Star Struck Style

Yesterday was Halloween. On my way back home from an appointment, I stopped by one of the places I work to see what my boss decided to wear. She was dressed up as a nineties version of herself.

That got me thinking about what people might wear in twenty-five or thirty years from now when they want to celebrate Halloween as a caricature of themselves from 2025. Immediately, my thoughts turned to gray sweatsuits for boys and brown sweatsuits for girls. I can barely count how many kids I see walking around in color-coded, baggy sweatsuits nowadays.

I’d like to believe that there was an astrological connection to the “uniform” of the day. With Jupiter currently in Cancer, and both Saturn and Neptune hovering over the Pisces/Aries cusp, I can’t really put my finger on it. The streetwear trends do seem to correspond to Uranus’ transit through Taurus, and that planet is about to make its final retrograde reappearance in the sign in just a few days from now. Taurus is the “comfort zone” sign, so maybe that has something to do with this trend.

Whatever the case, I hope it goes away soon. It’s just way too utilitarian and boring for my tastes. I just bought some fabulous Bally sweatpants the other day in a black and gray botanical pattern that resembles a camouflage print. They are anything but utilitarian and boring.

Anyway, I hope that something shifts in the stars soon so that this trend goes away. I’d be thrilled to see something more militant and subversive take its place. Maybe that will happen once Saturn and Neptune move back into Aries, and Uranus makes its final move back into Gemini. Those aren’t “comfort zone” positions, and they shouldn’t influence anyone to don an outfit as boring as this generation’s go-to uniform.

C’mon universe — make it happen!