I was thinking about this a little while ago: when you look at old photos, it's easy to pick out certain fashion trends that look silly now but were ubiquitous at the time.
I'm sure some are exaggerated, IE: I dunno if bell bottoms or giant shoulder pads in women's blazers were ever that popular, and perhaps both came to represent the fashion of their respective eras because they're highly noticeable, and not because everyone was wearing them. And there are definitely a few things like that now, that I can imagine will represent the time period later even though they're not that popular now (like the Risky Business sunglasses revival).
What do you guys think? What're the actual meta fashion trends, and what less popular things will be used as shorthand for the fashion of the era, even if it's not that popular?
I'm sure some are exaggerated, IE: I dunno if bell bottoms or giant shoulder pads in women's blazers were ever that popular, and perhaps both came to represent the fashion of their respective eras because they're highly noticeable, and not because everyone was wearing them. And there are definitely a few things like that now, that I can imagine will represent the time period later even though they're not that popular now (like the Risky Business sunglasses revival).
What do you guys think? What're the actual meta fashion trends, and what less popular things will be used as shorthand for the fashion of the era, even if it's not that popular?