Trends come and go.

However, you could safely do without some.

I had just gotten used to the shapeless, baggy clothes that Corona gave us, and then this. The low-rise jeans are back.

Horror.

Does it even suit anyone other than models and prepubescent girls?

Hailey Bieber, Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner already wear them.

They are also called low-rise jeans, because that's where they sit and threaten to reveal too much at any moment.

After ugly sneakers and crop tops, now low-rise jeans

Of course, you could just ignore the low-rise jean trend.

Drawer: Nineties and Noughties comeback.

After ugly sneakers and crop tops, it's now the turn of hipster jeans.

By the way, 20 years ago these models had at least one use.

Coincidentally, their marriage overlapped with that of Ass Antlers.

Even today, no one is forced to squeeze into pants that you can neither bend over nor sit comfortably in without showing your buttocks to other people.

However, there are trends that really shouldn't be repeated.

Because low-rise jeans give their owners the feeling of not being good enough.

Comeback of self-doubt?

What probably triggered self-doubt in women of all ages 20 years ago should now be repeated?

Adults may be more aware that fashion is coming back.

They have developed their own style and do not immediately question themselves if something does not suit them.

Of course there are weak moments, after all we are only human.

However, as a child or teenager, one is much more prone to unattainable ideals.

We all thought we had to change.

Thinner, even taller, to be beautiful.

Developing such a healthy body awareness is extremely difficult.

I still remember the body ideal that prevailed during my childhood: tall, thin, little to no curves.

Exactly what "Germany's Next Top Model" was looking for from 2006 onwards.

Something like that doesn't go unnoticed by children - especially not by girls.

Fashion was also based on this ideal.

Britney Spears, Shakira, even Tokio Hotel's Bill, all wore low-rise jeans.

The deeper the fabric sat, the better.

Back in 2001, Destiny's Child could have ushered in an era where it's legal to have a butt with their song "Bootylicious".

Jennifer Lopez is said to have even secured her with a sum of millions.

Still, it took years for other body shapes to become mainstream.

From 2010, Nicki Minaj and the Kardashians took skinny jeans and bodycon dresses (and plastic surgeons) to extremes: the hourglass figure became the new ideal;

a flat stomach and a supernaturally big bottom.

Rarely is someone blessed with both attributes, even when edited images suggest the opposite.

And although it was foreseeable that this ideal would eventually be replaced by a new one, the extreme change is worrying.

"Heroin Chic" is to be taken literally

In November 2022, the New York Post headlined: "Bye-bye booty: Heroin chic is back".

What is meant by this is a style of the nineties, embodied almost exclusively by supermodels like Kate Moss.

Extreme thinness, prominent bones, sallow skin and dark circles under the eyes.

The goal was to look like a drug addict.

As if that wasn't bad enough, Moss even revealed that nothing tastes as good as being skinny.

Of course, she didn't mention that she was taking drugs herself at the time.

A few years ago she apologized for this statement, but her words cannot be taken back.

The quote is still circulating as a motivational slogan on Instagram fitness channels.

You don't have to follow every trend

Of course, wearing low-rise jeans will not automatically lead to an eating disorder.

A resurgence of unhealthy and also dangerous ideals must nevertheless be questioned.

A trend rarely comes alone.

So now some stars with new emaciated facial features are noticeable.

If you find your face too plump, you can have cheek fat removed.

While adults know they don't have to follow every trend and can continue to wear skinny jeans and side parting—even though Gen Z has declared them out—teens often face different pressures to conform.

One can only hope that they will discover high-waisted pants at some point.

Or culottes.

Leo leggings as well, as far as I'm concerned - the main thing is that they feel comfortable and beautiful in them.

British fashion designer Alexander McQueen is credited with inventing low-rise jeans as a trend piece.

They have been up to mischief since 1996.

Maybe we could start here.

It's no exaggeration to ask designers and brands to look to reality.

To make clothes that fit the majority, or at least could fit, without starving.

Women's bodies have been conforming to ideals of beauty for centuries.

Shouldn't that be the other way around?