- There was some trends where sometimes you just
got to say no.
- In the early 2000's, bandanas were everywhere.
- The gang members see me in the red, you know
they was gonna see me in the blue.
So I don't want, I don't want no problems.
- In the early 2000's, them bayangs was poppin'.
- Hold up, let me open my bang up.
So y'all can hear me. Um... (laughs)
- I had the whole club staring at me. Hello.
And I ain't had no boots with the fur though (laughs).
- I would be walking to the school bus, feet sweating.
Didn't care.
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- In the early 2000's, them bayangs was popping.
- They had the side swoop, bangs, the big ol' helmet bang.
You had the long bang, the short bang, the Chinese bang.
All kind of bangs.
Honestly, I love the bang trend though.
Like I thought they was killing it.
I mean, I would have went without
some of the real thick ones,
but even to this day I still put on a quick bang real quick.
- I have my hair up in a bun now
but my curly bang is active.
When I was in high school, it was super active
and also super crooked
because I was doing it on my own.
(Natalie and Ivy laugh)
- No, you seeing me?
I got my little curly bang going to.
I don't know, I feel like
whether you're trying to hide a forehead
or whatever, it's just always
adds to your face. - Sometimes, you just
gotta let her breath.
- I definitely feel like Aaliyah brought the side.
Like she, that's her signature. Look, you know
what I'm saying, like? - [Ivy] Period.
- Without Aaliyah, like, we wouldn't know
what a side swoop bang is, okay?
- Exactly. I love the side swoop. That was popping.
I'm about to swipe mine real quick.
- Right, you can do it- - Right quick.
- I loved that look on Aaliyah.
That was definitely one of my faves.
I don't really think I've seen her switch up her style much
when it came to her hair, like the bang, it was a must.
And I think that she played it off so well.
It gave like sex appeal without,
without not trying, it still gave you a little, "I see you."
So you had the angles, so you could disguise your forehead.
I know somebody like me,
I'm always trying to find ways to like,
make my forehead look smaller.
(all laughing)
So that was definitely a good option.
- Nicki Minaj was such a trend setter.
With the whole colorful hair, the bangs, the outfits.
Like she's definitely stepped out right every time.
- That Pink Friday era was huge for Nicki.
I mean, she was on fire.
- What do y'all think about when
they would do the side swoop,
but it would really cover like the entire eye?
- I mean, I feel like I do that now.
Like I cover one of my eyes up.
Cause I don't want you to know I'm looking at you.
Like, you know, I got a little trick up my sleeve.
Like, you know, I could feel like I could do my little eye
like this, you know what I'm saying?
So it's just like a little disguise, like, you know?
- I kind of have nightmares about this one, y'all.
So what do you think about the hump?
You know, when people would do the split sides
pull their hair back, got that hump right here.
You would see Rihanna doing it, Beyonce, like, Ashanti.
Everybody was doing it.
- The hump was really one of my favorite hairstyles.
It's so nuts that like it was,
and I'm so happy that like my whole computer crashed
so I don't have photos from that era.
So nobody could really flame me except for myself,
but I was definitely a victim of the hump game.
You couldn't front that you never tried to do the hump.
- I definitely struggled with that hump.
I was lookin' real prehistoric, looking like a dinosaur
with this giant hump on my head.
- I used to put so much gel in my hair,
it was like a cement hump.
Oh, my God.
- What about you, Alonzo?
How, how was your hump looking back in the day?
- Chile, I only had three strands of hair
so I didn't even have enough to do a hump.
It was more like a speed bump.
Okay? It was more like an ant pile, okay?
It wasn't enough.
Okay? So, you know, I had to buy some rolls and tracks
and stuff to make my hump look good.
- How did y'all do your humps?
Did you put the, 'cause I know a lot of the girls
at my school at the time,
they were doing like the black sock, right?
They would put the sock in at the top right here.
Then they will put the, you know what I'm saying?
Like if you didn't have the money to go get your hair done
that's how you had to do it at home
with the spritz and the brown gel.
It'd be all crispy on the forehead.
Like, look-
- Ooh, they had to put a sock on the head.
Ooh, honey. Ooh, hair's all fake, honey. Mm-mm.
(Natalie and Ivy laugh)
- If I don't see socks hanging from 'ya head.
- Let's go.
- It was so hot then, and is so hot now.
I feel like bandanas are timeless.
We wore it on our heads to protect our back hair days.
But now it's a fashion feast.
But in the early 2000s, it was a head piece
that we just covered our foreheads with to compliment
our fits.
Were you a part of that trend?
- I remember one time I did it, and I went
to school and I had a, what I had on a red scarf
all around my head. Girl, I'm a tell you something,
they thought I was in the gang.
(Natalie and Ivy laugh) I had to took that thing off.
- Well, I remember, and you were killing it though,
if you were dripped down in bandana.
Whatever the color, it didn't matter the color.
But if you had one on your head, your shirt was a bandana.
You remember the, when people would put the bandanas
through their belt loops,
and it will look, literally, kind of like a belt?
Like... - Yeah
- The thing is too, that I learned about this trend
is that it was mad affordable.
Like, you could go down to the hair store real quick
and grab a pack of a ton of different colors
for like, what? A couple dollars.
Right? And then just mix and match with your outfits.
Like I need trends like that to come back.
I'm trying to save some money.
- So you know Halloween, J.Lo's iconic look
at the MTV awards was one of the top costumes
that a lot of people, you know, put on
with the white bandana
and the crop top with the jeans.
The crazy bell. I was like, okay.
- I killed that.
- 100% killed it. But you know, during the time,
people were kind of like saying she did too much.
Like I think now I'll look back
and I'll be like, yo, she killed it.
But back then, like people were like, low-key
like, clowning the situation, but who would have known that,
that would have been an iconic look
because everyone's bringing it back.
- I had did a couple of bandana looks
this past summer, honey.
I had to get a red wig, you know, it was like,
it went a little viral.
I had my blonde hair, you know, the outfit
was like $35, you know, it was a cheap little outfit.
Like you said, Natalie, it was something very affordable.
Like I feel like the girls used to do them, you know
for the bandana looks.
And I had to get a little blue in,
and you know, did my little blue Birkin.
You know, I just felt like the girl with the blue hair.
- [Ivy] Yes!
- I only did that picture, you know,
just to take a picture and I went right back in the house.
Cause you know, I, I won't finna go back outside.
Cause you know, the gang members see me in the red,
you know, they was gonna see me in the blue.
So I ain't want no problems, so you know, I'm just like,
let me go back outside. So you know.
Oh, girl, in the early 2000's
every girl had a pair of boots with the fur. Ooh.
- I didn't care what the weather was like.
It could have been dead of summer.
My feet were sweatin', honey, in them boots with the fur.
What did y'all think?
What was your take on the boots with the fur trend?
- I tried that trend one time.
My boot, it was no fur, it was more like a cat.
So, um... (Natalie laughs)
Mine had matted up and at first thought, you know,
you know, the girls were picking on me and stuff.
You know, I, I could only do what I could afford
at the time, you know, but I'm a tried that trend one time.
And after that, I was like, you know,
I'm a have to get the money to do it the right way, hon.
'Cause I ain't going to be picked on again, you know.
- That was a 100% me too.
Like, I really feel like I had, I had the boots
that, yeah, the fur was a little questionable.
I don't know what it was.
It was more like cotton balls cause it was all matted up.
But we were trying, and I feel like
as long as we were keeping up with the trends,
that's all that mattered, right?
What about you, Ivy? What were you doing?
Were you wearing it?
- Mm-mm. I was like, at first, I really think
that fur boots are going to like invoke some smelly feet
very, very soon.
Right? And like, it's just the look of it,
it just, it really turns me off.
Like I couldn't get with it, for me, that was,
that was one I was not with.
- Did you like it when it was just a little trim of fur
or if it was like the full foot?
And Ivy, I know you didn't like the trend at all,
but if you had to choose, like someone saying
you got to wear one of these, the full fur,
or just the little trim, which one would you go with?
- Dang. I might have to do like the full calf.
'Cause if you gon' do it, you gotta do it,
you know what I'm saying?
But we gotta make sure that it's like a full Mink,
or like a fluffy fur, you know,
you don't want the fur shedding.
Like it has to look good. It has to fit me nice.
I don't want no bulky type of boot. I can't (laughs).
- I feel that.
- Right.
And I feel like if you do boots with the fur,
you have to go all out.
Like some of the girls is wearing, army fit tee,
You know what I'm saying?
With, with a little jacket, I feel like, you know,
you need to have something that kind of fits the boots
with the fur type of vibe..
Like, it can't just be paired with anything.
- Some of these celebrities and trendsetters were out here
wearing just anything.
They were wearing silk and stuff
with the boots with the fur, I was like, come on.
You need a heel with that one, girl.
Like, do not be coming out here
with these boosts with the fur. Like the army fit tee,
that was a vibe.
You know what I'm saying?
Like, it's supposed to look like, you supposed to
wear a cute little jacket, some jeans,
like it's not a dressy vibe.
I really hated when they would try to like, dress it up.
You wearing these boots with the fur on the red carpet
with suits and all that.
I'm like, come on. Like...
- So what is like a key outfit for boots with the fur?
Because that is a statement piece in itself.
How do you dress it up from there?
- I would wear a white blazer.
Like I have some, I got these white boots,
the Ostrich boots, they ain't fur,
but you better like the Ostrich.
Well, they $10 000.
- Oh girl, come on.
- You know I had to put that coin out there, girl.
You know. What.
You know, I feel like I would do like maybe a white blazer,
something very, 'cause the boot is a statement piece.
You know, I don't feel like it should be too many prints,
too much color, you know?
Cause it's gonna throw the whole outfit off.
Like I would pair it with something silk.
With like a white blazer, with maybe a short skirt,
like a short mini skirt.
And then you can do the fur boots as your piece.
- 100%. Personally, I feel like I'm going to wear boots
with the fur with the whole outfit
that I'm supposed to look like,
I don't know, I'm in the mountains of Colorado.
Okay? Like I learned from when I was little, okay,
if it's not cold enough, I'm not going to wear this.
So I need the full jacket, I need some cute little jeans
or whatever the case may be with my boots with the fur,
you know what I'm saying?
I'm going for the full vibe.
Maybe a little scarf, maybe a little hat.
You feel me?
- Ooh. - I like that.
I can see that.
- I like that.
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