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Ten Ugly Early 2000’s Trends We Need to Leave in the Past
When someone told me early 2000’s fashion trends were back in style, I thought I was being punk’d. This was the era of my childhood, and I was very much influenced by the fads. I remember this time quite vividly, and it seems too soon for turn-of-the-millennium trends to make a comeback. Walking down the street, I started to see some flared jeans, cargo pants, and trucker hats. To my surprise, the fashion is creeping back into style.
This is harmless enough. Even if I don’t like the fashion trends, they’re just clothing. It comes and goes, but they don’t define a person. Yet I can’t separate my past from it’s corresponding fashion. Looking at flared jeans takes me back to my formidable years and the culture I grew up with.
The late 90’s and early 00’s was certainly an era with some progress. Over the past 20 years, its seems we’ve developed a lot more. Some of the fashion is fine, but many of the cultural trends belong where we left them. If bootcut denim means we need to live like it’s Y2K let’s leave the jeans in the past.
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