It's a bit insecure to look at what young people are wearing these days, not think it's a good fit for yourself, and conclude that there's an issue with what the young people are wearing.

it's perfectly fine to have preferences in the fashions and styles you grew up with even if that's not what the kids are wearing these days. no need to yuck the yum of the youth.

Perspective of a 50 year old man. You should wear what you like. I have long believed "fashion" is a money printing machine. I won't say it preys on insecurity because that is condescending and ignores the fact that many people love following fashion, getting new clothes, etc. But I do think the pace of change is specifically designed to turn over cheaply produced inventory and ensure people don't wear the clothes enough to wear them out.

I have been wearing basically the same clothes for years. If I tear out a knee I buy new pants. That kind of thing.

My wife needs to wear business attire and fairly dressy stuff (blazers, etc). She is always buying new things and donating clothing.

One of us is spending an order of magnitude more on clothes.

I don't begrudge this, she makes more money than me and has to dress that way because of her job.

The point I'm trying to make is to stay current and fashionable is pa kort of her purchasing but she also just wears stuff out very, very quickly. It's the way the clothes are made.

The marketing and poor quality (weak seams, thin fabric, inconsistent sizing, etc) is all designed up maximize profit.

You have to remember every single point you made is objective opinion. It doesn’t make your taste wrong but it also doesn’t make your opinion correct. And yes, you are doing the thing all people do as they get older. You deserve a bit of an Ok Boomer for this post not being able to see the objectivity of personal taste.