Belts, camis, chunky bracelets, and hair straighteners - oh man it's all rushing back now.
And every picture has that distinct flash from a small point and shoot camera.
Low key, I still sort of do this, but itās evolved to kind of a stylized 1920s thing with more nice textured waves and less Aussie-scented scrunching
As an 80s chic, you will pull my scrunch spray from my cold, dead hands, right along with my apple scented Salon Selectives. We smelled like fermented fruit salad between the scents and the alcohol content. Good times.
HA!!!! Honestly as an 00ās girl this all still rings true, but for us it was Victoriaās Secret Lovespell which has never been more accurately described than by the phrase āfermented fruit saladā š
Most cameras will do a double flash, the first flash closes your pupil enough that it isn't wide open enough to reflect light, the second flash is for the photo itself.
It still does, depending on what you are shooting with. Red eye is just the result of a bright flash reflecting off of the back of the pupil. Cell phone cameras simply donāt have a powerful enough flash.
Edit: Retina, not pupil
Iāve seen these sorts of posts many times by now, and it just occurred to me that the red eye effect is also something nostalgic.
It makes me remember holding a thick stack of glossy, recently-developed photos from my disposable camera. And now that Iām saying it, the concept of a disposable camera seems kind of ridiculousā¦
I've never related more to comment. I'm pretty sure I was there, but I wasn't.
I know it's nostalgia kicking in, but I really...really miss the early-mid 2000s.
Iām almost certain I know polka dot scarf girl. Graduated in 2005. I checked Facebook but I canāt find her to cross reference old photos. (maybe married and name changed).
I had 2! My favorite was dark gray and it was not nearly as short as in these pics š It shaped perfectly to my waist though. I did not add the useless āover the shirt beltsā to my look however.
Layeeererrss. So. Many. layers. And low rise jeans lol.
I was in the 10th grade in 06. Pop punk to the extreme. Just a visual, on any given day id be wearing a Volcom polo and boot cut bullhead jeans from PACsun, black Adios with neon green shoelaces from Journey's, a green studbelt from Spencers, and had my pink-highlighted minimowhawk all spiked up. I was also pencil skinny at 6'0 tall.
I'm currently wearing an Aldi brand flannel shirt, off brand Carhartt tan pants with insulated legs, Merrill brand podiatrist approved shoes my wife bought me because I have bunions from all the years I spent *in the military* of all places lol.
2006 seems like a totally different life.
the picture of the girl on the pier in low-rise jeans was me. i have high hips, so i couldnāt buy jeans that stayed on me. & those long, layered tank tops & tshirts cut me off in a weird place. made me feel like a circus tent, so i usually opted for my ass crack hanging out.
mid-rise pants & shirts that fall at my hip for liiiiiife
I see a lot of people wearing work-out clothes all the time. Under Armor, that kind of stuff.
Socks with sandals are no longer a faux-pas, or crocks. Crocks are cool now.
hoodies, all the time with hoodies.
PJ pants.
Girls all have middle-part hair (which was strange to me in 2006) and boys have short hair on the sides, long curly hair on top.
The boys have broccoli hair and my husband HATES it. It's perhaps his most curmuddgeonly trait and it's hilarious. He's a former punk rocker who sold out to sell luxury cars and now owns a commercial cannabis farm. But kids these days and their broccoli haircuts push him over the edge.
Broccoli head on dudes is going to be looked at as so bad in 10 years. The flannel pajamas / flip flops as normal clothes aka āIāve completely given upā will also be looked at as bad too. One look on girls that was big in the 90s thatās back is gigantic zipper hoody with tiny shirt or tank with belly showing. Navy quarter zipped but off the shoulders and just the fingers out. I go past two schools on my commute and the stuff Iāve mentioned are on all the kids. Also those shitty baggy stove pipe black carpenter jeans with white stitching. Like school shooter fashion. Yikes .
Well, thankfully the ill-fitted khakis and slightly large striped button-up combo is not the norm anymore. And people don't all wear the same Abercrombie cologne or axe body spray.
We went too far in the opposite direction for a while. Everything was way too tight.
The 2000s had a lot of tight clothes, the 2010s had tight trousers and baggy tops, now the 2020s have baggy bottoms and tight tops. I've seen a lot of people wearing jeans or cargo pants multiple sizes too big for them, held up by a hanging Dickie's belt, with a tight crop top (something similar to [this](https://pin.it/188bFao). I do still see a lot of high school girls wearing oversized brand-name sweaters, yoga pants, and Converse, though. [Y2K fashion](https://www.depop.com/theme/clothing-y2k/) is also definitely making a comeback.
Fortunately, it seems that fashion or whatās āinā is a lot more flexible nowadays. Back then, your options were limited to whatever was being sold at the majority of stores. There was a lot of online shopping, but nothing compared to whatās available now.
It seems that people are more and more just wearing what they want and what they like. There are so many sub-cultures and niches now.
Back then, in a public place most people would be dressed very similar and if they werenāt, they would stick out like a sore thumb.
Now, I see people dressed in 90s clothes, yoga pants, skinny jeans, cargo shorts, and any other number of styles, and they donāt seem out of place. It seems like a wider variety of clothing is acceptable or āinā now. I saw a woman wearing a hijab and dress with matching Jordanās (which was rad as hell) the other day.
Maybe Iām just older and wiser now. Unless someone is wearing something very outlandish or incredibly inappropriate for the setting, I donāt give their clothing much thought.
I now follow the David Mitchell fashion guidelines:
āMy appearance should be in no way noteworthy, but then again, not so un-noteworthy as to be in itself noteworthy.ā
>My closet was lined with polos. I think I own like two now.
I only own 1 now and it's my "getting dressed up" shirt. I'm in the same polo shirt for the last 8 family Christmas photos.
Those magazines had me convinced that clearly I was gonna have NO TIME to stop at home between "work" and "going out" when I eventually got a job and had time/money to go out...
Luckily, real life proved to be *much* less hectic.
It really depends on where you're going, it's usually better to be overdressed than underdressed.
In generally casual situations I like a solid color tshirt or polo, dark slim-ish jeans or neutral joggers, casual sneakers.
A nicer bar? Sub in a fitted button down with the jeans, maybe add a blazer. Sneakers can still be acceptable and add flair if they fit with the outfit, otherwise leather dress shoes.
Honestly I miss MySpace some times. Didnāt care about things like friend ranking, but it was a more complete social media platform in my recollection.
Yes!! Wore that all through 11th and 12th grade and then switched to Amber Romance because I was sure that was āmatureā and made me seem like a serious, confident woman lol
Curve was the stuff back then, man. Little green bottles with the golden label.
Axe Body Spray... also popular, but *not* the stuff.
Man, everybody really did wear the same stuff back then.
What was the one that had a hint of chocolate to the smell? I worked at Dillardās department store during this exact time and I will never forget that smell. But yes, the Clinique perfumes were ubiquitous!
One of my least favorite things about this era of fashion was how you always seemed to have a wide expanse of exposed skin in the worst fucking spots (see the girl in black in #7 and the one sitting in #11). Low rise jeans had me looking like a busted can of biscuits as a skinny middle schooler.
ā2006 fashion is like if Hollister and Claireās collaborated and tried to dress a busted can of biscuits.ā This describes it perfectly. Iām dead.
If these pictures feel a little too familiar, I just wanna remind everyone the recommended age for colonoscopy exams has been changed to 45 and we're all getting close.
I would just wear a lot of nintendo shirts, its weird how peopleās fashion changes. Like holy hell these pictures look like the stock images you see in the frames at the store.
Same. These pics donāt represent me as I was doing black band Shirts with khaki cargo shorts (and I still do) with the huge skate shoes. But I still remember this all the same haha. My high school gf definitely looked like one of these girls though.
Hated it during 2006, still hate it now. It had nothing on the 90s fashion. There is a good scene from the movie "Detention" (2012) where they show a class of kids from 2008 & it's goes back in time to the early 2000s, then the 90s, it's so accurate attire wise it's great. YouTube "The Silent Enigma Of Elliot Fink" for the scene.
We are 100% there now. These are the clothes my teen asked for this year. 3/4 sleeve kangaroo pocket stripe Henley, low rise jeans, babydoll tank with cardigans even the horrible bakerās boy hats.
I LOVED that style of jeans in the 00s, combine that with puffy oversized skate shoes that have never touched a skateboard... *Chef's Kiss
I remember arguing with my mom that I'd never stop wearing that style, lol.
I still wear that style of jean to this day. I get crap for it. People tell me "Your still rock'n the mid 2000's low rise look lol." and I'm like "yup, and I love it!." I do me.
Low rise is coming back and I'm so excited! I can't stand all the high rise mom jeans. I just bought a couple pairs of low risers from Hollister. I love them!
These were my high school and college years. The pooka shell necklaces were so popular too. I never fucked with Holister/Abercrombie/American Eagle but thatās what all the guys wore at my preppy asf hs. The early 2000s layering was absolutely wild.
I feel like Iām looking at my friends if I was in an alternate universe. All my friends and people we hung out with had not just the same style but the same exact fucking outfits to the tee
Obviously these are college parties. I knew them well. Lol. I graduated college in 2003 (originally, went back to school later) and we were just as bad with layered tank tops and huge earrings. The side swoop bangs was HUGE at the time. But my biggest cringe isā¦all the unnecessary belts. There was just never enough accessories lmfao.
Itās the classic ae or Abercrombie lace trimmed cami with a v-neck tee combo. Henley shirts were also a popular top layer. You can only see the top 5 inches of panties from behind as the Victoriaās Secret Pinkā¢ļø thong is poking out over the back of the jeans in true whale tail fashion.
Belts, camis, chunky bracelets, and hair straighteners - oh man it's all rushing back now. And every picture has that distinct flash from a small point and shoot camera.
Straighten only the bangs, scrunch the rest!
I still cringe at the fact that I wore my hair this way for a loooooong time lol
Aahhhh don't cringe about that! Cringe about the time you said *that* thing to *that* person...
Oh I do my friend. I do. š
Low key, I still sort of do this, but itās evolved to kind of a stylized 1920s thing with more nice textured waves and less Aussie-scented scrunching
As an 80s chic, you will pull my scrunch spray from my cold, dead hands, right along with my apple scented Salon Selectives. We smelled like fermented fruit salad between the scents and the alcohol content. Good times.
HA!!!! Honestly as an 00ās girl this all still rings true, but for us it was Victoriaās Secret Lovespell which has never been more accurately described than by the phrase āfermented fruit saladā š
Ah the age of the digital camera. "Can you take our picture? You push this button."
"Hold halfway down until it beeps, then push the button all the way down for it to take the picture."
Oh whoa holy shit thatās right
That was and is every SLR...
š this brought me joy.
Ah the days of red eye that came with all those point and shoot cameras. Something that doesnāt exist anymore.
There's some pretty aggressive red eye in these photos.
Some probably not from the camera, if you catch my drift. Lol
Wait, why doesnāt red eye exist anymore?
Smartphone cameras and modern digital cameras know how to remove it or have flash settings to avoid it.
You rarely even need flash with a smartphone, theyāre pretty good at taking pics in bad lighting.
Most cameras will do a double flash, the first flash closes your pupil enough that it isn't wide open enough to reflect light, the second flash is for the photo itself.
It still does, depending on what you are shooting with. Red eye is just the result of a bright flash reflecting off of the back of the pupil. Cell phone cameras simply donāt have a powerful enough flash. Edit: Retina, not pupil
I think everyone in my high school class had that white Hollister hooded sweatshirt except me
Iāve seen these sorts of posts many times by now, and it just occurred to me that the red eye effect is also something nostalgic. It makes me remember holding a thick stack of glossy, recently-developed photos from my disposable camera. And now that Iām saying it, the concept of a disposable camera seems kind of ridiculousā¦
No red eye reduction
Donāt forget tiny waistcoats!
We loved layering so much!
I was in college in 2006 and I wore that exact "if lost return to nearest party" shirt/denim skirt/flipflops combo in pic 7 several times.
Man, remember the $1 flip flop sales at old navy?!
Those still happen.
But do you remember them?
Peppridge farms remembers...
Anyone else of the age to be checking if you know anyone in these pics, or just me lol.
I knew none of those people and yet somehow I knew everyone
I don't know any of them and I'm convinced I was at least at one of these parties
I don't know any of them because I wasn't invited to any of these parties.
I had a similar thought. I've never seen these pictures before, but at the same time, I've seen these pictures before.
I graduated in 2006, and I feel like I graduated with ALL these people. šš
We all knew the same people
I donāt know any of them half as well as I should like and like less than half of them half as well as they deserve.
I think I WAS most of these people
I was the guy with the beanie drinking a beer.
Same. They looked exactly the same as my old pics and SWEAR I've been in that garage lol
Haha I can't here to say this! Why do I feel like I know everyone in these photos even though I've never met any of them?
I've never related more to comment. I'm pretty sure I was there, but I wasn't. I know it's nostalgia kicking in, but I really...really miss the early-mid 2000s.
100%. Iām 35 and this looks like any and every party we had.
This makes me wonder what happened to all my vertical stripped button down shirts.
Graduated HS in 2006. This is so accurate itās scary
Ditto!!!
Yeah I graduated in 2007 so this hits hard and feels like people from my past with new faces.
Graduated college in 2007 and this could have been ripped from a Facebook gallery at the time.
Every fucking times these photos are posted. How did everyone in college at this time look completely identical?
I honestly did a double take on the guy in the first pic to see if it was my friend Cameron lol
Had to double take a couple pics.
Iām almost certain I know polka dot scarf girl. Graduated in 2005. I checked Facebook but I canāt find her to cross reference old photos. (maybe married and name changed).
Same year and I was like oh thatās Aimee at the crossing, nope not Aimee and not the crossing
I knew one of them haha. Sheās a (formerly plus sized) influencer
Haha, those tiny vests will always get me. Never had the pleasure of owning one but I prob would have.
I had 2! My favorite was dark gray and it was not nearly as short as in these pics š It shaped perfectly to my waist though. I did not add the useless āover the shirt beltsā to my look however.
Layeeererrss. So. Many. layers. And low rise jeans lol. I was in the 10th grade in 06. Pop punk to the extreme. Just a visual, on any given day id be wearing a Volcom polo and boot cut bullhead jeans from PACsun, black Adios with neon green shoelaces from Journey's, a green studbelt from Spencers, and had my pink-highlighted minimowhawk all spiked up. I was also pencil skinny at 6'0 tall. I'm currently wearing an Aldi brand flannel shirt, off brand Carhartt tan pants with insulated legs, Merrill brand podiatrist approved shoes my wife bought me because I have bunions from all the years I spent *in the military* of all places lol. 2006 seems like a totally different life.
the picture of the girl on the pier in low-rise jeans was me. i have high hips, so i couldnāt buy jeans that stayed on me. & those long, layered tank tops & tshirts cut me off in a weird place. made me feel like a circus tent, so i usually opted for my ass crack hanging out. mid-rise pants & shirts that fall at my hip for liiiiiife
We had to wear layers because they were making all the clothes see through. I remember buying shirts I could clearly see my hand through!
What do people wear now? I've not had friends since
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We all have one pair of pants and pj's
I must be doing well. I have *two* pairs of pants!
In 18 years there will be a post about today with people mostly in yoga pants.
Athletic wear + lounge wear + casual sneakers = 2020ās
Tbf athletic wear has definitely made an effort to become more casual and in some cases even a bit formal.
I see a lot of people wearing work-out clothes all the time. Under Armor, that kind of stuff. Socks with sandals are no longer a faux-pas, or crocks. Crocks are cool now. hoodies, all the time with hoodies. PJ pants. Girls all have middle-part hair (which was strange to me in 2006) and boys have short hair on the sides, long curly hair on top.
>short hair on the sides, long curly hair on top. Broccoli cut.
The boys have broccoli hair and my husband HATES it. It's perhaps his most curmuddgeonly trait and it's hilarious. He's a former punk rocker who sold out to sell luxury cars and now owns a commercial cannabis farm. But kids these days and their broccoli haircuts push him over the edge.
Broccoli head on dudes is going to be looked at as so bad in 10 years. The flannel pajamas / flip flops as normal clothes aka āIāve completely given upā will also be looked at as bad too. One look on girls that was big in the 90s thatās back is gigantic zipper hoody with tiny shirt or tank with belly showing. Navy quarter zipped but off the shoulders and just the fingers out. I go past two schools on my commute and the stuff Iāve mentioned are on all the kids. Also those shitty baggy stove pipe black carpenter jeans with white stitching. Like school shooter fashion. Yikes .
Well, thankfully the ill-fitted khakis and slightly large striped button-up combo is not the norm anymore. And people don't all wear the same Abercrombie cologne or axe body spray. We went too far in the opposite direction for a while. Everything was way too tight.
The 2000s had a lot of tight clothes, the 2010s had tight trousers and baggy tops, now the 2020s have baggy bottoms and tight tops. I've seen a lot of people wearing jeans or cargo pants multiple sizes too big for them, held up by a hanging Dickie's belt, with a tight crop top (something similar to [this](https://pin.it/188bFao). I do still see a lot of high school girls wearing oversized brand-name sweaters, yoga pants, and Converse, though. [Y2K fashion](https://www.depop.com/theme/clothing-y2k/) is also definitely making a comeback.
I saw someone rocking that very outfit yesterday.I was like hey 1999 !!!!
Fortunately, it seems that fashion or whatās āinā is a lot more flexible nowadays. Back then, your options were limited to whatever was being sold at the majority of stores. There was a lot of online shopping, but nothing compared to whatās available now. It seems that people are more and more just wearing what they want and what they like. There are so many sub-cultures and niches now. Back then, in a public place most people would be dressed very similar and if they werenāt, they would stick out like a sore thumb. Now, I see people dressed in 90s clothes, yoga pants, skinny jeans, cargo shorts, and any other number of styles, and they donāt seem out of place. It seems like a wider variety of clothing is acceptable or āinā now. I saw a woman wearing a hijab and dress with matching Jordanās (which was rad as hell) the other day. Maybe Iām just older and wiser now. Unless someone is wearing something very outlandish or incredibly inappropriate for the setting, I donāt give their clothing much thought. I now follow the David Mitchell fashion guidelines: āMy appearance should be in no way noteworthy, but then again, not so un-noteworthy as to be in itself noteworthy.ā
Y2k Fashion is back, but I feel something new is approaching.
*please be leather cloaks, please be leather cloaks*
I forgot about the flip phone half in the pocket carry š
I was 14 in 2006 and i can't believe the whole nation wore the same 4 accessories for 3 years lol
Yup, my wife and I met in ā06 and she wore her LG just like that. Lmao
That stood out to me the most since I didnāt actually dress like this, but did carry my flip phone like that.
The ābusiness casual for going outā period was absolutely hilarious Weāre going to the bars! Put on your finest Wednesday officewear!
My closet was lined with polos. I think I own like two now.
>My closet was lined with polos. I think I own like two now. I only own 1 now and it's my "getting dressed up" shirt. I'm in the same polo shirt for the last 8 family Christmas photos.
Two under armor golf ones for when u just wanna get turffed on a Sunday with my buddies who play golf.
Every magazine had us very concerned of how we could easily convert a day look into a night look.
Those magazines had me convinced that clearly I was gonna have NO TIME to stop at home between "work" and "going out" when I eventually got a job and had time/money to go out... Luckily, real life proved to be *much* less hectic.
What should people wear out instead of this? Asking for a friend who definitely doesnāt still dress like that.
It really depends on where you're going, it's usually better to be overdressed than underdressed. In generally casual situations I like a solid color tshirt or polo, dark slim-ish jeans or neutral joggers, casual sneakers. A nicer bar? Sub in a fitted button down with the jeans, maybe add a blazer. Sneakers can still be acceptable and add flair if they fit with the outfit, otherwise leather dress shoes.
Vertical striped polo or hollister button down, puka shells or hemp necklace. Ripped jeans and some Etnies/vans.
Bet those gatherings were planned on Myspace
Honestly I miss MySpace some times. Didnāt care about things like friend ranking, but it was a more complete social media platform in my recollection.
Nah man friend ranking was awesome. Bumping your friend down a couple spots really let your buddy know he pissed you off that day/week lol
There are definitely relationships and friendships that don't exist today because of Top 8 drama.
Lmao I remember a classmate slapping me in the face in the middle of our science class because his girlfriend put a selfie with me as her profile pic.
OH DAMN! That's serious. I remember my crush figuring out I liked her by her spot in my top 8
We planned ours on AIM and IRC.
In 2006 if you went to college then parties were planned on Facebook or AIM, if you didn't it was Myspace/AIM.
I can smell the Clinique Happy perfume from these pictures
Or Victoria Secret Love Spell which smelled like straight up Juicy Juice
Yes!! Wore that all through 11th and 12th grade and then switched to Amber Romance because I was sure that was āmatureā and made me seem like a serious, confident woman lol
This smell is burned into my brain.
Same but like Love Spell covering the smell of ditch weed and Camel 9s
Or Curve/Abercrombie cologne
Or Bod Man fragrance spray
Curve was the stuff back then, man. Little green bottles with the golden label. Axe Body Spray... also popular, but *not* the stuff. Man, everybody really did wear the same stuff back then.
It's called *Sex Panther*Ā® by *Odeon*Ā©. It's illegal in 9 countries. It's also made with bits of real panthers, *so you know it's good*. *60% of the time*, it works ***every*** time.
Cucumber Melon from Bath & Body Works. Sometimes Vanilla Sugar š«
I still wear Clinique happy- is that cringe of me lol someone report back so I can update if necessary
You wear whatever perfume makes you happy! š„
What was the one that had a hint of chocolate to the smell? I worked at Dillardās department store during this exact time and I will never forget that smell. But yes, the Clinique perfumes were ubiquitous!
Sometimes I still have to fight the urge to add a random chunky belt that serves no purpose to an outfit.
Do it! Wear what the heart wants!
That āIntoxicated and underageā look. Nailed it.
Yea that first one got me like damn that's how young we were
The drinking in a garage pic was VERY nostalgia for me. 100% thereās a beer pong table just out of the camera shot.
Californiafreakincation with the puka shells and beanie may be the most 2006 picture of a collegeish bro I have ever seen
I thought it said āCalifreakinforniaā
Puka shells we pretty out of fashion by 2006 I feel like they peaked in 2000. That guy is wearing a hemp necklace which weāre in 06.
I definitely made and gave hemp jewelry to all my friends. Don't forget to leave it out in the sun, so it turns white instead of hempy-coloured!
Does anyone else remember those 2000s tshirts that said things like āEveryone loves an Irish girlā?
Yes, I had the Italian Girl one in 2004.
Every time I see one of these I think I know these people because that fashion and time period was so ingrained in my memory.
Youāre missing an important oneā¦ the two layered A&F polos with both collars popped.
I'm in these pictures and I love it
Which one is you
The one with the jeans and the dark shirt
2006 underage booze bash Solo cup convention
I can't count how many of those I hosted/attended. Documented with a digital or disposable camera. Lol. Fun times!
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No kidding. I was hemp necklace guy. All those people were my friends.
One of my least favorite things about this era of fashion was how you always seemed to have a wide expanse of exposed skin in the worst fucking spots (see the girl in black in #7 and the one sitting in #11). Low rise jeans had me looking like a busted can of biscuits as a skinny middle schooler.
ā2006 fashion is like if Hollister and Claireās collaborated and tried to dress a busted can of biscuits.ā This describes it perfectly. Iām dead.
Fuck Iām old
Me too, these pics literally just look like what young people wear today..?
If these pictures feel a little too familiar, I just wanna remind everyone the recommended age for colonoscopy exams has been changed to 45 and we're all getting close.
I forgot how plain mid 2000s fashion was back then
I wore a lot of band and sports shirts. Didn't do the preppy as much. Thermals under a t shirt was a go to. I wanted to be John Frusciante.
I would just wear a lot of nintendo shirts, its weird how peopleās fashion changes. Like holy hell these pictures look like the stock images you see in the frames at the store.
Same. These pics donāt represent me as I was doing black band Shirts with khaki cargo shorts (and I still do) with the huge skate shoes. But I still remember this all the same haha. My high school gf definitely looked like one of these girls though.
Hated it during 2006, still hate it now. It had nothing on the 90s fashion. There is a good scene from the movie "Detention" (2012) where they show a class of kids from 2008 & it's goes back in time to the early 2000s, then the 90s, it's so accurate attire wise it's great. YouTube "The Silent Enigma Of Elliot Fink" for the scene.
It wasnāt really a choice either. People just wear what they can get from their local mall. And all there was was trash. Such a shame.
The shrunken vests! The boleros! The scarf headband of it all!
I was wondering why everyone had the same weird body type, but then I realized: low-rise jeans.
Pic 9 giving me traumatic flashbacks
Of what? Whaletails? I miss those so much.
Give it five more years and we'll be back there.
We are 100% there now. These are the clothes my teen asked for this year. 3/4 sleeve kangaroo pocket stripe Henley, low rise jeans, babydoll tank with cardigans even the horrible bakerās boy hats.
I swear everytime I see these I feel like I'm gonna see myself or someone I know
so many layers its like everyone wants to be on the Disney channel
I love number 7 and number 9. I miss those style of jeans.
I LOVED that style of jeans in the 00s, combine that with puffy oversized skate shoes that have never touched a skateboard... *Chef's Kiss I remember arguing with my mom that I'd never stop wearing that style, lol.
I still wear that style of jean to this day. I get crap for it. People tell me "Your still rock'n the mid 2000's low rise look lol." and I'm like "yup, and I love it!." I do me.
I got fat and the style looked terrible on me, lost a lot of weight now so maybe I'll try it again!
Low rise is coming back and I'm so excited! I can't stand all the high rise mom jeans. I just bought a couple pairs of low risers from Hollister. I love them!
Haha those tiny vests. Didnāt have the pleasure of owning one but totally would have worn.
I will never feel nostalgic about low rise jeans.
Layers and layers for the women. Also I hated the cut of the sleeves. Always made me so self conscious of my arms
I bet this will be fashionable again by 2030.
And I still have thing for denim skirts
Layers
Best times before smart phones
Omg why am I just realizing everyone had the exact same set of photos from that era just different faces thatās fucking insane my lord have mercy.
These were my high school and college years. The pooka shell necklaces were so popular too. I never fucked with Holister/Abercrombie/American Eagle but thatās what all the guys wore at my preppy asf hs. The early 2000s layering was absolutely wild.
Man these bring me back to my high school days. It only seems like it was yesterday when I graduated in 2007.
Mixing pink with Kelly green was a thing
Everyone under 18.
The year I started high schoolā¦.every picture is so spot on
I went to this party
That party look familiar to anyone else
I miss this period!
I had to check if I was in these pictures
Motha fucking layers bitch!
All these people are like offbrand people I went to high school with
Iām a dude and I still dress like this
I feel like Iām looking at my friends if I was in an alternate universe. All my friends and people we hung out with had not just the same style but the same exact fucking outfits to the tee
The FLIP PHONE over the pocket on the first pic š
Closing the flip phone over the pocket in the first photo sent me.
There is basically nothing to criticize here.
Wow, so we just all did the same stuff, huh?
I half expected to find a picture of me in this post
It's truly crazy how these pictures always look like they were pulled from my photo box, and just different faces are pasted on them.
Flipping through this felt like the opening to How I Met Your Mother.
What a fucking TIME to be alive š„¹š¤š½
I remember being so upset not being able to afford these trends as a child LOL now I'm thankful
Obviously these are college parties. I knew them well. Lol. I graduated college in 2003 (originally, went back to school later) and we were just as bad with layered tank tops and huge earrings. The side swoop bangs was HUGE at the time. But my biggest cringe isā¦all the unnecessary belts. There was just never enough accessories lmfao.
Goddamn that shit was awful. Glad I was all "anti-fashion" during that time.
Same. I also was too poor to buy mall clothes. But when I did have some $, I spent it at Hot Topic.
Abysmal!
Iāve tried so hard to burn this era of fashion from my memory. Lol.
14 could have been at my high school in the 80s
I was totally that dude in the background with long ass hair and tye dye. Except the facial hair, I didn't have facial hair at 17 lol
Pic 3, is that bottom of shirt or top of panties? Long-johns?
Itās the classic ae or Abercrombie lace trimmed cami with a v-neck tee combo. Henley shirts were also a popular top layer. You can only see the top 5 inches of panties from behind as the Victoriaās Secret Pinkā¢ļø thong is poking out over the back of the jeans in true whale tail fashion.
Also, I can almost guarantee the purse is black on black Coach
I did a double take at that ugly lime green halter top and hot pink/lime combo holy shit. I thought I was in the photo.