’s me 😆 I wear a size 4-6, but because my legs are too long for most mainstream brand pants, they ride up my calves and don’t fit right in the right places.
#44
2x or 3x that is only wide, not long.
Big and TALL f*****s! You forget the tall part.
#45
Boxy shirts. As a thin women with a long torso but curvy hips it is so hard to find t shirts at the moment that are flattering on me and don't make me look like a straight up rectangle.
Wild Cream 4 months ago
I have a fairly athletic build, so while I do have a waist and hips, it’s very easy to make me look like a rectangle in boxy shirts like this, so I totally understand. I need tops that define my waist a little.
#47
Dryrobes as coats. You haven't just been wild swimming or surfing, you're dropping the kids off at school.
#48
When girls wear a short shorts & long t-shirt combo that makes it look like they're not wearing pants.
#49
Those jumpers/sweaters that have oversized shoulders/armpits so they're really baggy under the arms. not only are they uncomfortable, but with no fabric under the armpit you just end up weirdly wet once you start sweating. and how do you wear a coat over them?? my raincoat certainly wouldn't fit over a jumper like that.
because of this trend I, a 1.7m tall, 70kg woman, bought an XXS jumper designed like this last winter. it fit like a regular jumper on me. something is truly f****d up if someone like me is wearing an XXS of ANYTHING.
#50
The clear, plastic heels. Omg I think they’re awful especially when they get foggy from people sweating.
Tabitha 4 months ago (edited)
Plastic has never been good for your feet, and I don’t understand why plastic shoes keep coming back in style. I remember Jellies back in the day. They were really cheap, so I bought a pair to try them out. They made my feet sweat. They rubbed against the shoes, and ended up raising really painful blisters all over them, some of which burst and bled copiously. All I could wear were flip flops until the blisters healed. After wearing them only that one time, I threw the sticky serum (the liquid that seeps out of a blister) and bloodstained Jellies in the garbage. I wanted to set them on fire, tbh.
#51
Expensive=good
NO MATTER HOW UGLY.
#53
Tops/jumpers with random university logos or city names on them, usually sold in Primark, H&M and the like.
Liserhawkie80 4 months ago
I have several sweatshirts with city names and college names, but I bought them in the city or at the college. I visited the place and bought a commemorative shirt.
#54
Crocs with socks 🤢 Crop tops, mom jeans, the cartoonishly large white sneakers.
#55
Red nose blush.
Wild Cream 4 months ago
The way some people do their nose contour these days is….not great 😅 some people do a great job, others make their nose look red, or add some line across it that’s supposed to make it look more “upturned” but just looks like you drew a white line, or they use so much highlighter that it looks wet like a dog’s nose
#56
Overly kitsch Y2K fashion. We had some good fashion at the time, and it certainly wasn't a sweater vest layered over a polo. I survived that era, and I'm not going back.
#57
Golden goose and other pre-dirty clothes and shoes.
Wild Cream 4 months ago
Yeah this one is so stupid. No one is going to look at you walking down the street with stained, dirty, worn old white shoes that are turning yellow and think to themselves “wow he can afford that brand, what a cool person he must be”
#59
Denim maxi skirts.
shg stewart 4 months ago
This person should never go to Israel, because every Orthodox Jewish "national religious" woman there lives in denim maxi skirts. I like them, personally. More comfortable than jeans because they have fewer seams, usually they have real pockets, and they're long enough that you won't flash your panties at someone while getting out of a car.
#60
As someone who grew up wearing sensible hiking shoes and fleeces (not a trendy family - used to do lots of country walking, dog walks etc), it always pains me somewhat to see Salomon running shoes, chunky pile fleeces, Teva sandals etc. as trendy when I used to stickout like a sore thumb wearing them (or the cheaper versions) on non-uniform days at school.
shg stewart 4 months ago
Teva sandals are the best, though. Then again, my normal winter shoes (i have trouble with winter boots) are Merrell hiking shoes with ice grip soles. I liked my Helly Hansen safety boots, too.
#61
Thick eyebrows, is that still a thing? Oh and botox, it just looks weird, clothes wise, I find the whole 80s throwback hipster fashion a bit much.
#62
The galaxy leggings or animal print.
Wild Cream 4 months ago
Galaxy leggings haven’t been trendy since like 2015. Animal print can be timeless when done properly.
#63
The floor length body warmer / Hoodie underneath thing.
#65
Those jackets that look like the Michelin man, socks and flip flops, or sliders...ffs... those stupid little bags the boys all wear.
Really smart dresses with trainers or big ugly boots.
Edda Kamphues 4 months ago
Some of us work in a corporate environment and take public transport. You don't do that in heels.
#66
Long socks with trainers.
I'm a middle millennial and therefore it is ingrained in me that trainer socks are far superior if you are wearing something that shows your ankle.
Kira Okah 5 months ago (edited)
"Late millennial". Trainer socks slide down with the walking action if you're actually being quite active and leave you with socked toes only. I had to remove my shoes and resock myself every mile or so until I could ask for different socks. Ankle socks (end just above the ankle instead of underneath) held enough grip above the ankle to avoid slipping with long time walking.
#68
Peplum tops just make me feel uncomfortable, they’re not secure enough to my skin.
Wild Cream 4 months ago
I love a peplum top 😆 helps emphasize my waist and hips, as a skinny girl
#69
Skinny jeans.
Liserhawkie80 4 months ago
As an elder millennial, you'll pry my skinny jeans out of my cold dead hands!!!!
#70
Leppard print like bro we aren’t the animal species.
Dog Mom to Zoe 4 months ago
Oh no. One of my favorite prints. But then again, I like tye dye too. ;o)
#71
Fell length puffa coats.
#74
Bootcut jeans.
I'm a 93 baby with short legs. It was only until skinny jeans, and stretchy jeans in general, came into fashion that I could wear something that wasn't instantly shredded to f**k under my heels. With stiff fabric gathering like an accordian whenever I bent my knees. I spent my teen years in pale blue jeans with messy, dirty wet hems.
Now I refuse to wear real denim jeans or anything that isn’t dark.
#76
Long cargo skirts !! Disgusting.
shg stewart 4 months ago
Oh, no, cargo skirts are awesome. They might not look like much, but they're comfortable and practical! I have fibromyalgia, and clothing seams really bother me, so I wear skirts and dresses a lot, and having a sturdy skirt with many pockets is awesome.
#81
Using only silver or just gold like whattt mixing metals is so cute you just have to find ones that go together.
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Cheese 4 months ago (edited)
I don't mind people looking how they want, but I do think that very young kids shouldn't have excessive makeup/skincare. I used to work at Sephora, kids as young as 8 or 9 were trying to buy anti aging products because they saw it on TikTok and thought they had wrinkles. There were also a lot of parents trying to push their kids to wear makeup when they didn't want to. :(
doredde 4 months ago
I don´t really get the sense behind this kind of posts. To each his own, be it fashion, trend or whatever. To each his own, as long as it´s a personal thing.Why the neccessity to judge or bash others about following a trend or not. There is a lot of hypocracy behind many comments. Hating or ridiculing others for their having a different taste as oneself is pathetic and narrow-minded.
Chris the Bobcat 4 months ago
"What's my biggest reason for rejecting popular fashion trends?" Because caring would be a waste of perfectly good fvcks.
Cheese 4 months ago (edited)
I don't mind people looking how they want, but I do think that very young kids shouldn't have excessive makeup/skincare. I used to work at Sephora, kids as young as 8 or 9 were trying to buy anti aging products because they saw it on TikTok and thought they had wrinkles. There were also a lot of parents trying to push their kids to wear makeup when they didn't want to. :(
doredde 4 months ago
I don´t really get the sense behind this kind of posts. To each his own, be it fashion, trend or whatever. To each his own, as long as it´s a personal thing.Why the neccessity to judge or bash others about following a trend or not. There is a lot of hypocracy behind many comments. Hating or ridiculing others for their having a different taste as oneself is pathetic and narrow-minded.
Chris the Bobcat 4 months ago
"What's my biggest reason for rejecting popular fashion trends?" Because caring would be a waste of perfectly good fvcks.
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