The comeback of Y2K and 1990s fashion has also brought back outdated attitudes towards models. We still associate super-slim with luxury, and until we shift those attitudes it’s what a lot of people will aspire to. Don’t we know better by now?

Londiwe Ncube, European fashion editor, Glamour magazine, tells Hurs

Now we’re overwriting the past ad nauseam, and at a greater speed. Take the goth-inclined subculture aesthetic known as Dark Academia. It could be seen as a 2022 version of a style from 2012 via 1992 via 1981 via 1964 via 1922 via 1880 via 1248. Dizzy, yet?

Fashion and music, too, are in decay. Trends are still identifiable, but they lack the clear demarcations of previous decades. Based on clothing styles alone, a photo taken in 2013 could be mistaken for one taken in 2019, a creative stasis unthinkable even thirty years ago. Maybe it’s the rapid cycles of fast fashion, or our smartphone-first social... See more