anything goes with emma chamberlain - 2024 fashion trend predictions [video]

Episode Date: December 14, 2023

[video available on spotify] 2023 is almost over and in some ways thank god, and in some ways, oh no. i'm getting to the age where getting another year older is starting to become daunting. i don't want to think about how quickly time is moving, but i do still have the mental bandwidth to talk about fashion. so in honor of us approaching a new year, i thought i would predict some fashion trends for 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When I'm recording this 2023 is almost over and in some ways Thank God and in some ways. Oh, no I'm getting to the age where getting another year older is starting to become daunting like when I was younger I was excited to get older. I was like the older I am the more independence I have the cooler I'll feel this is amazing and now getting older has a little bit more weight to it. I'm turning 23 this year. And 23 sort of feels like 25. And 25 is getting pretty close to 30.

There are gonna be a lot of life changes for me in the next few years. And the new year is sort of reminding me of that. It's this rude awakening that the clock is ticking. And on top of that, I feel like time is just moving so much faster the older I get. I feel like new year's eve 2022 was six months ago. No, it was a year ago. Time is moving really fast. And I'm going to be totally old soon,

but that's totally fine because I don't know, I think my happiest years are yet to come. So that's at least a silver lining. I don't know, for some reason, I'm already having an existential crisis about the new year. I can't do New Year's resolutions this year. I just can't. about the new year. I can't do New Year's resolutions this year. I just can't. I can't. I almost just need to pretend like it's not a new year. That's my vibe this year. It's like, nope, it's just another day because I don't want to think about how quickly time is moving. But do you know what I do have the mental bandwidth to do? Talk about fashion. In an honor of us approaching 2024, I thought I would predict some fashion trends for 2024. I'm going to share what I think is going to be trending in 2024. This episode is

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you get your podcasts. Now, I will say it is harder to pinpoint trends nowadays because we're so exposed to various niches and aesthetics through the internet. And trends just don't feel as universal as they used to pre-internet. I assume because I wasn't alive really before the internet. But despite how messy and overwhelming the fashion world is today because of the internet There still are

Trends that you can pinpoint like for example in 2023. We had Ballet core, okay people were wearing little ballet slippers little leg warmers Little leotards, you know what I'm talking about there were ribbons You know like ballet asks? There were ribbons, you know, like ballet asks sort of pink ribbons happening. Ballet cord definitely happened in 2023. There was the quiet luxury stealth wealth trend, which was pretty much just basic clothing, okay? Like simple, minimal designs, classic, timeless pieces that are classy, have always sort of been somewhere in the zeitgeist. But this sort of style became very trendy in

2023. A lot of people, especially celebrities, were really gravitating towards that sort of aesthetic. And I'll be honest, I hate calling that aesthetic, stealth, wealth, quiet luxury, old, money, aesthetic. I hate it because you can accomplish that aesthetic for so cheap. You can go to a thrift store and buy everything you could possibly need for that aesthetic. Go get a simple button down, a pair of khakis, a pair of simple, well fitting jeans, a pair of old loafers, a few nice sweaters.

You can get all of that from the thrift store for like 30 bucks. I don't like how it's being associated with wealth, though I understand it in a way because prior to this being a trend, designer clothing, expensive clothing was mainly very loud. Lots of logos, blah, blah, blah, blah. That was the trend. Now it's all about wearing designer clothes, but it not being obvious. In a way, sort of appreciate that sentiment too, but I guess my issue with the name of the trend is that it sort of excludes people who can't spend $500 on a button-up, like most people can't.

So that's so exclusionary, it's unfair to me. Like, it paints this picture that only wealthy people can participate in this trend and I just I fucking hate that. So anyway, I went off on a tangent. What else do we have in 2023? Oh, sort of a soccer or if you don't live in America, football aesthetic. A lot of people were wearing soccer jerseys in soccer shoes like the Adidas Samba was the shoe of the year, I would say, that's sort of a soccer shoe. And so many people were wearing soccer jerseys,

it was like all the rage. So all of that to say, yes, it is harder these days to pinpoint what the trends are, but in retrospect, there still definitely are trends happening. You know, it's not like a complete mess where it's like, everything is happening all at once. We can't put a finger on one thing. So here are my 2024 fashion predictions. These predictions are based on things that I've seen on the runway over the past few months

and got feelings that I have. My predictions are somewhat rooted in reality because I'm kinda seeing what's on the runway and the runway tends to predict what's gonna happen in the world, but I'm mainly going off of gut feeling, okay? And I'm probably gonna be wrong about everything. I don't know, maybe not, Maybe not. So we'll see.

Okay, to start 2010 Abercrombie in Fitch aesthetic. I think it's gonna come back. I Lived through this time. Okay. I remember What everybody was wearing. Okay, it was skinny jeans low-waisted Button up sort of polo shirts. Everything was really fitted.

There was definitely some preppiness going on, you know, the collared shirt, little preppy khaki sort of skirts. Very much a New England vibe, a East Coast sort of vibe, like upstate New York vibes. You know, the jackets had these like big buttons and sometimes were lined with fur. I feel like the Abercrombie and Fitch aesthetic from 2010 combined preppiness with outdoorsiness

in a way that felt completely impractical. Okay? Like Abercrombie and Fitch is not like car heart. In the way that car heart is actually outdoorsy. Abercrombie is not fully preppy. There are skinny jeans. There are mini skirts. There are mini jeans, there are mini skirts, there are short shorts, but there are also polo shirts. And sweaters, I really think that the entire vibe of Abercrombie and Fitch in 2010 is gonna come back now. Okay, I predict fitted collared shirts, I could even kind of see skinny jeans. I don't know. Like, I feel like we're due for skinny jeans to come back. And Abercrombie really loved the skinny jeans. I could see like tight jeans that have sort of a little boot cut flare coming back. Both of these types of jeans being low waisted at the highest mid-waisted

Abercrombie did a lot of mini denim shorts like super short denim shorts. I could see those coming back to Abercrombie tended to stick to a very nautical Outdoorsy Preppy color palette Navy blue white white, dark green, dark gray, etc. You know, I can see that sort of happening. I feel like Abercrombie and Fitch was sort of a romanticized version of living in a preppy place like Connecticut. You know, imagine you're just growing up next to a lake and you go to this

prep school down the road. And so you wear your collared shirt and your skinny jeans and your little boat shoes with your little sweater and you go out and take a walk by the lake. And then afterwards you go and I don't know, like ride a horse or something. And then after that, you go to bed. And then the next morning you wake up and you put on your cute little collared shirt again and you put on your little skirt and your little boat shoes and you go to school. Like do you know what I'm saying? It's that sort of fantasy.

I just, I feel that coming back. I really, really realized that this was coming back when I went to the spring 2024, ready to wear Miu Miu show. Go check out that collection if you wanna see proof that I think that this is coming back. If Miu Miu is doing this, it must be coming back. Yeah, it's like this preppy meets outdoorsy fantasy because it's not fully functional.

It's definitely an aesthetic. Okay. Next trend is sort of similar. So be patient with me because you're going to be like, I'm a broken record. Yeah, we have other stuff to talk about, but that comes later. Next trend, sailor. I'm talking about someone who sails about a sailor. People are gonna be ripping off that style,

or not ripping off, but copying that style. Okay, a classic sailor's uniform is white pants, white sort of button up top, maybe with some navy blue details, like a navy blue hanger chiff around the neck, and then a classic Sailor's hat, which is like a round sort of cap that has sort of a lip at the front of it. It's usually white, although, you know, they come in various colors. And then of course, boat shoes. Okay, boat shoes, I'm not kidding, like spares.

I swear they're gonna be in in 2024 and I'm not gonna lie, I'm gonna get a pair because I forgot about boat shoes and then my dad and I were talking one day randomly about what I wore in high school. And boat shoes were kind of trendy in high school. Like a few kids had boat shoes and were wearing them around, and I was like, I want boat shoes, so I got boat shoes.

And I wore them a little bit in high school, and I said to my dad, I'm kind of bummed out that I donated those, actually. I said to my dad, I'm kind of bummed out that I donated those actually. I said, now that we're discussing them again, I'm realizing how cool they are and how classic they are. And then my dad was like, is anyone wearing boat shoes right now? And I was like, honestly, no.

No. No one's wearing boat shoes. Fast forward two months later, I go to the MU MU show, the same one that I just referenced earlier. They're wearing boat shoes. Fast forward two months later, I go to the MU MU show, the same one that I just referenced earlier. They're wearing boat shoes and I was like, stop this right now. Stop this right now. It's happening.

Boat shoes are gonna be back. The classic brown boat shoe with the little brown lace on top. It's gonna happen. Just mark my words. I just really see people finding inspiration in the classic sailor uniform that we all know and love. Obviously, there's the boat shoe.

We already covered that. I think people are going to be copying more than that though. You know, a lot of times sailor outfits are all white with little pops of navy or little pops of red. I could see that coming back. You know, lots of stripes, like navy blue and white stripes, little pins and stuff on jackets and hats. I feel like sailors always have little pins on their jacket.

And even beyond that, just nautical themes in general, like sweaters that have anchors on them or fishes on them, quilted looking fabrics that have a beach scene on them. I just think nautical in general is going to come back, but more specifically, sailor aesthetic. All right, this one might be a back, but more specifically, sailor aesthetic. All right, this one might be a reach, but hear me out. We have the French artist aesthetic. Let me explain what this is when I imagine it in my head. Okay, I picture boxy sort of comfortable pants

in neutral colors, black, khaki, denim maybe, like sort of a classic denim, like a classic blue. I picture a black and white striped top. I picture a little beret. I picture loafers or ballet flats, but not like a ballet flat that actually looks like it would be worn for ballet, like no pink satin, I'm talking about just a flat black

or maybe red shoe. I really think that this is gonna come back. Specifically black and white stripes, horizontal, horizontal black and white stripes. I feel like that is going to come back in a big way. Like I feel like that is gonna be the pattern of a big way. Like I feel like that is going to be the pattern of the year. Actually, that's a huge statement. I don't know if I want to make that statement actually. Now I'm getting nervous, but I really think that black and white stripes are

going to come back and be like a very popular popular popular pattern. Because obviously horizontal black and white stripes are always somewhat in, you know, it's a very classic pattern, but I can see it being like the pattern for a moment. And the cute little French beret hat with the little things sticking up the little boop, sticking up at the top, I think berets are underrated, actually. I just got a few of them because I realized that they are deeply underrated. They're so cool looking. They add so much personality to an outfit. And I don't know, I really like them.

And maybe even with the pants, pants that have like paint stains on them and stuff. I don't know. I, I can see it. We'll see. We'll see if it happens. But the French artist aesthetic might be hot this year. And if it is, I fucking told you so. And if it's not, forget I said anything. This episode is brought to you by Airbnb. Let me tell you my favorite Airbnb story. Okay, it's a few years ago. And a big group of friends and I decide we want to go to Joshua Tree out in the desert of California. We just want to have a vibey weekend. Okay. So we go on Airbnb and we find a beautiful home in the middle of Joshua Tree and we book it.

What I loved so much about this trip was kind of being roommates with my friends for the weekend. And we all just got to play house. We cooked for ourselves, we cleaned up after ourselves, and we just had a really good time. This house was phenomenal too. I mean, everybody got their own bedroom, everybody had their own private space. We had a private pool, a private hot tub.

This house was so aesthetically beautiful that we were all just happy to be sitting in there and looking at it, because it was just gorgeous. It was super private, so we could all just be ourselves and hang out in the backyard and have fun and truly be by ourselves in the desert. I have a lot of great Airbnb memories. More to come. Okay, next, I'm seeing Vampire come back.

And I feel like we've already sort of seen the vampire kind of aesthetic come back, but I think it's going to get even stronger in 2024. When I think of sort of a count Dracula-esque look, I think of black clothes, maybe with some pops of white, maybe with some pops of maroon or dark red. I think of suiting, you know, like black and white suiting. I think of lace. I think of triangular shapes, okay? So like, for example, maybe it's a tight leather vest that has little points.

When I think of Dracula-esque fashion, I think of sharp points, pointy clothes. I think of dramatic trench coats. I think of a sleek black heel. You know, maybe I even think of, I don't know, I just think the vampy vibe is going to be happening. I feel like lace hasn't been super popular necessarily over the past year. Maybe I'm missing something, but I haven't seen a lot of lace.

I think lace is going to come back in a big way. Lace everything. Not lace everything, but people who are into this sort of Dracula aesthetic will definitely be wearing a lot of lace. I can imagine people wearing clothes that have like a skeleton on it, you know? Like I feel like that fits into this vampire core as well. Imagine a shirt that looks like it's in X-ray and it can see through to your ribs and stuff. I think that's going to be really trendy.

Like clothes that have a skeleton sort of printed on it, I actually just bought a shirt like that. Actually, I bought two shirts like that. Oh my God. Wow, see? Like, I can't tell what came first. The chicken or the egg. Did I buy those?

Just because I liked them. And now I'm saying that I think it's gonna be a trend because I liked them, or is it starting? And I'm just on the bandwagon without even realizing it. I don't know, but I do think that that's going to be a big part of that trend. Okay, so next one is a complete random guess. I mean, I guess it's not a complete random guess,

but I'm definitely winging it with this one, okay? But hear me out, Over the past few years, we've had many trends based on sports, okay? There was sort of the soccer core happening, which was the soccer jerseys, the Adidas sambas. There was ballet core. The whole theme was like the ballet slippers, the leotards, the leg warmers, the bows. What's next? There has to be another sport that has its moment in 2024.

I have a few guesses. Number one, race car driving aesthetic. Okay. I'm talking about race car jackets. I'm talking about race car jackets. I'm talking about super sporty glasses. I'm talking about you know tight sort of jumpsuit looking outfits this sort of

happened already in like 2015 It might be too soon for it to come back, but I think it might come back. If it's not that, I could sort of see it being hockey, too, though. You know, the classic hockey jersey coming back in with the sort of zigzag laces on the neck. I don't know, though, there's not really a lot to do with that. Like, there's not a lot to rip off from hockey. So I'm not sure. It could be baseball. Baseball core. Am I losing my mind? Honestly, baseball jerseys are really cute. Like, I'm not opposed to referencing a baseball jersey. You know, the capri pants,

super tight, the short sleeve button up top, baseball, it could be baseball. But what if it's like ice skating, it could be ice skating? There's kind of not, that's kind of too similar to ballet core though. Hmm, I don't know. But I do think that a sport is going to have its moment. I just don't know what sport it is. Like, I don't think you'd be football. I also really don't see it being basketball. That just does not, it's just, it's not, I don't

think so. I don't see that happening. Tennis already happened. Like 2021, 2022, if I remember correctly, a lot of people were into the tennis aesthetic. I love the tennis aesthetic, I think it's very cute, but I think that that's over for now. That's sort of already happened. Could it be wrestling? No, like what is, there's really not a lot to pull from that either. So I don't know, we will see. We will see what sport ends up being trendy

all of a sudden. Okay. Next trend has already sort of been happening in 2023, but I think it's going to get really, really strong in 2024, like even stronger than it is now. Sort of the 90s minimalism vibe. Like, not minimalism in the sense that the people wearing this style only have two shirts and two pants in their closet, meaning they're living a minimalist lifestyle, but rather minimalist design, simple designs, simple colors, you know, a gray pair of slacks with a black turtleneck,

a long black skirt with a button up top and a black sweater on top. You know what I'm saying? Like, simple accessories, a little pair of glasses, nothing big, extreme, super spicy, simple, white tank top and blue jeans. Like just super simple. I feel like the color palette is black, dark gray,

maybe light blue, denim, white, maybe maroon, maybe, but that's sort of the color palette. Little sporty, small frames, glasses, a simple loafer, or a simple boot. Everything's sort of understated. I don't know, I think that that's going to continue. Speaking of trends that I think are going to continue, I also think the sort of stealth, wealth, quiet luxury trend is going to continue. And you know how I feel about that, okay? I already went through that, so I don't need to go through it again.

But I think just minimal designs in general are gonna continue in 2024. I think there's a lot of fatigue in fashion because of the internet. And I think that that's why a lot of people are reverting to more minimal designs, more timeless designs, less loud designs, because more loud, overtly trendy things get old a lot quicker, and we're being exposed to a lot at all times.

So I think the desire for simplicity is going to continue for probably the next few years to be honest. And it's already happening, but I think it's just going to continue to happen. And I'd say the 90s minimalism vibe and the stealth, wealth, quiet luxury vibe are just two versions of that. And I'm not mad because I could wear dress pants and loafers and button-ups and sweaters in cute little glasses all day long. Like that's, I love that. I don't necessarily like wearing that all the time, but it's definitely a vibe that I go for quite frequently because it's simple. It's effective. It's timeless and

It makes me feel good, you know, I tend to dress that way when I don't want my outfit to overpower me. I Want to be the star. I don't want my outfit to be the star. I want to be the star Okay, now completely opposite to that. I also think that funny the opposite to that. I also think that funny slash ironic clothing will continue to be trendy. Now, there's always humor somewhere in fashion. Like, there's always someone doing fashion in a funny or ironic or weird way, but I think it's going to continue. Last season, when I went to the Agni Studios Runway Show, I remember one of the models walked out and was wearing this white t-shirt with a red bra on top of the shirt. Okay and that was one of the looks and I was like, wait, whoa, interesting. And then fast forward to like a few days ago, I'm shopping at this great shop in LA and

there's a skirt that has a pair of underwear sewed on the outside of the skirt. So when you're wearing the skirt, it just looks like there's a pair of underwear like slapped on the front. See, now that's silly and I think that that's a great example of how brands are going to try to be funny and ironic in 2024, exposed undergarments. I think that that's going to be pretty big this year. But beyond that, I think we can rest assured that brands are going to do the classic silly things that they do. You know, whether that's putting a funny graphic or a funny text on a shirt,

or that's making a bag that looks like a banana, or that's creating a pair of sunglasses that cover like half of your face, or that's making shoes that are pants, like making a pair of pants that has shoes connected to it. So it's like your shoes and pants are connected, like it's all one piece, things that are sort of extreme, ironic, funny. I mean, there's always some of that happening somewhere, but I think it's going to continue and even become more of a thing

in 2024, because in 2023, we saw some brands have a lot of success by coming out with products like that. For example, there were these big red boots in 2023. They were called the mischief boots and they looked like little cartoon boots. They were these huge, huge red boots. They were like hideous and dumb and funny and so many celebrities were wearing them and they were all over the news. They're all over whatever.

It's incredible for marketing. And I think in 2023, we saw a few brands brands that one that I just mentioned being a great example utilizing insane products that are ridiculous to market their brand, you know, get attention. And so I think there's going to be more of that in 2024 like even more than there wasn't 2023. You know, it's's a game nowadays for companies to win the attention of the internet. And it's very hard to do because there's a lot of entertaining shit on the internet.

And so I think a lot of brands are going to throw a bunch of crazy ideas at the wall to see what will stick and what will go viral. And as a result, there's just going to be more silly, goofy borderline gimmicky pieces out there. And I think some of them are fun, you know, if it's something that you can truly wear on a consistent basis, great, maybe it's something to buy. Even if it's a little gimmicky, sometimes gimmicky things actually can't be timeless. It's very rare, but I think what distinguishes a gimmicky piece, it's just gimmicky and a gimmicky things actually can't be timeless. It's very rare, but I think what distinguishes a gimmicky piece, it's just gimmicky and a gimmicky piece that actually is a good purchase, is whether or not it's usable.

Can you use it? Can you wear it? If it's something you can't actually wear, then it's just a gimmick and it's a waste of money. But if it's something you can actually wear and it's something that you genuinely enjoy and think is amusing and funny, then great Another thing I've been seeing on the runway that's been shocking to me is

super super high-waisted pants skirts shorts etc I'm talking about super high-waisted like up to the rib cage. Okay. I've seen these types of pants paired with bra like tops. I've seen these pants paired with shirts just simply tucked in, but I've seen it on multiple runways and that is assigned to me that it's coming super extremely high-waisted pants. I

personally will probably not participate in this trend. Like I really do not like how it looks on me. I don't have a very long torso to begin with. I really don't need it to look any shorter, you know what I'm saying? But you never know. I might try something on and be like, this is great. I love this. This actually works really well for me. You know, the thing is, these super, super high-waisted pants are not like normal high-waisted pants that cut off right at your waist, you know, right at the middle of your waist.

They go a little bit too high on purpose. It's sort of an awkward design. Like it looks awkward on, but I think that's sort of the point. Like, you know, sometimes we wear clothes because they give off a certain feeling. And that's the number one priority. Like they give off this certain feeling and that's all we care about.

I feel like that's what these pants are for. These pants are not necessarily meant to be flattering in a way. They're meant to have personality. And last but not least, I predict clothes that are very handy, okay? We're talking about pants that have a bunch of pockets on them. We're talking about a pair of boots that has a pocket in it.

We're talking about a shirt that has a bunch of pockets in it. Clothes that are really useful. You see what I'm saying? Useful in the sense that you can put a bunch of shit in your clothes, not actually poop, okay? But I mean, you can put your belongings into pockets on your clothes. I think that's what takes clothing from being functional to really functional.

It's like, whoa, there's a place to put my keys, there's a place to put my phone, there's a place to put this, there's a place to put my snack, there's a place to put that. Like, I don't know, I just can see that being a trend. And whether or not the little pockets are always useful, it's almost irrelevant because I think it's gonna be

more of a style thing than it is actually a functional thing. If that makes sense, this is very much utilitarian, you know, workwear, sturdy fabric, comfy boxy silhouettes, lots of pockets, maybe even too many pockets. I think that's going to be happening in 2024. And that's all I got, okay. That is all I have. We'll see if I'm right or wrong.

Let me know your fashion predictions for 2024. I would love to hear you can DM me at anything goes and let me know what your fashion predictions are for 2024. I really want to know what you think is going to come up. What's going to happen? I am so excited to see. That's like the one thing I'm excited about for the new year is like, what is it going to be trendy? No, I mean, I'm excited about for the New Year is like, what is going to be trendy?

No, I mean, I'm excited for other things too, but I don't know. There's just something so amusing about seeing what a New Year brings in fashion. So we shall see. That's all I have for today. Thank you all so much for listening and hanging out. I hope that you enjoyed it. If you did, you can tune in Thursdays and Sundays anywhere you stream podcasts watch video though Exclusively on Spotify

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And I can't wait. On the weeks that I take off, I'll be re-uploading some of my interviews that I did over the course of the year. So, you know, maybe, relisten to those. They'll pop up on your feed and you can relisten to those if you want. But there will be nothing new until January 11th, 2024. And until then, I love you all.

I appreciate you all. I hope you have the most incredible holidays. I don't know, I just love and appreciate you all and I'll talk to you next year. That's all I got. Okay, love you. Love you. you