The 7 trends that defined the millennial summer of 2019

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

This summer's catchphrase: "hot girl summer."

• The millennial summer of 2019 was full of leopard print midi skirts, hard seltzer, and CBD.
• Many of these trends took off in the fall or spring, but they peaked this summer, thanks to millennials.
• Are you having a hot girl summer?
• Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Summer may be coming to a close, but its defining trends are still thriving.

Many of these trends originated in the fall or spring, but millennials brought them to the forefront in the summer of 2019. Millennials are reshaping the food and beverage industry with their preferences for spiked seltzer and CBD, redefining the leopard print in fashion, and remixing rap with country when it comes to music.

Read more: Meet the average American millennial, who has an $8,000 net worth, is delaying life milestones because of student loan debt, and still relies on their parents for money

From this summer's look to this summer's catchphrase, here's a look at the peak millennial summer.