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How to dress like a Gen Z

Ayra Starr
Ayra Starr
Do you want to look young and hip like the youths of the Gen Z trope or simply be able to recognize their fashion?
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The Gen Z generation refers to those people born between 1997 and 2012. Their fashion is very retrospective, and they copy a lot of trends from the 90s.

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Other generations that exists are the millennials born between 1981 and 1996, Generation X born between 1965-1980 and the Baby Boomer Generation from born 1946 to 1964.

For the Gen Z trope, fashion is about individuality, expressing yourself and giving a little shock value.

If you wear the outfits listed below, you might be part of the Gen Z trope. On the other hand, if you want to dress like them this is what you need to know.

Wear Crop Tops

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Gen Z love to wear their crop tops. Any outfit that requires their belly showing is embraced with enthusiasm.

Coloured hair

Wurld Tells Pulse about writing ‘Blow My Mind’ for Davido, being Nigerian and new EP, ‘Afro Soul.' (Instagram/Wurld)
Wurld is with a multi colored hair here (Instagram/Wurld)

Gen Z guys and girls love to dye their hair in different and unconventional hair colors like green, blue, and red.

Piercings

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Gen Z take the bold choice of nose rings, multiple ear piercings, and belly piercings.

Short shorts

Nollywood actor Timini Egbuson [Instagram/Timini]
Nollywood actor Timini Egbuson rocking a short shorts [Instagram/Timini]

Both men and women have hopped on the trend. Men show off their thighs confidently and women are wearing really short shorts too!

Fashion is fluid

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Both Gen Z men and women are breaking out of gender-conforming outfits. Men are painting their nails, wearing jewelry and holding purses. Women are wearing baggy trousers, sweatpants and chunky sneakers.

Statement shades

Tems was arrested alongside Omah Lay in Uganda [Instagram/TemsBaby]
Gen Z love to wear statement shades [Instagram/TemsBaby]

Gen Z people love eccentric shades of different colors and shapes that make statement.

How do you think you dress? Does your style and fashion mirror the Gen Z trope. If not, are you willingly to join them?

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