Why do the teenagers on Netflix shows dress like aging hipsters?

The Muse

The teens on Netflix shows like I Am Not Okay With This and Sex Education seem to be dress in outdated fashion, says Emily Alford. "It dawned on me that the Netflix teenagers are all dressed like they are going to a house party in Bushwick or a Beach Bunny concert at the Roxy in West Hollywood," she says. "And the most likely reason that Netflix teens are dressed in this particular seventies by way of 1996 style is that the millennials styling them are creating content to appeal to Gen Z without making Gen Y feel old. The obvious solution is splitting the difference and freezing high school years in a perpetual Clinton era where everyone feels comfortable. It’s not that Gen Z isn’t watching, it’s that they aren’t seeing themselves, according to my research."