in/out 2025
100% accurate
hello check out my in/out 2025 trend predictions for this year ahead. Feel free to fight about this list with your friends over coffee at a diner.
in:
check the materials before buying clothes / no more cheap fabric!!!!
audio-only formats
physical media (DVDs, books)
butter
warehouse raves + early 90s rave culture
shabby chic
fairies, elves, gnomes
sepia tone
care bears + my little pony
off-season travel
cheap beer
monroe piercing (piercings in general)
aviator sunglasses
twee (like first term obama era)
pet bunnies, pigs, geckos “alt pets” lol
shrugs (the clothing)
academia/nerdy aesthetic
social exercise classes (rockclimbing, zumba, water aerobics)
grunge is back
messy buns
loch ness monster (new sightings, tv specials, movies)
bell sleeves
perms
phone calls
patchwork pants + crunchy hippie reboot
dumplings (the food)
hair charms
penny lane coats
colors: lavender, orange, moss green
dissolving filler (not my stance, just what we’ll see)
natural + no-paint nails
fishnets
politically forward rock ~ a la bikini kill, rage against the machine
offline celebrity era
chokers + ribbon necklaces
magazines
apartment swapping
partiful app boom (second coming of facebook events)
frozen yogurt revival
blind dates
lockets
braided hair crown
skillshare workshops (sewing, electronic repair)
“free luigi” shirts a la “free winona” / OJ Simpson trial level obsession when it kicks off + insatiable fandom
no-show socks
“old school” spiritual boom: buddhism, kabbalah, taoism
fiber is the new protein
“being a regular” at your fav bar, coffee shop, etc
all-inclusive vacations
composting
new popular cult will hit the scene
indie + acoustic rock
blazers / business-y looking jackets
sake bars are the new wine bars
DIY kitchen staples (making own yogurt, hummus, etc)
performance art
oversized sunglasses
drugstore makeup
heat-sensitive technology + fashion
faceless social media accounts
buy nothing groups
inflatable furniture / blow-up chairs
classic flip flops
budget hotels/motels (holiday inn, best western)
x-games (skateboarding, BMX)
webseries (can’t believe i’m saying this lol)
using products down to the last drop ~ no waste
black bean burgers + vegetarian food renaissance
popping off
local groups and clubs, actually building community + ritual
prediction: hunter biden on the surreal life or dancing with the stars (prob just a best selling book, wah)
out:
blaming your natal chart
“dress like your ___” anything videos / following other people’s style templates vs creating your own
overly cutesy designed expensive pantry items (recession realness)
coquette
lipliner
Instagram
man-on-the-street interviews
leather trench + bob haircut combo
celebrity brands (makeup, perfume, etc)
overpriced subscriptions (the era of streaming-cord-cutting)
literally TV / RIP good TV can’t wait for your comeback
“vibey” restaurants with bad food
eyelash extensions
therapy-talk
hard seltzers
mindless spending
vhs camcorder aesthetic (overdone)
quiet luxury
baggy jeans
bubble hems
ordering mocktails (just get a coke or diet coke or soda water with lemon no more $ on that shit!!!)
slick hair
camo / cosplaying as blue-collar
the following: “being trash, goblin, bedrotting, such a mess” cuz a real messy bitch would never say this? they would just be it idk!!
ballet flats/ballet anything
being a neutral ass coward! take a stance, damn
tiny little stick-and-poke tattoos
beige/stone/earth tone colors
thin / bleached eyebrows
“hauls”
over-processed “health food alternatives”
big thick headbands
“doing it for the plot” lol be a human, my guy
Disclaimer: if you like stuff on the out list it’s ok, dude. [but don’t say I didn’t call it once you realize]





You cooked !!
absolutely agree !!! emphasis on the physical media (dvd's and books), colors, and sake bars