In On TikTok, many bloggers have participated in a challenge called “If I were a pop star in the 2000s, what would I wear?”
They imagined themselves as pop stars at the beginning of the 21st century, and respectively interpreted the scenes of the big stars in that period in different scenarios such as “show rehearsal”, “signing at the roadside”, “dodging the paparazzi”, and “performing on stage”. wear.
No matter the background, their Y2K looks – crop tops, bell bottoms, Juicy Couture suits – are perfectly reminiscent of the early 2000s, a time when Destiny’s Child, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and other queens of pop dominated the time.
Of course, this is not just a social media selfie. In the fashion week show, we The revival of this classic style can also be seen from various details.
Blumarine Resort 2022
Let us first explain what “Y2K Fashion” is.
Y2K is a compound vocabulary: Y = Year, 2 = 2, K = Kilo, representing the year of the millennium – 2000. “Y2K Fashion”, as the name suggests, represents the fashion and trend of the early 21st century.
Entering the millennium, people are full of longing and longing for the future. At that time, the Internet was just emerging, and everyone was very interested in technology, so “Y2K Fashion” with a sense of technology as the core and a distinctive and unique style came into being.
Christian Dior Spring 2003 Ready-to-Wear
The pop queens of the turn of the century – Destiny’s Child, Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and classic hipster characters on the movie screen – — Elle Woods in “Legal Blonde” and Regina George in “Mean Girls” have become the definers of “Y2K Fashion”.
Still photo of “Legally Blonde”, 2001
This flamboyant style is actually very Magical, people who don’t love it will find it tacky, but those who love it will love it very much.
For example, Miss Paris Hilton, she not only led this trend 20 years ago, No matter how the trend changes in the past two decades, she still insists on this style, truly combining the names “Y2K Fashion” and “Paris Hilton”.
“The 2000s was an iconic and interesting time for fashion. No one had a stylist, everyone had their own style. Now, everyone looks the same
—— Paris Hilton
So, how should we reproduce a “Y2K Fashion” that is more in line with the context of the current era in the 2120s? You may try to start with the following key words.
#1 Hot Pink
Still photo of “Mean Grils”, 2004
The high saturation color is the symbolic element of Y2K, and this also affects the The clothing choices of millennials.
Completely different from the low-saturation “Morandi color system” that was popular in the past few years, “Y2K Fashion” chooses colors boldly and ostentatiously. Especially bright pink has become the favorite of fashion ICONs.
Kim Kardashian (right)
Imitation of the classic look in “Legal Blonde” (left)
I with a keen sense of fashionCONs have brought this trend back in the past two years. For example, in her single “Stupid Love” MV, Lady Gaga used bright pink attire, bringing the unique psychedelic, retro and futuristic sense of Y2K style to the 2020s.
Lady Gaga “Stupid Love”
The resurgence of fluorescent colors is not only reflected in the choice of clothing colors, loyal fans of “Y2K Fashion” will also reflect fluorescent colors in their makeup Hair.
#2 Midriff-baring
As the last pop superstar of the 20th century, Britney Spears’ outfits can be said to have become the vane of the beginning of the century. And when you open her wardrobe, you will find that the “short top + low-waist pants” navel-baring dress is her signature.
Today, the It girls Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, who are leading the “Y2K Fashion” to sweep the fashion circle again… have reproduced this classic dress into their daily life countless times.
#3 Matrix-style Sunglasses
If you want to reproduce “Y2K Fashion”, now you have made it clear how to choose the style of clothes And the color, then there is only the last step – accessories.
Sunglasses have always been the finishing touch to a perfect fashion look, but for the Y2K style, a pair of sunglasses full of futuristic sense of technology is essential.
Different from the popular sunglasses styles today, gradient colors, curved lenses, and no frame are the characteristics of the popular sunglasses styles at the beginning of the century.
Y2K Why can style become “popular” again after twenty years? The reincarnation of fashion may be just one of the explanations.
In the context of the global pandemic, we have experienced more than a year of isolation, Comfortable home clothes have become the fashion items that accompany us most every day. After wearing sports pants and sneakers for more than a year, who would not want to return to the most dazzling and self-expressive era in the first decade of this century? ?
The year of the epidemic has given all of us the opportunity to be ourselves and figure out what we like and what we don’t like.
Just like Paris Hilton As I said, many people are tired of the same style, and there are also many people who have lost themselves under the influence of “trends”. Compared with “always fashionable”, it is actually more difficult to “find yourself and stick to it”, and this, perhaps It is the direction each of us should work towards.
In that era of crazy expression, jackets decorated with feathers and blingbling beads, flared jeans hanging low at the crotch, and exaggerated wide belts can be seen everywhere…
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Perhaps the reason why the Y2K style is making such a comeback today lies in a very simple fact: everyone can find joy in expressing themselves in “Y2K Fashion”.
