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The runway was flooded with side parts at the Altuzarra spring fashion show in September 2025.
PHOTOS: SIMBARASHE CHA/NYTIMES
Rory Satran
NEW YORK – Along with skinny jeans and ankle socks, side parts were deemed tragically millennial just a handful of years ago. Influencers bashed them in viral TikToks with audio titled “Middle Part Baddies” in 2020 and 2021.
Generation Z and Alpha trend dictators convinced their elders to slick their hair into centre-parted submission.
