I'm no longer young, but I am sure I could resort to posting photos of the young who could not be placed in earlier epochs. I'd consider that a violation of their privacy and maybe even exploitative.
As a male my "style" options are somewhat limited, but I'm a pretty stylish guy. Male fashion is primarily unchanged for almost 150 years, but I have more than a few pieces in my closet that never would have existed a decade ago. I've recently become a big fan of Staple brand and the detailing there is definitely contemporary. The construction of my Uniqlo stuff is well beyond clothes that I used to own. My girlfriend is an artist, McQueen fan, runs a salon, and she's unbelievably stylish. We both sometimes "dress 90's" as a joke, but she managed to avoid nostalgic Weird New America, freak folk, dayglo, twee, or any other broad throwback trend. I think she and many of our female friends do a good job building their own thing. Unfortunately I find it materialistic, but there is a certain amount of artistry, self-determination and progressivism there and I get that. With the salon, her goal is to help everyone look their best, which in turn helps them feel their best, and thereby helps society. That's neither here nor there as far as this post is concerned, I'm just providing a basic defense pursuant of being preoccupied with something as unimportant as design and personal style.
I do agree with a lot of the points discussed here; visual culture has slowed, many contemporary trends ride on waves of (false or perceived) nostalgia, there is less obvious cultural invention, and middle America is a dominating cultural force that overpowers the advances of countercultures. However, the photo above cited as being "not out of touch" is, to me, pretty dated-looking. The premise that looking into the past and determining that there are factions of contemporary society that it could fit into is indicative of little more than the power of the Internet and ease of referencing history. A more difficult idea would be looking at an avant garde young person in 2013 and trying to wring ones hands to fit them into 1993 or even 2003. There are many cases in which this is just absolutely not possible.
One of the greatest parts of being a creative professional in 2013 is being able to very easily learn from all of collective human history and divergent cultures, and to draw inspiration from them, build upon their successes and failures, and to apply the newest techniques, technologies, forms and aesthetics to them, all thanks to the Internet. The democracy of communication and information explains both: why some see that socially observable time has stopped; and why others see that there is just as much, if not more, that is new today than ever before.
, considering I am a member of the Seneca Nation..