'No skinny jeans': Gen Z launch TikTok attack on millennial fashion

Younger generation mock the style popular since 2000s, saying it has had its day and is not flattering

A generation war has been playing out on TikTok for some time, though anyone older than 24 might be oblivious to the millions of millennial v Gen Z" videos that have appeared on the social media site in the past year. But now the kids have turned their sights on something that millennials apparently hold close to their hearts: skinny jeans.

In scenes reminiscent of the OK boomer" meme that divided the generations in 2019, the videos have shone a light on how Generation Z - broadly defined as anyone born between the mid-90s and 2010 - identify themselves in contrast with the generation that came before them.