Visible Socks Return
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A discussion about fashion trends, particularly focusing on how Gen Z's preferences are shifting away from millennial fashion choices, specifically around sock styles and jean fits.
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Gen Z's Criticism of Millennial Fashion:
- Making fun of millennials for wearing ankle socks
- Prefer socks that are visible/showing
- Term "cheugy" used to describe outdated millennial fashion choices
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Jean Style Evolution:
- Moving away from skinny jeans
- Trending toward:
- Baggy jeans
- High-waisted pants
- New styles noted as more comfortable than previous trends
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Usage of "Cheugy":
- Describes outdated or millennial-associated fashion
- Examples of "cheugy" items:
- Skinny jeans
- Ankle socks
- Can be used as:
- "You're being cheugy"
- "That's pretty cheugy"
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Fashion Cycle Observation:
- Shows how fashion trends come full circle
- Previous "dorky" choices (like visible socks) becoming trendy again
- Validates some previously unfashionable choices
Note: This point of view comes from Sam Parr explaining current fashion trends to Shaan Puri during their podcast conversation.
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.