Men’s Style Trends We Hope Die in 2025

Buckle up for our annual list!

Here at He Spoke Style, we generally follow mom’s golden rule — if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. However, each year we like to dispense with the niceties and invite our editors to air their biggest menswear grievances for all to hear.

This year’s list runs the gamut from fit preferences to grooming to social media and more. It’s a very fun read so sit back, relax, enjoy, and take some notes!

Mark Remillard

This probably isn’t that hot of a take, but “skinny” anything belongs in the garbage. It’s not 2014 anymore and your skin-tight suit with narrow lapels and cropped pants looks awful. Leave the 2010s behind and find yourself some clothes that have drape and proper fit. That way you can sit down without splitting a seam or shooting a button across the room.

Bonus: Quarter-zips. A regular, quality sweater or cardigan will always suit you better.

Tony Gorga

The Modern Mullet. The Burst Fade. The Permed Mullet. The “Patrick Mahomes.” For some reason, this has become the high school/early college-age dude equivalent of little black stretch pants.

One afternoon some months back, I was grinding away hitting balls at the golf club when the boys’ group from one of the local high schools pulled up. All of them – and I mean all of them – had the same haircut.

Brushed forward in the front, down longer in the back to form a mullet. But then taken down to a low taper 1-2 guard on the sides. Perhaps this is another sign of me quickly approaching the age where I yell at kids not to let their dogs pee in my yard, but I laughed at the absurdity of this visual. Stop It.

John-Paul Stuthridge

In my broad opinion, I hope to see several style trends die. One, navy trousers and brown shoes as ‘smart-casual office wear’, especially with fine knitwear on top. The world needs more textured knitwear.

Two, fake sips of coffee whilst topless for an Instagram GRWM. I’ve seen enough. Unfollow.

Three, immaculately lined beards that have been edged and faded with laser precision. There’s caring, and then there’s obsessive.

Last but not least, not wearing ties with smart shirts and suits. It just never looks right nor as good as someone who did put on a tie.

Drew Chambers

Weirdness for weirdness sake. I feel like broadly right now I see a lot of “fits” that are weird for the sake of being weird, versus actual practicality or style. Everyone’s style is unique and cool and this is not a knock on that, but I feel like a lot of people are simply throwing things together and saying it’s cool because it looks weird, and I would love to see more thought and effort come back into our dress.

Oh, and JNCO jeans. I disliked them when I was in high school, and I still dislike them today when young kids are trying to bring them back.

Ponzio Oliverio

While it is unlikely to die out anytime soon, I wish this obsession with ball caps as headwear for men would cease. For a small handful of occasions, like the ballgame, they may be appropriate but for most they just don’t enhance the look, and I would love to see the return of more traditional men’s hats. Even for sun protection the ball cap falls short as it does not offer protection for the ears or back of the neck.

Sage Men’s Temple Hat

Stetson

If all you want is an eyeshade, then a newsboy of golf cap fills the bill and looks much more polished. But what is wrong with a brimmed hat, like the classic fedora? If you want a more modern look a porkpie or other hat with a stingy brim would not be out of place anywhere you would wear a ball cap. Come on guys, let’s doff the ballcaps and don the hats.

David Reardon

This one is challenging. As a man who loves classic, timeless style, I don’t pay too much attention to the incessant tide of fickle, capricious, and – quite frankly – mostly silly trends that define a style era but have no longevity past a few years.

That said, when I think about what stylistically I’m okay to leave behind, the ASMR GRWM influencer videos come to mind.

While I understand their merit as a great way to show, literally head-to-toe, one’s outfit, the trouser “drop”, zipper “purr”, and shoe tree “clicks” (not to mention the perfume and glasses “pivots”) all feel overly theatrical without the added value of a simple style post with sourcing details for to the elements.

There was novelty in the concept originally, but now that it feels every single influencer follows the same format, I’m fine to only experience those moments (and hear those sounds) when dressing myself.

Your Turn!

What current menswear trends would you like to see die in 2025? Leave yours below and join the conversation!

Thanks for reading and, once again, Happy New Year!