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doing well among younger
women, while women over 40
are still preferring the mid-rise.

Elissa Bloom, executive
director at the Philadelphia
Fashion Incubator at Macy’s
Center City, has noticed the
menswear-inspired fashion
trend as well.

It’s going in the other
direction, too, she said, with
men’s clothing looking a little
more feminine.

“Men are wearing brighter
colors and wearing fl orals,”
Bloom said. “It used to be, I
remember, that if a guy wore
orange or a guy wore pink or
purple, that was like, a huge
big fashion statement. Now, it’s
them wearing more fl orals or
carrying a bag.”
Like Edelstein, Bloom said
that what’s trendy is not the
most important element of
picking out an outfi t. Th e more
successful designers don’t look
toward trends, she noted.

Consumers are also shop-
ping diff erently than they
have before, and they’re shop-
ping less. In the age of Marie
Kondo, Rent-the-Runway,
consignment shops and cloth-
ing swaps, people invest less
in their attire. When they do
invest, they save up for that
one-of-a-kind special piece to
add to their wardrobe.

Some in the fashion indus-
try are even starting to ques-
tion whether fashion shows
are becoming obsolete, Bloom
said. Now, people see the new
styles six to eight months
before they hit the market, and
by the time a trend gets to the
stores, they’ve moved on to the
next thing.

“You only wear like 20 per-
cent of your closet,” Bloom
said. “Eighty percent of the
things in your closet, you don’t
even wear. People don’t want
to own or have all of that stuff
anymore, and it frees them up
to be more stylish and risk-tak-
ing in how they dress because
Pantsuits are trendy right now.

they can experiment without
having to invest in purchasing.

Th at’s going to continue to be
a trend.”
Social media is democra-
tizing trends, Bloom said, and
trends are coming from more
places than ever before.

Part of that is more cloth-
ing targeted to underserved
markets, such as clothing for
people with disabilities or plus-
sized clothing.

Pantsuits are becoming
more popular, as are colors like
pink and yellow.

There are also more
Orthodox designers and fash-
ion bloggers out there now,
and Bloom has seen modest
clothing, which cover the body
but are still modern and femi-
nine, becoming more popular
all over the world — not just in
the Jewish community.

When it comes to accesso-
ries, jewelry is becoming more
bold, Bloom said. Women are
choosing to wear one statement
piece instead of multiple pieces
of jewelry.

On the other hand, ath-
leisure wear is going away.

Instead of wearing athleisure,
like yoga pants and shorts,
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