{"id":12259,"date":"2021-08-29T23:55:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T23:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/?p=12259"},"modified":"2023-06-12T21:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T21:02:21","slug":"y2k-fashion-comes-roaring-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/y2k-fashion-comes-roaring-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Y2K FASHION COMES ROARING BACK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2002 film Hot Chick<\/em> served up plenty of Y2K fashion inspiration. (Photo Credit: Unpublishedzine)<\/p><\/div>\n

Stephen King, the famed American author of horror novels, once stated that \u201cSooner or later, everything old is new again.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0And this quote couldn\u2019t be more true when it comes to fashion trends. Fashionistas all know that fashion is cyclical, and, that if you hold onto your favorite fashion piece long enough, it will eventually come back in style. For the most part, these fashion cycles can take decades to come full circle, but in less than 20 years, Y2K fashion has hit the mainstream and is quickly emerging as one of the biggest trends in 2021, thanks to social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Gen Zers can\u2019t get enough. Videos tagged \u201c#Y2KAesthetic\u201d and \u201c#Y2Kfashion\u201d on TikTok have a collective 405 million views and counting.<\/p>\n

Gen Zers, those born between 1997 and 2012, were just babies when Y2K fashion was popular the first time around, so they are fully embracing the midriff-baring, butt-skimming looks favored in the early 2000s. This period, in fashion, was known for excess and driven by pop culture and ultra-consumerism. Paris Hilton became the face of fashion and trends and \u201cthat\u2019s hot\u201d<\/em> became her trademark catchphrase. Pop culture celebrities like Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Cameron Diaz, Beyonc\u00e9, and Nicole Richie quickly became fashion trendsetters with their velour Juicy Couture tracksuits, bedazzled Ed Hardy t-shirts, super low-cut denim pants, low slung belts, cropped tops, and Von Dutch trucker hats. Celebrities had lots of fun with fashion. And isn\u2019t a little fun what we all need right now?<\/p>\n

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Looks from Blumarine Resort 2022 Collection. (Photo Credit: Blumarine)<\/p><\/div>\n

Currently, fashion designers around the world are embracing the Y2K fashion trend. Blumarine\u2019s creative director, Nicola Brognano<\/a>, looked to the early aughts for inspiration. For resort 2022, Brognano debuted his ruffled minidresses, bedazzled belts, and low-slung denim. In an interview with Vogue, the creative director stated, \u201cMy Blumarine is more dirty, bitchy, sexier.\u201d<\/em> And now, the fad is gaining momentum and hitting the streets. Currently, stars like Rihanna, Dua Lipa, Bella Hadid, and others have been sporting their best Y2K looks and giving them a new, modern twist.<\/p>\n

WHAT EXACTLY IS Y2K FASHION?<\/h3>\n
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Pop sensation Destiny’s Child proudly wearing cropped tops and low-slung jeans in the early aughts. (Photo Credit: Pintrest)<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the past few years, \u201890s minimalism was one of the biggest trends that social media influencers gravitated towards. But today, there is an upsurge in Y2K-inspired looks. Y2K fashion is all about making a statement, it\u2019s the \u201clook at me\u201d<\/em> mentality that contributed to the rise of reality TV stars. Officially, Y2K covers the early-to-mid 2000s and so for Millennials it captures the energy (and shopping habits) of their childhoods and early teens, while for Gen Zers it reminds them of happier and simpler times.<\/p>\n

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Paris Hilton wearing low-rise jeans in 2002. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

The early aughts were undeniably defined by women who ruled pop culture in both music and film. Destiny\u2019s Child, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Missy Elliot topped the music billboard charts. Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie were socialite royalty and film characters such as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde<\/em> and Regina George of Mean Girls<\/em> became iconic fashion legends with their hot pink everything, bedazzled logos, teeny-tiny bags, denim on denim, and yes, their Juicy Couture.<\/p>\n

While this over-the-top fashion movement is hitting the mainstream, today\u2019s “It” girls and boys are styling these trends in a more modern way.<\/p>\n

BIGGEST Y2K TRENDS<\/h2>\n

TRUCKER HAT<\/h3>\n
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Celebrities loved their trucker hats in the early aughts. From top Left, clockwise: Justin Timberlake, Ashton Kutcher, Rihanna and Lindsay Lohan. (Photo Credit: Today News)<\/p><\/div>\n

In the early aughts, everyone rocked a trucker hat. It was one of the most popular tacky-chic accessories of that era and one that has made the biggest comeback so far. A trucker hat is much like a baseball cap, except that it has a graphic front and a mesh back. Justin Timberlake helped launch the trend in 2003 when he wore a Von Dutch hat to a Grammy afterparty. Soon thereafter everyone was sporting the trucker hat, from Ashton Kutcher to Lindsay Lohan\u2014especially the Von Dutch version, which was the “It” label of the time.<\/p>\n

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Rihanna in an Esso trucker hat in the spring of 2021. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Today, celebrities and fashion influencers ranging from Rihanna to Hailey Bieber have all been photographed wearing the beloved cap.<\/p>\n

ED HARDY TEES<\/h3>\n
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Britney Spears wearing Ed Hardy in the early aughts. (Photo Credit: Popsugar)<\/p><\/div>\n

Fashion lovers were obsessed with Ed Hardy tees in the early 2000s. The overpriced tees with printed skulls and tigers, and bedazzled tattoo motifs, were spotted on just about every celebrity. On the fashion marketplace app, Depop, vintage styles are now going for upwards of $200. In fact Ed Hardy merch was in such demand that they even launched an offshoot streetwear line, called By Appointment Only. The idea that these tacky tees would make a comeback was pretty unthinkable until recently when Bella Hadid and Addison Rae both rocked the tops. Rae actually wore her pink Hardy tee as a dress with platform flip-flops for the full Y2K effect.<\/p>\n

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Bella Hadid in an Ed Hardy tee summer 2021. (Photo Credit: The Image Direct)<\/p><\/div>\n

LOW-RISE JEANS<\/h3>\n
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Keira Knightley wearing low-rise jeans on the red carpet in 2003. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the sexiest Y2K looks making a splash at the moment is the tricky low-rise styles that were all the rage in the early 2000s. Every young girl rocked the style, even though the denim jean barely covered their butt-cracks). Fashionistas today are ditching their high-rise denim pants for these low-rise looks, which back then were red-carpet staples with celebrities such as Keira Knightly, Lindsay Lohan and Destiny\u2019s Child.<\/p>\n

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Bella Hadid rocking low slung jeans in 2021. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

VELOUR TRACK SUITS<\/h3>\n
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A few of Paris Hilton’s many Juicy Couture tracksuits. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, screen queens of the early aughts, made the velour track suit the ‘must have’ \u00a0Y2K fashion item. But not ‘any’ velour track suit would do, celebrities proudly wore their Juicy Couture track suits to everything from shopping sprees to lunch meetings. And of course, the Juicy Couture track suit came in a plethora of colors, as well as in bejeweled logo versions for a more maximalist aesthetic.<\/p>\n

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Kylie Jenner is bringing back the Juicy Couture tracksuit. (Photo Credit: CelebSecrets)<\/p><\/div>\n

KITSCH ACCESSORIES<\/h3>\n
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Another early aught trend was Butterfly Clips. Left to Right: Melissa Joan Hart, Sarah Michelle Geller, and Britney Spears. (Photo Credit: Cosmopolitan Magazine)<\/p><\/div>\n

Fun and amusing accessories complimented any early aught look, so naturally these child-like nostalgic pieces can be found all over TikTok and Instagram now. Fashion designers, such as Roxanne Assoulin\u2019s Fruit Stripe Enamel Bracelets, Gucci\u2019s Logo Resin Hair Clip, and Ganni\u2019s Scrunchie, have embraced the youthful trend.<\/p>\n

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Gigi Hadid rocking Y2K hair clips in 2021. (Photo Credit: Buro247)<\/p><\/div>\n

Sure, these over-the-top statement looks may be a boring rehash for some of us who lived through them the first time around, but when done right and creatively updated these Y2K trends can be new and fresh. This trend will never be a fav of the minimalist, but for the maximalist at heart, a new Y2K fashion mash-up will definitely let the inner 2000s teen in you go wild!<\/p>\n

So tell us, what is your favorite Y2K trend?<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stephen King, the famed American author of horror novels, once stated that \u201cSooner or later, everything old is new again.\u201d\u00a0And this quote couldn\u2019t be more true when it comes to fashion trends. Fashionistas all know that fashion is cyclical, and, that if you hold onto your favorite fashion piece long enough, it will eventually come […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1195,1196,1199,1201,1200,1197,1198],"class_list":["post-12259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trends","tag-y2kaesthetic","tag-y2kfashion","tag-ed-hardy","tag-juicy-couture","tag-low-rise-jeans","tag-trucker-hat","tag-von-dutch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12259"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12285,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12259\/revisions\/12285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.universityoffashion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}