Every year consists of ins and outs for trends involving things like fashion and music. Trends can be seen as either an escape for people to be unoriginal, or as a fun way to keep up with current styles. I can see both sides, as uniqueness is extremely important, which is exactly why they fuel and innovate the creative trends that spread throughout society, but not everyone wants to lead the trends.

Fashion:

In terms of fashion, I was kind of enjoying the very slow comeback of skinny jeans, but Sophomore student Skye Taylor  disagreed, referring to them as “unfashionable,” and also having an opinion on the rise of bows becoming a recurring design on various clothes, suggesting that we, “leave that in 2024.” 

A large amount of dullness was also noticed in 2024, with very muted styles becoming more popular. Sophomore Thalia Gomes referenced this and then went on to also say, “a style I definitely don’t want to see in 2025 is the neons. I hate the color and I hate the look”. She went on to mention her love of the “new and improved downtown girl style”, which is essentially the style of the late 90s that included low rise jeans, leather jackets, miniskirts, and stylish boots. Trends from earlier years always eventually make their way back, and I hope to see this continue with the late 90s and early 2000s styles throughout 2025.

Music:

Now for music, there was a huge comeback for pop in 2024, and for 2025 I predict and hope for this kind of hype for R&B music. Artists like Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, and Ariana Grande have always been on the scene, yet they put out such amazing albums in 2024 that it brought them into the same fame they once experienced years ago. I predict that this is only the beginning for them as they will only continue to do bigger and better projects in 2025. Bad Bunny also started 2025 off strong with his new album, which was described by many people as a very culturally significant album for Puerto Ricans. Even sophomore Rachell Soto said the album cover might not be understood by everyone, “[it] literally looks like a picture of my grandma’s backyard,” clearly having a target audience and yet producing music universally enjoyable.

It’ll be quite interesting to see what’s new in 2025, as everything and everyone move forward. Will the trends move forward as well? It would be amazing to see more futuristic styles in fashion and music. As much as y2k is glamorized, it might be time to create our own trends that can be brought back in future years.