Iconic Style vs Fads

Style and Fads have some common similarities. For one, all style started off as a fad, or something that was popular for a time. The difference is style is eternal, while fads eventually fade away. Even as fashion changes, style continues to come back around. Things such as suspenders, fedoras, the fabric tweed, just to name a few, they have all come back around. Can you say that about bell bottoms or platform shoes though? Or polyester lol? (I make mention of these things not because they havent tried to come back around, b/c we know they have, but more so on how they are looked at in general since their heyday) Another aspect I notice about style is respect across generations. True style gets you noticed for the right reasons. Young and old alike love the appearance of a well dressed man; a sloppy appearance usually will get you the same disdainful glances whether young and old as well. This point rings me to what I think is the major faux pas of my generation: The sagging pants. This will NEVER be style! Instead for some odd reason its a fad that just will not seem to die. Even as the celebrities have FINALLY moved away from that nonsense, still in the inner cities you cant throw a rock without hitting somebody with their jeans around their thighs...and its so sad to see that lack of progression in my people. It was interesting to see designers try and implement that into their designs some years back, with the jeans with the underwear attached and about an inch above the actual jeans...we see that didnt last long. And hopefully the practice of sagging will die as well, and sooner rather than later!