I believe that it can happen to people easily, but it hasn't happened to me...yet.

I think some people do have a situation like that, but it hasn't really happened to me. I didn't feel attractive ever in my life, and I just wear what is comfortable or whatever I feel like wearing that day.

I feel most attractive in this decade so maybe that's why my look is up to date.

i wasnt alive for most of the 80s, yet i dress like it. i dont think thats the same thing though, so i put NO

I'm not but Jonah's theory has quite a bit of merit, I know plenty of people who THINK they were more attractive in high school and still wear the same makeup and hairstyle.

I didn't vote, because I don't really know! I wear the same style of makeup and hair, but it's not really because I felt more attractive in high school. I'm not all that into looking "made up" - I wear neutrals on my eyes, brown eyeliner, black mascara, and sheer foundation/blush/lip gloss. I also have curly hair, which I feel like I can't really "update" - other people with curly hair know that only a few different hairstyles work with one's curls without making one look like mushroom head or triangle head! I definitely use different products (thank goodness I'm no longer on part-time pay like I was back then!) but overall my natural look hasn't changed much. Can a clean, natural look make you look dated?

I have moved on since HS, my hair is a little darker, and a lot shorter and my makeup routine has changed, and I am in better shape now than I ever was in HS. The only thing that has changed is the $ of things. In high school I could get an entire beauty routine for maybe $150. Now, it would cost me close to $800 to replace very item of my beauty regime.

In theory, yes. In reality, no (or at least it doesn't apply to me): my body and features have changed since high school, and I feel that what (I think) suited me at the time don't necessarily suit me now (clothes, haircut, makeup - liquid eyeliner excepted).

I still have a certain fondness for the 90s though - I thought things like Buffy's outfits were SO cool at the time, I can't bring myself to even accept the fact they look a bit dated. I would still dress like her if I could find those clothes in shops nowadays!

Sometimes, I still dress and wear my hair as though I'm back in the early 90s when I was in high school. I can't help it.

But, I do dress more like my time now.

very whatever ...

my current haircut is one i never had before ... and i dress in clothes from stores i never shopped in until i graduated from college.

No, I try to keep up with trends and also wear things that are timeless. I have a friend who is stuck in the early 90's (she had a lot more money then and so wears expensive clothes from that era). I recently gave her a bunch of updated clothes and new makeup and she looks a lot better.

Your friend may have a point.

As for me personally, my current look is completely different from any past look I had. Right now, I think I feel and look my best. My look is continuing to change. I'm trying to grow my hair down to my hip (it's currently past my shoulders). This is the longest I've had my hair in 15 years, and it truly changes my appearance. I'm pleasantly surprised that I'm enjoying my growing locks, and how it changes my look.

Hmm, I know this may be slightly off topic, but while I was in the waiting room of my doctor's office, there was a woman sitting next to me who looked to have just walked out of the 80's. the look suited her perfectly. Her face looked young,so I figured she was 20-something trying to look "retro". The funny thing is, I realized she was getting botox, so she wasn't 20, just a woman that was stuck in another beauty generation!

I quite into the 50's pin-up way of life.

I'm stuck in the 50s and 60s, mainly. Very classy, business-feminine, lots of black, trousers, and blouses. But when i'm hangin out, I also love the 80s and 90s, so i try to mix that in too... n my hair will never change... i had to cut it very short when i was 16 because it started falling out and now its nice and long... want to keep it long forever. haha.

NO, I'M CLASSIC....NOT A WALKING TREND...I FEEL SO SORRY FOR THE GIRLS OR WOMEN WHO HAVEN'T FOUND OUT WHO THEY ARE....

Your friend Jonas did not invent that idea. I have heard many people spout the concept over the years, every time as if it were their own important discovery.

Doesn't mean it's not true--just means we've all heard it before.

I feel most attractive now in my early 20's so I'm a little more up to date. However, it's funny you use a picture from Clueless because when that movie came out I was probably 10 and really looked up to Cher for style and beauty and I think that came across a lot later in my high school look in the early 2000's so in that respect yes I was stuck in another generation. But I think the theory applies to anything whether you looked up to a certain look or felt most attractive at that time. I actually go to school with a woman now who IS the 90's. Brown lipstick, long poofy hair in a scrunchy, big Adidas sweatshirt, tapered jeans, Adidas shelltoes or other huge big running sneakers with the whole ensamble and a Polo Sport bag purse across her body.

Advah, I agree on Buffy's look! It's so not now but I wanted her look so bad haha

also the thought just occured to me that maybe the woman I go to school with can't afford newer/trendier clothes? but it's been quite some time since the 90's so maybe not, I think she's just stuck...

i like the trends now. not so much past generation trends, just not thing.

At worst, I'm stuck like 3 years ago when I graduated high school and felt really great about myself physically. Some of my favorite outfits are ones I got back then, but luckily they aren't super trendy. But maybe this is why I'm so adverse to the 90's, I wasn't very happy about myself back when I was a kid.