Stop Telling Millennial Women — Like Taylor Swift, Blake Lively and Chrissy Teigen — What to Wear!

Getting dressed used to be simple. We’d throw on a skinny jean and a longline blazer, or perhaps a floral tea dress teamed with some loafers and a waist-cinching belt, and feel like that girl.

Now? We try what feels like a modern take on the winning looks from our past, and it’s chaos. Step out in a midi dress and crisp white sneakers (like those favored by elder millennials Princess Kate and Meghan Markle, both 43), and Gen Z thinks we’re so cliché. And if we dare to nonchalantly throw a faithful denim jacket over the top, they recoil like we’ve shown up in a Juicy tracksuit and Crocs (both of which they also claim ironically now).

Millennial women are stuck in a fashion vortex: too old to be on-trend, too young to be invisible. Even the biggest millennial stars can’t get it right. Taylor Swift, 35, goes for a red lip and a pair of high-waisted shorts and she’s branded a 2014 throwback — which is, what, a year ago, anyway? Blake Lively, 37, wears a floral co-ord? She’s trying too hard. Chrissy Teigen, 39, gets mocked for rocking hot pants, even though she’s a literal model (but she’s a mom now, and her legs exist solely to be clung onto by toddlers, right?).

Yup, the internet has opinions, and none of them are kind to women who spent 20 years fine-tuning the perfect flicky eyeliner tip, only to be told that’s so millennial. Sandwiched between two generations known for their cool, apparently we’re just basic AF. Plus, we’ve aged into a confusing demographic. Are we supposed to be MILFs, She-EOs, rich moms, hot messes or all of the above?

If you’re a normal woman out there, just trying to get dressed for the office, your kid’s soft play party or cocktails with the girls (even though the “girls” are grown-ass women now), it’s a minefield. Are we still doing a French tuck or letting our tops hang free? If we dare to wear something figure-hugging, do we look more Kris Jenner than Kylie Jenner? And for the love of God, what the hell are we supposed to be doing with our socks?