About women’s clothes: I heard somewhere that the 80s are coming back so maybe we an revive those jewel-toned clothes in the back of the closet.
And it’s filtering down to kids. My preteen, early teen girls aren’t kids sizes anymore, we don’t buy expensive suits, can’t afford to patronize the haimishe stores so they wear a lot of separates. And I find myself buying a lot of black tops and skirts – if they’re tzniusdik and the price is right they’re bound to go with something. It bothers me though when I see them making outfits totally out of black instead of using the pretty floral skirts they have. (I’m talking about Shabbos, weekday is uniforms or denim and a T shirt.)