In the early 2000s when I was interning the office had black men of a certain age who still wore the jheri curl. Even though we made jheri curl jokes in middle/high school, after it had become unfashionable, you weren't going to make the same jokes in front of these guys. The typical profile at the time: late 30s/40s, veteran, logistics or CDL holder, motorcyclist (typically Harley or Goldwing), and devoutly religious. Sometimes people find the style, trend, or community they like and just go all in on it.
> Sometimes people find the style, trend, or community they like and just go all in on it.
People tend to imprint on the in style of their 20s & early 30s and anchor on it for the rest of their life. For example, it's why all of a sudden Gen X men seem to be wearing oddly fashionably cut jeans.
Does that mean in a few decades we'll see old men in tight "skinny" fitting jeans that we used to normally see worn by college girls --albeit girls would wear the ankle high versions with the slits.
Pair that with dad bodies/pot bellies —Holy Moley!
One exception to this is I don’t see older women wearing “backpack” purses.
