For every pair of bootcut jeans and bedazzled sunglasses, there’s a girl cleaning out her
closet wondering “What was I thinking?” If you want proof of how much time has passed,
just look back at some of the most iconic – and memorable – fashion trends from the early 2000s.
We rounded up some of the worst because it’s just more fun that
way and also because there are very few styles that actually looked good.
Now, keep watching for the most embarrassing fashion trends and
styles that every girl thought looked good in the early 2000s!
22. Tank top: If you grew up in the 2000's, you probably thought that accessorizing
your tank top was equivalent to dressing up. People aren't exaggerating when they
say their closet staple and style in the early 2000s was colored tanks. Tank tops with jeans,
with skirts, with sweatpants – you name it. People thought they went with everything,
and if they added a necklace or a couple of bangles, they were ready for a night out.
21. Wristbands: You thought wristbands meant for sweat made acceptable bracelets. Well,
newsflash: in the 2000's, people wore them as fashion accessories. Today,
I don't think anybody on the fashion runway or red carpet would be caught dead wearing wristbands!
Do you know what completely unnecessary accessory every girl in the 2000s wore? Well,
stick around till the end to find out!
20. "Clever" Tshirts: You had an impressive (shameful) collection of “clever” T-Shirts. You
had T-Shirts that were a play on popular slogans, you had a T-Shirt saying boys were scum, or maybe
you just had a T-Shirt with some sassy quote on it. You even believed these T-Shirts made you
edgier, even though looking back insulting someone using your shirt doesn’t exactly scream original.
19. Bedazzled sunglasses. People never felt they were cooler than when they wore their first pink
tinted pair of sunglasses with a rhinestone heart at the top right. People who rocked this look
thought they had the best style on earth. Not only were a lot of these sunglasses rhinestone-studded
and tinted, oftentimes they were also rimless and covered half your face. Please bring these back.
Keep watching as we continue to count down the worst fashion trends from the early 2000's!
18. Bucket hat: You probably owned an embarrassing bucket hat you’ve since burned. However,
not being a child star like Lindsay Lohan, you were probably too poor to afford the real thing
so it was most likely a Gucci knock-off. Or maybe some other equally embarrassing (denim,
perhaps?) version of it. Who decided this actually added to an outfit?
17. A pashmina: You owned a pashmina and thought it worked with any outfit. You
could probably only afford or justify buying one color, but that didn’t stop you from
taking any opportunity to wear it. Whether pink, purple or green like Cameron Diaz’s,
you made this scarf work with any shirt, jacket or dress you owned.
16. Long, pleasant-looking tops/dresses over jeans: I have no idea who convinced people that
this style was a good idea, but we actually thought, at one point in time, that a dress
belonged over jeans. How did this happen?! To make matters worse, like lots of people, you probably
wore those dresses over flared jeans because there just wasn’t enough material happening already.
15. Pin-straight hair: You were hair-straightener happy. You also
wore shiny, barely-there lip gloss. You never felt better than when you
had just finished straightening your hair. Having pin-straight hair was
equivalent to you getting an updo at the salon. Sometimes, when you were feeling adventurous,
you added small face-framing braids on either side of your face or a couple more throughout
your hair because you thought it made you look like you had great style. Newsflash: you didn’t.
14. Trucker hats: You wore trucker hats. It’s hard to believe how popular this trend became
that even celebrities wore them on the red carpet but it’s not an exaggeration
when I say trucker hats became so big you wore them when you were dressing up. Also,
at least one of the trucker hats you owned was probably
Von Dutch. Guys fell for this one too; just look how pleased Jay Z looks in his denim one.
13. Peek-a-boo highlights: If you were blonde you tried black or red (or maybe both) peek-a-boo
highlights. You also used blue eyeshadow way too often. We can probably blame pop stars
like Christina Aguilera for this popular hair trend but at some point in the early 2000s if
you were blonde, you probably thought it was a good idea to add really dark highlights in
your hair… or Claire’s extensions if your mom didn’t let you do that kind of thing.
12. Chunky highlights: If you were brunette you tried really obvious,
chunky highlights. If you were a brunette trying to get in on the
blatantly-obvious-highlights-that-looked-nothing-close-to-your-natural-hair-color
look, then you probably asked your hairdresser for some chunky red or blonde
streaks. You also thought Destiny’s Child would stay together forever.
11. Skinny scarf: You owned a skinny scarf and wore it even when it wasn’t cold. At some point
in the early 2000s, a skinny scarf was equivalent to a necklace. People were convinced that this
fashion trend actually looked good. You also had like three chunky brown belts, right?
10. Cropped pirate pants. At least one pair you owned was probably camo. I’m
not sure if the successful Pirates of the Caribbean franchise contributed to this,
but there seemed to have been a strange phase of looking like a pirate in the
early 2000s. From ripped T-Shirts to swashbuckling pants, for some reason,
we were really feeling these baggy versions of capri pants we also loved way too much.
9. Bathing suit tops: For some reason bathing suit tops were really in around this time too. So was
Charlie’s Angels. It seems in the 2000s pretty much anything could be played off as a shirt,
even a bandana (you know you tried it). I have to admit I secretly enjoyed that the
fashion of the early 2000s was so free, but really, bathing suits are a stretch.
8. You added weird accessories to your jeans: I don’t know why we
felt it necessary to add more stuff to our already-tacky statement jeans. From
various terrible belts to weird little lace bandeaus to just tying a scarf around them,
we just couldn’t seem to get enough of decorating our favorite pair of pants.
7. The newsboy cap. If you weren’t wearing a bucket hat or a trucker hat,
then you were probably opting for the even better option that is a newsboy cap.
Because nothing is funkier than wearing a cap that makes you look like you just
finished your newspaper run, especially when you’re an award-winning artist.
6. You had jeans that tied in the front or at the sides: For some reason,
it was really attractive (or so we thought) to wear pants that tied up at the crotch.
There was no real functionality to the laces being where they were,
and no excuse why a zipper wasn’t a perfectly acceptable and more reasonable alternative.
5. Cowboy boots: You thought cowboy boots made any outfit better (they
didn’t). For some reason, cowboy boots were all the rage. Anyways,
remember when you wore cowboy boots with denim mini skirts, jeans or even a dress even though
you’d never listened to a single country song or stepped foot on a farm? Yeah, we forgot too.
4. Low rise jeans: All your jeans were low-rise. Most of them were probably
faded and flared out at the bottom, too. Remember the good old days,
when you could barely bend down in fear of your underwear peeking out because your jeans were
just that low? Just kidding. I don’t think anyone is upset this fashion trend is over.
3. You owned a shirt that opened at the bottom:
You also had a belly button ring too, right? Any excuse to show off that midriff and we were
on it. You probably went with all your friends to get that belly button ring,
and you went through the poof phase at least once because for some reason we can no longer explain,
we all believed it was very attractive to add a little poof to all our ponytails and half-updos.
2. Tiny shoulder bags: Tiny shoulder bags were so in. I’m guessing at some point in the 2000s,
you owned a shoulder bag. Denim tiny shoulder bags were pretty trendy too...yikes.
1. Bangs: Some celebrity convinced you to get bangs. You tried to rock those front bangs at
least once, even though they were so not fetch and you could barely see through them. They also got
oily in less than a day and you had to constantly wash them. The sacrifices we’ve made for fashion.
Now that you've made it to the very end, here's the completely
unnecessary accessory that every girl in the 2000s felt that they needed to wear!
A belt: You added a belt to everything. Whether it be a braided belt that helped
keep a sweater wrapped around your midsection, a studded belt at the bottom of your T-Shirt,
or a chunky plastic belt that’s just completely unnecessary (looking at you, Lindsay) every girl
in the 2000s was convinced they really needed to add this accessory to all their outfits.
So, now that you know all the crazy fads that were popular back in the 2000's,
what other fads would you add to this list? Let us know in the comments section below!
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