quite.  there was a period about 15 years ago or so that coloured cords were very on trend.  it was mortifying to have people i might be a dedicated follower of fashion

(it was admittedly a brief period)

remember the grunge scene?  Shabby flannel shirts and ripped jeans?  I was ahead of the trend and for a very brief time in my life I was on trend.. My jeans had holes in them because they were worn out, not because I'd paid extortionate money to buy them in some trendy shop.

Beyonce

Exactly. If they're going to steal some culture, why not steal some actual culture rather than the insipid triflings of the English countryside class.

I mean they can still plumb homeless and heroin culture for inspiration

I don't think white people can have any culture capable of being appropriated. 

I think I want a cloth cap. 

It is discombobulating when the unfashionable clothes you have been wearing all your life temporarily come into fashion…