TRENDS OF 2020

This past year has been like no other in recent memory. Almost nothing about 2020—from our obsession with Joe Exotic to the rise of face mask chains—was at all expected. So, of course, very little about the fashion trends from the past 12 months felt normal or predictable, either. So here are some of the most known fashion trends of 2020.

TIE DYE

This ‘60s throwback had been growing in popularity since 2018, but it really hit a fever pitch around March and April. It became an easy and cheerful way to take comfy stay-at-home basics, like T-shirts and sweatpants, and make them feel a little less drab or dowdy.

SWEATSUITS

This will forever be remembered as the year that comfort reigned supreme. And nothing embodied this better than the fact that we all collectively deemed it not just acceptable but actually fashion-forward to wear matching sweatshirts and sweatpants for any and every occasion.

BIKE SHORTS

When Kim Kardashian first stepped out in spandex shorts paired with a tight tank top and strappy heels in 2016, many thought she looked ridiculous and assumed the look would surely go down as one of her worst-dressed moments. Little did we know, we’d soon all be rocking the Princess Diana ‘80s-era trend, day in and day out.

‘90S NOSTALGIA

Maybe it was a yearning for simpler times, maybe it was the natural cycle of fashion trends or maybe all we wanted was a sense of comfort found in the symbols of our youth—whatever the reason, this was the year that ‘90s styles came roaring back full force.

OVER-THE-TOP TIGER PRINTS

Animal prints are pretty much always in style, but we collectively took it to a whole new level of fierce after binging Tiger King on Netflix in March. Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin inspired us to pull out all the black and orange tiger stripes we could get our hands on, very often preferring gaudier pieces over anything actually stylish.