- I feel like there was mad glitter
in early 2000's.
Wait!
Hold up!
Baby it's giving.
(upbeat hip hop music)
- Hi, my name is Zaynab.
I'm a freelance writer and recipe developer.
- What's good, y'all.
My name is Tahirah and today,
I'm gonna be doing a modest fashion challenge.
Aesthetics have literally taken TikTok by storm.
Some super popular ones that you've all heard of
are VSCO girls, the E-girls,
the Asian-baby-girl, even Cottagecore.
Now, as someone who doesn't have an aesthetic,
who also wears hijab and dresses modestly,
I have been dying to try out this trend
and see if I can find an aesthetic that
kinda works with my wardrobe.
- My personal style is
definitely all over the place.
I like to try trends and really play around
with my clothes and style.
I would say, though, that I definitely
lean towards darker colors,
more basic pieces.
- I would say my style is a mix of
vintage with minimalism.
There's a lot of neutral colors.
I tend to wear a lot of oversized pieces.
I'm really inspired by the 90's.
The aesthetic that I'm gonna try to recreate is
none other than Y2K.
Black people, specifically,
black R&B and hip hop groups literally made
Y2K what it is.
The prints, the colors,
everything was just over the top.
- I've been seeing this style on New York City girls
for the past two or three years,
and I sort of just
labeled it 'fun and funky'
and never knew what it was called.
And then when I saw this article
calling this style "avante basic" I was like,
okay, that's so cool.
- I love the ways that masculinity and femininity
were played out during this generation.
Men wore things that we would traditionally
probably see as feminine,
and women wore a lot of oversized clothing
that looked straight-up like men's clothing,
and I love that.
- Fun and funky colors,
also fun and funky prints,
so like cow print, checkerboard print.
- I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little nervous.
As somebody who tends to be super minimalistic,
like I said, and dress kind of neutral,
I don't know if I'm gonna be
too comfortable with this.
- I'm really excited to do this.
Let's get shopping.
- Time to turn into a Y2K baddy.
(fun upbeat music)
- I think I'm just gonna start with Lisa Says Gah,
I feel like I'll find something there.
- Dimensions really matter a lot in my wardrobe.
As a curvy girl I have to make sure
that I am not doing too much,
but I still obviously want to look cute and fashionable.
SHEIN has a lot of trendy options,
specifically for plus-size girls.
- There's so many bright colors and prints.
This is really cute but it's giving me pajama vibes.
This is really cute,
okay, the sleeves, nevermind.
- So the style that I'm seeing that I really like,
are the loose bottoms.
This is exactly what I was looking for.
And look at all the sizes,
they go up to a 4x, period.
- The printed pants are so cool, I love these pants.
Okay we're gonna do these ones.
- So I wanna look for like a mesh top.
I love these colors,
I feel like it's not too loud, but it just looks so Y2K.
And she's already wearing it with black pants.
- Let's jump to
THE LOBBY,
which basically is like an influencer boutique.
These tops are so cute.
- I saw a lot of corsets.
This is it, this is exactly what I'm talking about.
It's black, it's simple.
And I love that it's just a straight neckline,
it doesn't actually emphasize your breasts.
- The WRAY, another New York City brand.
The collar detail is so stunning, and the puffy sleeves.
They have it in another color.
Cool.
I think I'm just gonna do it.
Cause worse comes to worse I can sort of
button it in a similar way,
I think that would be really stunning.
- So I went and got some super cute accessories
to add on top just to really seal the deal.
And I can't wait for everything to come in,
I'm so excited.
(jazzy music)
Y'all.
Look what is here.
- So the stuff is here.
- Ooh.
Okay.
I definitely like the material.
These are a lot softer than I thought they were gonna be,
they're not like full denim,
they're like denim-adjacent.
- Oof.
They are
so gorgeous.
Ooh, there's this detailing in the back
that I didn't notice.
- Girl she is sheer.
I know it said it was sheer on it, but...
I mean the print definitely kind of helps it cover up.
This I'm a little bit nervous about
because wearing a corset is not something
that you would think would be modest.
Oh. The material is very light.
It literally just feels like a tank top.
- Now time for the shirt.
I feel like when I see it I'll be able to tell
if it's gonna fit or not.
I think it's gonna fit, actually.
It looks like it might be an oversized cut.
- Ooh, this is a bandana that I ordered.
I told you guys that I ordered some accessories
to really tie the look together.
So I got this bandana.
It's like a silk, gray-purple bandana
to tie over my scarf literally just like this.
This was probably the thing
that was gonna tie everything together for me.
Yes!
(sigh) girl.
- [Zaynab] For my makeup, I kept it pretty simple.
I did a winged eyeliner with some eyeshadow,
mascara, concealer, like a glossy, mauve-y lip,
and just like sort of blush and highlight.
- I'm thinking about just playing around with these colors.
I don't really wanna do anything too complex,
but I do wanna make sure that
you see a lot of purple,
and then I'm just gonna smoke it out.
Now that I have my liner on I'm going to
smudge it all out,
and instead of actually pulling on your eyelid,
take a beauty blender and just lightly apply pressure.
It's way better for your makeup,
and also your eye area is super sensitive.
I feel like there was mad glitter
in early 2000's.
Wait!
Hold up...
Baby it's giving.
I have these little silver stars
that I feel like are gonna be so cute.
Then I'm gonna put some lip gloss
because I'm a gloss girl.
Makeup is done, let's go get dressed, y'all.
(upbeat music)
- So this is the final look.
It came out way better than I was expecting.
I think it's super cute, the pants are super flattering.
I'm really excited, I like it a lot.
- Let's start with the things that I love,
which is everything.
Even the bandana, it's not the same shade of purple,
but I feel like the outfit doesn't give
without the bandana.
The top, I love it.
It's very sheer so I'm happy that I not only added
the turtleneck underneath, but the corset on top
because not only is it sheer,
but it's also tight.
- I ended up doing a white mule.
For the shirt I just ended up tying it in the front,
and with the white take inside.
I decided last minute I'm also gonna add these,
sort of rectangular,
they have a little bit of a cat-eye flair,
but I think they're really cute.
And then this is the bag,
it's like super soft, puffy leather.
- One of my favorite aspects of Y2K
is the play on dimensions and also
quote-unquote gender roles in regards to clothing.
The pants are also quite loose,
and then I have this oversized men's shirt.
It all just kind of plays together
so well.
- Overall I think the challenge went really well,
I think the avante basic aesthetic is
actually really modest-friendly.
I definitely know that I'm going to be wearing
this top again throughout the summer.
The color and just the light-weight-ness of the fabric.
The pants were definitely a bit daring,
I was a little bit self-conscious, like,
walking out of my apartment in them,
but I think they're really cute,
and they photographed really well too.
This is similar to what I would wear,
but definitely a little more bold.
- Even though I'm pretty covered in this outfit,
I feel like the oversized top just adds
another layer of modesty.
I am actually obsessed.
- Overall I had a really great experience,
and I would totally love to do this again.
So let us know what other aesthetics or styles
you want us to style modestly.
(upbeat techno music)