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“I’m doing a lot of indie-sleaze [...] it’s coming back into style- that 2014 Tumblr situation,” Spaulding said.

COMFORT CHOICES.

Junior Jane Higgins likes to express her personality through fashion and prefers to be comfortable in her clothing while feeling dressed up.

Veering away from the baguette hand bags and velour tracksuits, junior Jane Higgins finds herself falling back on 90’s fashion trends. Ultimately, she “really aspire[s] to be a 90’s man,” Higgins said, but she also occasionally chooses a baby tee or oversized crew neck, and “vest for some extra flair.” Higgins disagrees with anyone who says jeans cannot be comfortable: “they literally feel like sweatpants… they make me feel dressed up though.”

Chandler Bing, a key character in the 1994 sitcom Friends, influences her 90’s interest. Replacing the

Wearing sturdy black buckled boots that reach mid-calf, a black leather mini skirt with sharp white stitching and a cropped green, intentionally worn out, soft wool sweater, Spaulding compared her outfit to the typical indie-sleaze look. She said it is the music, 80’s glam rock era and the British band The 1975 popular during the 2000s, that inspires her to dress in the different decades.

“I’m in my 2014 outfit and listening to The 1975 and it’s so weird—such a time capsule—because it’s like ‘What year is it?’” Spaulding said.

Micro trends are not easy, especially after consumers have conceded and are buying more than they want, more often than they want, and their closets (and dressers and chairs) have developed a constant state of clutter.

But micro trends also offer an opportunity to see a list of weak foundational norms so broad that there is minimal pressure to conform.