Out with the surveyors – with the tradeswomen and clean girls.
Fashionistas may have been predicting the outcome of the 2024 presidential election all along – with one trendsetter appearing to suggest that sharp-eyed observers should have been able to see the results “written on the wall for months” “.
“Think about this throwback to Americana. Ralph Lauren is back on trend, folks [are] wearing Polo bags, little jackets for the ladies,” content creator Elysia Berman mused in a TikTok video posted after the election, citing current looks like Ralph Lauren’s iconic mini-bags and elegant cropped jackets made famous by Chanel as a lead story for President-elect Donald. Trump would win.
“These hyper-feminine ideals — a lot of it is about conformity,” Berman suggested, noting that the shift has been in the works for about two and a half years now.
She argued that left-leaning people are more likely to be interested in expressing personal style, while people who may be more right-leaning assimilate what’s in fashion.
The latter, she noted, has been rampant within the fashion world of late, signaling a “return to conservatism.”
As a result, people will start “dressing much more conservatively” in the near future, she said.
“There is a value system associated with that aesthetic. We are returning to that aesthetic because we have returned to that value system”.
In the comments, viewers agreed, noting that the popularity of influencers like Nara Smith — known for her make-from-scratch cooking videos — and Ballerina Farm “tradwish” Hannah Neeleman are signs of change.
There’s also been an obsession with Sophia Richie’s “clean girl” style, the hit series “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” and trends such as “old money, quiet luxury. [and] gentle life.”
Observers also noted the “cottagecore” aesthetic—marked by long, flowing, milkmaid-like dresses that look fit for tending a rural garden—as well as the cultural emphasis on Americana dress and cowboy style.
“When long denim skirts came back, I knew right away,” noted one user.
“The cottagecore milkmaid dress was the first sign,” said another.
“When people started wearing those American flag sweaters again, I knew it,” someone else wrote.
Another agreed.
“I knew the right was growing when Americana and old money stuff started coming into fashion despite the maximalism of 2020/21 – like we’re having a 60s revival,” argued one viewer.
“I remember taking fashion history in high school and my teacher taught us that skirt hems will tell you everything you need to know about the political climate,” noted another.
These claims are not far-fetched, an industry insider said.
“Fashion trends do not exist in a vacuum; trends are often indicative of larger cultural and societal changes,” Danielle Vermeer, head of social commerce at ThredUp, told HuffPost.
“For many people, fashion is a means of self-expression, social signaling and alignment with different subcultures. Fashion is political and never just about clothes.”
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