I think a lot of the posts to this thread have hit the nail on the head.

1.Trends flow like the tide
2. People get into things quite often on the cheap, find that they like it and start to buy quality and upmarket goods.
3. With maturity (as one gets older) people tend to make a choice and stick with it and in my own case, become more conservative. I think this can be seen in many aspect of our lives

Over the last 10 or so years, I have worn jeans far less than I did in my youth. I now prefer to wear the kilt when going out to dinner, movie, well anywhere. When I have to wear p**ts, they are tailored or work ones.
I now dress a lot more conservatively than I did in my younger years.