While back-to-school season often means a fresh wardrobe and renewed staples to carry you through the coming year, it’s also the time to experiment with new styling trends and patterns outside of one’s comfort zone – from skater boy aesthetics to the Y2K girlie.
We asked students from colleges and universities about their biggest style influences and tested their style knowledge, quizzing them about current trends and asking them to pinpoint their own style codes.
Each student’s style inspiration came from a variety of sources — including artist A$AP Rocky, the 70’s era, and various TikTok How-To or fashion content creators. The key to building a look, many expressed, is layering and pairing garments creatively.
Encouraging students to renew and redefine their back-to-school style for the season, American Eagle also returns with a new fall collection alongside their “Live Your Life” initiative. The campaign includes Coco Gauff, Trevor Lawrence, Kristine Froseth, and Nikki Rodriguez, talent selected to inspire optimism and connection in the next generation.
With classic blue jeans as a foundational element, the line includes a variety of denim pieces for the fall, from their classic designs to new fashion-forward silhouettes — leaning on the revival of cargo and baggy pants fueled by the 90s/Y2K craze. From High Rise Stovepipe Jeans to the Barrel and Baggy Wide Leg Jeans and Lived-in Cargo Pants, retro fashion is both the theme of the collection and also the style of today’s college students.
The pieces within the collection are designed to be mixed and matched, making it possible to live your life comfortably and expressively in American Eagle. Shop American Eagle’s fall collection in stores and online at AE.com.
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