Us Has Thoughts! - Stop Telling Millennial Women What to Wear!

What’s suddenly so wrong with a red lip, ankle boots and a going out top? A lot if you ask Gen Z!

- ISABEL MOHAN

Even 30-something stars like Taylor Swift, Chrissy Teigen and Blake Lively get called out for their "millennial-coded" style.

Getting dressed used to be simple. We'd throw on a skinny jean and a longline blazer, or perhaps a floral tea dress teamed with some loafers and a waist-cinching belt, and feel like that girl.

Now? We try what feels like a modern take on the winning looks from our past, and it’s chaos. Step out in a mididress and crisp white sneakers (like those favored by elder millennials Princess Kate and Meghan Markle, both 43), and Gen Z thinks we're so cliché. And if we dare to nonchalantly throw a faithful denim jacket over the top, they recoil like we’ve shown up in a Juicy tracksuit and Crocs (both of which they also claim ironically now). Millennial women are stuck in a fashion vortex: too old to be on-trend, too young to be invisible.

Even the biggest millennial stars can’t get it right. Taylor Swift, 35, goes for a red lip and a pair of high-waisted shorts and she’s branded a 2014 throwback — which is, what, a year ago, anyway? Blake Lively