By Emily Chan
From skinny jeans to parachute pants, fashion trends are all around us. Whether you love fashion, hate it or simply don’t care, there’s no denying it plays a role within our lives. In some ways, fashion trends can essentially provide a guideline for our everyday outfits.
Often influenced by the various forms of media around us such as music and movies, fashion is constantly evolving. They are the combination of the past, present and even future. The trends seen today at Fountain Valley High School are all renditions of what was popular in the past, simply with a modern twist. That said, in the world of social media, new trends and aesthetics seem to have popped up almost spontaneously in the past 10 years.
Let’s ask our Barons which of these trends are at the top of their lists.
Disclaimer: Responses have been edited for conciseness and clarity.
Photos by Elizabeth Chang.
“Probably straight leg jeans because they’re comfy,” freshman Kalia Luu said. “Especially at school when you’re there for a while.” 
“Band T shirts and T shirts [styled] with pants that fit the color of the band t-shirt, maybe a similar theme,” junior Gabriel Sandoval said. “You know, if the T-shirt is baggy, wear like baggy jeans or something.” 
“That’s hard. I think I’d like low rise jeans…I just like how they look,” junior Dezi Butler said. “It’s just style [though], comfort wise I’d say they’re uncomfortable” 
“I personally really like the grungy, fairy core type of aesthetic. And a mix of academia. Like those are really cool,” senior Han Bui said. “Yea, probably anything with long maxi skirts and layers because that’s the whole idea of the aesthetic, just laying stuff onto each other.” 
“Okay, I don’t know, it’s really basically the baggy jeans … [I] like baggy below and short on top,” junior Sabrina Tsao said. 
“There’s a lot but I like a lot of like lace, ribbons and leg warmers because they’re like so cute, you know?” senior Jasmine Vo said. 
“I think my favorite fashion trend is probably baggy jeans,” sophomore Jennifer Devoll said. ‘I like them because they look cool. [I’d] probably style them with a tight, fitted t-shirt.” 
“I would say sambas. I like the way that the shoes are shaped and it fits my feet more because my feet are more narrow than wide. So I feel like the silhouette is really nice and it comes in a lot of different colors,” junior Daniel Le said. “To be honest [I’d style them] with anything because like they’re just my everyday shoes because they’re so simple, but like they’re just like different at the same time. I don’t know. Like I wear them in jeans. I wear them with shorts, with anything to be honest. 
