2000s in fashion

The 2000s show trends returning to or inspired by styles of previous decades, especially the 1960s and 1970s and, later in the decade, the 1980s. The fashions show a continuing departure from the grunge style, which started to decline in the late 1990s. Fashion in this decade is highly influenced by what popular celebrities of the time chose to wear in the public eye.

North American fashion and style

• While boot-cut and flared jeans remain popular, skinny-leg and trouser jeans resurface in the latter half of the decade.^{[citation needed]} Men's jeans are typically closer fitting than in the 1990s.^{[citation needed]} Most jeans are still low-rise, though high-waisted pants for women become fashionable circa 2007. Distressed jeans are trendy, sometimes bought already with holes.

• Designer jeans come back into style, mostly originating from Los Angeles.^{[citation needed]} Coveted labels include Seven for All Mankind, True Religion, Citizens of Humanity, and Rock and Republic.

• The surfing trend influences clothing styles such as plaid shorts, puca shells, etc.^{[citation needed]}

• Starting mid-decade, eco fashion becomes an important trend.^[1]

• The preppy look remains popular. Upturned collars become trendy among both men and women around the world. This is often dubbed "popping the collar".

• Young men begin to grow out their hair to represent a shaggy look that becomes popular circa 2004. However, emo styles are also noticeable.

• For girls and women, hoop earrings, originally popular in the 1980s and early 1990s, return to style circa 2003.^{[citation needed]}

• Leggings also become popular for girls. They are often worn under a dress, sweater, or miniskirt.

• Becoming fashionable in the second half of the decade, babydoll shirts are commonly worn with low-rise jeans or leggings and a miniskirt and paired with flats.^{[citation needed]}

• Ugg boots are also popular among young women. Other popular shoe styles include Nike Shox and Birkenstocks. Alternately, Vans and Converse sneakers become trendy circa 2004.^{[citation needed]}

• Wearing baseball caps backwards gradually falls out of style in favor of wearing them sideways or forwards.^{[citation needed]}

• Sunglasses become less widespread as a fashion statement until 2005,^{[citation needed]} when large sunglasses were made popular by celebrities such as Nicole Richie.^{[citation needed]}

• Many women seek out the latest it bags.^{[citation needed]} Popular examples include Hermes' Birkin Bag, Marc Jacobs' Stam bag, and bags by Chloé and Fendi. Louis Vuitton handbags remain widely counterfeited.^{[citation needed]}

European fashion and style

Japanese-influenced fashions

Shirts featuring characters from one of the east asian languages became popular in 2000.^{[citation needed]} Asian characters were most commonly featured on fitted sleeveless womens sirts with high necks, although they also appeared on men's t-shirts.^{[citation needed]} Some other Asian influenced fashions also achieved a degree of popularity among women during the early 2000s.

Late 2000s

The fashions of the late 2000s are a mixture of retro styles from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.^{[citation needed]} 1980s-inspired fashions include skinny jeans for men and leggings for women, as well as 1980s inspired jewelry such as big plastic bangles. 1990s inspired styles include babydoll dresses for women, and waffle prints for men and women. Also popular with women are high-necked blouses with ruffles that recall the late Victorian era and the 1940s.^{[citation needed]} A popular hairstyle in the late 2000's for young men was the side fringe.^{[citation needed]} Most young men had their hair longer and it flipped on the sides and front. Women wore their hair long and straight.^{[citation needed]}

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See also

• Fashion
• Fashion design

References

History of fashion
Medieval	Byzantine · Early Medieval · Anglo-Saxon · 12th century · 13th century · 14th century
Renaissance and Reformation	15th century · 1500-1550 · 1550-1600 · 1600-1650 · 1650-1700
Enlightenment	1700-1750  · 1750-1795  · 1795-1820
Victorian	1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s
Edwardian	1900s · 1910s
Modern	1920s · 1930-1945
Postwar and Cold War	1945-1960 · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Contemporary	1990s · 2000s

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