Sofia Richie Actually Makes This Extremely Controversial Millennial Trend Look Good

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told British Vogue's of her relationship with since welcoming her Eloise. “But no, I’m not altering my style because I’m a mom.

I’m super confident and comfortable in the way that I dress.”So confident, in fact, that Richie is now rehabilitating a style that most Millennials would consider to be among the worst aesthetic crimes of the ’00s.

That is, the once maligned dress-over-trousers combination.Sofia Richie was this weekend photographed strolling through Los Angeles in a draped dress and coordinating pants from the Swedish designer Jade Cropper’s spring/summer 2025 collection.Unlike a significant portion of Gen Z, who are now experiencing things like Ugg boots and for the first time, Richie, who was born in 1998, would have been just about old enough to have participated in the trend when it originated.In fact she did, twice: once at ASCAP’s pop music awards in 2008, and later at the Myzos launch party at Fred Segal in 2009.Sofia Richie in 2008.Sofia Richie in 2009.When people layer dresses and skirts over pants in 2024, it tends to be a little less casual and with a little less denim. (Unless, perhaps, you are PinkPantheress or attend Goldsmiths University.)That might explain why ’s appearance at the was considered such a jump scare.

It was a too-soon reminder of the clothing that Disney starlets used to wear circa 2005—all spaghetti-strapped cami dresses, floss-thin scarves scraping the knees, and weird newsie caps.Trends are not reborn in the exact same fashion, but altered and adjusted, mercifully rehabilitated.This story was first published in .By signing up you agree to our (including the ), our and to receive marketing and account-related emails from Glamour.