Millennial Men WORST Dressed Generation Gen X vs Gen Y
[0:00:00] Generation X, if you’re part of Gen X like
me, you are born between 1965 and 1979.
Gen X makes up 53 million people in the United States workforce.
Now, making up 56 million people in the workforce, we’ve got Gen Y, also known as millennials
born between 1980 and 1999.
Today’s video is a nine-round fight between Gen X and Gen Y to determine which generation
is more stylish.
[Music] Round one.
Fashion trends.
Starting this off, let’s talk about the fashion trends of Generation X.
We’ve got grunge.
How can you forget grunge?
But we also saw the rise of hip hop, we saw the rise in the 1980’s of preppy, of funk.
Guys, when it came to Generation X, it was all about the logo and about the strong large
oversized shoulders.
We saw the rise of casual lose clothing and the adoption of casual Fridays where people
were allowed to dress down on Friday and wear pretty much whatever they want.
Now, let’s talk about the fashion trends of millennials.
First up, the resurgence in classic menswear.
Not since the 1920’s and 30’s have we seen men wearing suits because they want to.
And let’s talk about street wear.
We’ve been able to see what are people wearing on the street and within days, people to get
that information out, so other people can imitate and copy.
And, let’s talk about the rise of athleisure.
Basically, athletic clothing that’s made with better cuts, high quality fabrics, great-looking
style and all of a sudden guys are starting to wear this even to work and I have to admit
I like the look.
Winner?
I got to give this one to millennials.
Round two.
Clothing fit.
Generation X is defined by loose-fitted clothing.
Pretty much you’ll see loose, you’ll see baggy fit across this generation.
When it comes to jeans, you’re going to see the bootcut, you’re going to see the
loose-cut.
And when it comes to suits, you look in the 1980’s late, you go into the 1990’s, we
saw very loose-fitted suits.
Now, the millennials seem to take the exact opposite approach and went for a much closer
fit.
We see slim cut jeans, we see skinny jeans, we see suits that are so tight on the man’s
body, it looks like he’s going to bust out of them.
So, who’s the winner here?
Guys, I got to give this one to the millennials because even though there are some extreme
cuts here, overall these guys know what they’re doing, they know the name of their tailor,
they’re getting their clothing cut to fit their body.
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Round three.
Manners.
Generation X grew up in a time period in which information was pushed down in a much more
uniform way.
You only had so many channels, so many new streams, so many different ways that you could
get information.
The school I went to in the 1980’s and 90’s, you call the female teachers, ma’am, you
call the male teachers and the coaches, sir.
And, when it comes to dining, Generation X ate more at home and, because of this actually
had manners enforced in the family more.
Now, let’s look at Generation Y.
What we see here is information is much more fluid, we’re getting it from a wide variety
of sources.
And, the idea of manners and etiquette, all of a sudden this has really changed because
we live in a global world.
Now, I find this really interesting that Generation Y has access to more information on manners
and etiquette, but has actually practiced it a lot less.
Now, part of this is that millennials grew up eating out a lot more and when they did
eat with their family it was often in smaller groups.
Now, adding to this and what we’ve seen in schools and across the society is that
things are now less hierarchical.
In a sense, we’ve got more of a partnership between teachers and students.
The results for millennials is that manners and etiquette had become much more fluid.
All right.
So, who wins this round?
It was a tough one, but I’ve got to give it to Generation X.
[0:05:00] Round four.
Shoe game.
So, let’s talk about Generation X.
You love your clunky heavy well-built shoes.
Now, Doc Martens were all the rage and it’s something in general men in this area, we
really like the heavy overweight the large sized shoe.
Now, if you really know your shoe construction and you’re Generation X, you went with a
Goodyear welt.
Why?
Because you know this is solid shoe construction.
Yes, it’s a heavier clunkier shoe, but it’s also one that is going to be able to stand
up to the elements and is a classic in menswear.
So, the millennials when it comes to their shoe game, they needed shoes that match up
with their closer fitted clothing.
So, we saw the rise of Italian style shoes.
We see a sleeker silhouette, we see a Blake stitch, we see a construction that is made
to have a silhouette that’s going to work with closed fitted clothing.
And, when it comes to sneakers, the millennials have been styling wearing a wide variety of
casual and dress sneakers that go with pretty much anything especially that athleisure type
style.
Now, when it comes so sneakers, we do have to think Generation X and the rise of Jordans,
but what we’ve seen the millennials do is take it to a whole another level.
The winner here?
Gents, I got to give this one to millennials.
Round five.
Brands.
So, Generation X, very loyal to their brands, they love logo, it’s all about status.
We’re going to see Levi’s, Guess, Nike, Hanes, Gillette, and Polo Ralph Lauren.
Millennials, much less brand specific.
In fact, they’ve shun really large logos.
What you see millennial focusing on is actually the quality of the built.
They want to be part of the story, they want something unique, they want something that’s
made for them, they want a brand that’s honest, they want a brand that’s transparent.
They want to form a connection with the brand.
Now, the best part to come out of this in my opinion is that millennials have become
very educated when it comes down to the construction and build of their clothing.
That being said, millennials do have a weakness for anything made by Apple.
The winner here?
Got to give it to millennials.
Round six.
Hair.
So, if have to summarize Generation X when it comes to their hair, it was we were in
maintenance mode.
We didn’t want it to be super bad, but we weren’t going to spend a lot of time or
effort and so we saw styles such as the mullet rise.
We saw longer side burns, longer hair, less concern for grooming in detail.
Now, with the millennials what we’ve seen here is an explosion in how much time and
resource men are spending now on their hair.
When it comes down to hair products, we’ve seen sales skyrocket and we’ve seen a wide
variety of brands pop up.
And when it comes to hairstyles, we’ve seen a number of the classic hairstyles resurface
with a bit of a modern twist.
So, we’ve seen the undercut become very popular, the quiff has made a comeback, and
we’ve seen the millennials even bringing ideas from the women side aka the man bun
and give it a shot.
Do I like it?
Ah, not really my cup of tea.
So, who wins this one?
Easily the millennials.
Round seven.
Facial hair.
So, for Generation X being clean shaven is de facto rule.
If you’re going to have a bit of stubble, that became a bit more accepted in the late
1990’s, had a bad boy-type of look and you did see the goatee start to rise up, but in
general, most men Generation X prefer clean shaven look.
With millennials, we’ve seen facial hair go all over the place.
So, check out this chart right here.
I’ve got eighteen different beard types and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
You’ve also seen stubble become much more accepted and popular something that guys realize
it makes you more attractive.
And even when it comes to being clean shaven, with the millennials we’ve seen the rise
of the safety razor, of the straight razor, and a wide variety of other different razors
types.
The winner of this round?
Millennials.
Next round.
Fragrance.
Now, when it comes to fragrance in Generation X, what we see are a lot of fragrances that
have a lot of aggression in them a lot of power, are very sexy.
So, we’re going to see Obsession by Calvin Klein, but we’re also going to see some
very important fragrances develop in this time period, Ralph Lauren Polo, Davidoff Cool
Water, Armani’s Acqua di Gio.
So, with the millennials let’s start off with Axe Body Spray and I know a lot of frog
heads they’re going to say, oh, that’s horrible, but here’s the thing is that men
a young age in this group started to care how they smell.
They wanted to smell great and we’re going to find across this generation that they love
fragrances.
Another interesting fact about millennials, they love niche fragrances and we’ve seen
this industry over the last decade grow by double digit figures every single year because
millennials are buying these fragrances.
And, millennials, they absolutely love their floral fruity and unisex fragrances.
So, who won this one, guys?
It was close, I got to give it though to millennials.
Next up on the fight, gentlemen, which generation has better style role models.
For Generation X, we’ve got George Clooney, Idris Elba, Brad Pitt, and Johnny Depp.
That’s pretty good, right?
Let’s look over at the millennials.
Now, starting things off, we’ve got typical Hollywood; Ryan Gosling, a great example.
A lot of guys look to him, but what’s interesting is I’m going to throw in Jose Zuniga from
YouTube.
We’ve got Travis White from Instagram.
What’s amazing here is millennials have style role models who they authentically connect
with and in many cases can reach out to and actually get a response and in some cases
even advice.
The winner here?
Millennials.
All right, gents, so if you are keeping score, I’m just going to lay it out for you.
The millennials just crushed Generation X.
Now, gents, what do you think?
Agree?
Disagree?
I know a lot of you guys are going to have a beef with me on this one.
Let me know down in the comments, I want to hear from you.
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[0:10:40] End of Video