Do you feel like you dress like a trendy member of Gen Z?
Maybe you’re giving yourself away as a millennial, born between 1981 and 1996, without even realizing it.
TikTok content creators explain the top giveaways that you’re a millennial instead of Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012), from the way you wear your socks to the shape of your nails.
While you may appreciate your classic style, these small, trendy tweaks can make you look a little younger.
TikTok content creator Chloe Baffert explained that “long, oval nails and obviously fake diamond earrings are dead” for Gen Z, calling it an “awakening for all of us” millennials
Commenters said they would never stop getting oval manicures and joked that Gen Z was obsessed with hating millennial style
Rethink your favorite manicure
TikTok content creator Chloe Baffert exclaimed, “My fellow millennials, I am here with a groundbreaking update. Long, oval nails and obviously fake diamond earrings are dead, calling it an “awakening for us all.”
The New York City-based content creator who is head of merchandising at resale website Poshmark explained that “squoval” or square oval nails are the look now.
However, not everyone agreed.
“I’m Gen Z and oval nails don’t know what you’re talking about,” one person wrote.
Another quipped: “Generation Z’s Roman Empire is the millennial life.”
Someone else stated: ‘I will never go back to square nails. Sorry, but they make everyone look like they have stubby fingers.”
Comedian Heather McMahan was particularly offended by the observation and responded to the video.
“So, what do you want me to do? This is how I live! “I’m not going back to the short square because that’s not who I am anymore,” she stated.
Don’t show any more skin in your Chelsea boots
Content creator Montserrat Varela explained that there was a millennial way to wear Chelsea boots, but also a “modern way.”
According to the Germany-based image consultant, the “dated way to wear them” is to show “that little bit of skin between the hem of the pants and the top of the shoe,” which is unflattering on most body shapes and outdated.
She also suggested not rolling up the hem of the pants or wearing skinny jeans with Chelsea boots.
Content creator Montserrat Varela explained that there is a millennial way to wear Chelsea boots, but also a ‘modern way’
The image consultant suggested replacing the leather leggings with a leather blazer so you can wear it with your Chelsea boots for a young, fresh look
The video quickly went viral, with many reactions.
“I’m partial to straight leg jeans, but you’ll never convince me that black leggings don’t look great,” one millennial commented, as another wrote, “I literally don’t care if I look old fashioned.” ‘
Others took issue with the skinny jeans vilification, writing: “Okay, but I’m curvy and straight leg jeans just make me look bigger.”
Another said: ‘You’ll pry skinny jeans out of my cold, dead millennial hands.’
One commenter argued: ‘The point is that Chelsea boots only look good with skinny jeans.’
Throw away your leggings
Leather leggings are over, according to Montserrat, as the personal stylist says the style was around five years ago.
Instead of leggings or skinny jeans, she suggested straight-leg jeans, explaining, “It’s really important to cover that little bit of skin.”
She went on to say that the boots should be longer and the pants longer.
Alternatively, women can wear tights or socks underneath.
Many commentators felt that it was more flattering to wear the ‘outdated’ style of skinny jeans in Chelsea boots, rather than wearing straight jeans over them.
To get the injection of leather that the leggings would bring, she suggested a jacket or blazer in the material.
“This is going to be very flattering and very modern,” promised Montserrat, who regularly makes videos on easy ways to update millennial outfits to make them feel more modern.
In fact, leggings are completely out according to Gen Z and have been replaced by flared leggings (better known as yoga pants to millennials).
Start by showing off your socks
According to the Australian fitness influencer, socks are also a giveaway Phoebe Parsons, who said it’s “exactly how you can tell the difference between a millennial and Gen Z, just by looking at their feet.”
“Gen Z wears socks exclusively, while millennials still wear ankle socks,” the millennial said in the viral TikTok, revealing her own bare ankles.
One commenter wrote, “Millennials all wore their socks when they were kids,” while another noted, “If they were bullied for the slightest hint of socks as aggressively as we were, they would never dare.”
Australian fitness influencer Phoebe Parsons showed ‘how exactly you can tell the difference between a millennial and Gen Z just by looking at their feet’
To make her point, Phoebe showed off her own super low socks that weren’t visible with her sneakers on
Many millennials in the comments took issue with the pulled up socks and joked in the comments that the footwear wouldn’t be the giveaway
‘Socks up remind me of when my mother dressed me as a child. It makes me feel like a little kid,” another commenter agreed.
“My face tells everyone I’m a 40 year old Millennial…no one will be fooled by my choice of socks,” read one popular comment.
On K, thank you. No-show socks are off, right? What do you wear instead? And how? So many questions….’
A fellow millennial shut it down when they replied, “Kids aren’t going to tell me what socks I can wear. Tube socks were never fun, kids.”