Bike Shorts and Their Comeback
One of the greatest characteristics of fashion is its ability to make a comeback. Through every decade, we have seen many garments and outfits coming in and out of style; some styles are gone forever but others return as the years go by. Recent generations have been in charge of taking a look back at past fashion trends and making them come alive once again. A great example of this is bike shorts.
Sara Holzman, a writer for Marie Claire, says: celebs, models, and street-style stars continue to make the case for spandex outside of the gym. This trend can be a polarizing one, but much like a tank or a tee, a good pair of biker shorts can be used as a multifaceted base layer. In short: they're whatever you want them to be.” This is the most accurate description of the role that bike shorts play in our current fashion trends because while in the past, bike shorts were meant to be known to be and used strictly as sportswear but nowadays, people have decided to reinvent the use of bike wear. Bikewear can certainly keep its past original meaning and be dressed in a sportive manner while absolutely rocking it but the newest reinvention on how we wear bike shorts has moved from the gym setting and into an everyday setting.
Due to their comfortability, many people have decided to mix and match their upper garments with bike shorts to wear throughout their day. The most common ways that people have decided to make use of these shorts have been by wearing them with their favorite shirts, oversized hoodies, crop tops, puffed sleeves, cardigans, button-down shirts and jackets, sweatshirts, sports bras and more. More styles to match with the shorts even take a more classy approach by wearing them with withe blazers, button shirts, heels, coats, any kind of boots and matched with other accessories to complete the look.
Not only that, but bike shorts have changed a lot of summer styles. Most of the time people would opt for wearing leggings to match with the pieces mentioned earlier but bike shorts are proven to be more comfortable and fresh, especially during warm weather. While many people think that bike shorts are currently trendy but might later disappear is not quite accurate according to fashion trend forecasts, Lauren Caruso, a writer for CNN, explains that bike shorts aren't just making a temporary comeback but are truly here to stay. With the many ways that one could wear bike shorts and still have the shorts pull any wanted look fashionably together just confirms Caruso’s comment and many other fashion enthusiast’s similar comments. Since bike shorts are not exclusive to a certain way of use, the possibilities of use are endless and guaranteed fashion success.
The beauty of bike shorts is that it embodies what true fashion is all about. And that is to express your own personality through the way you dress. Most people in the past would not have thought to make bike shorts a dominant piece of fashion, especially when they were originally created. However, with the many different fashionable variations of looks that have been created with bike shorts, certainly has proved once again that fashion can never truly die and that if a past trend was delightful, the future generations not only will be able to bring back a certain style but they will also reinvent its original use which will continue to live on.
