Star Struck Style

Predicting what people are going to be wearing in a year or two from now can be a rather futile endeavor. But that’s never stopped me from trying!

For a long time, I talked about the return of the Grunge era. We’re sort of there right now. Kids are wearing nineties-inspired baggy pant and sloppy hoodies. The unfortunate part of this trend is that it’s returned without any of the politics that inspired it. People were genuinely rebelling against the commercialism of fashion back then. Now they’re just trying to not look like their parents did over the last decade. Most of these kids have no idea that most of their parents dressed exactly the same way when they were kids.

Anyway, one of the big trends in the nineties that existed simultaneously with Grunge was post-punk. Post-punk was inspired by the late-seventies punk movement. It was subversive, rough around the edges and rather militant. I like the word “militant” to describe it because the trend seemed to create an “army” of youth who weren’t going to put up with the shit of the ruling class.

Looking forward to 2026, I can see punk coming back into style; I’ve already published a few blog posts discussing my predictions. However, I’m starting to believe that there will be a very militaristic side to this trend. Saturn enters Aries around Valentine’s Day and remains in the sign for about twenty-six months.

I’m not exactly sure how this trend will play out, but I do believe that it will be hard, not subtle at all, and rather androgynous. One of the things that made punk feel genuine the first time around is that it corresponded with a period of major economic uncertainty and political turmoil. You don’t need to be an astrologer to see that coming.

But I am an astrologer, and more specifically a fashion astrologer. If I’m not going to put my reputation on the line and make predictions about the future, I have no business being in the business of forecasting where fashion is going, right?

Don’t bother answering. That was a rhetorical question . . .