WOODBURY- As school starts to go back into session and fall festivities begin, more students dress accordingly. This means more modern fashion coming out, but with that, old styles return; more specifically, 2000’s attire. From low rise jeans to bedazzled everything, these clothing statements start to make their triumphant return in the beginning of the 25-26 school year.
Maddy Taylor, a freshman at Nonnewaug High School, acknowledged her thoughts on 2000’s clothing.
“The style is pretty,” Taylor says. “My friend’s mom took me and my friend shopping at the mall, and my friend showed her what she got and her mom was like, ‘I literally used to have that shirt, exactly.'”
Violette Starr, a freshman at Nonnewaug also noticed how these styles are making a comeback.
“My older sister, she’s 17, her outfits are so good and Y2K-esque, and she’s definitely seen others dressing this way too,” says Starr. “From the people I’ve seen online, like Demetra Dias or a TV show, I’d say that’s where it all started and why these clothes are coming back.”
Some people, like freshman Gwen Murphy, like how this style is back.
“I feel confident and comfortable dressing in a way I like,” said Murphy.
Although Starr supports how 2000s style can promote confidence, she knows that it’s not the same for everyone.
“Everyone now is kind of the same,” said Starr. “There’s no diversity.”
The issue with trends is that people become followers of others, not acting like themselves but who they want to be.
For many, the struggle of being yourself takes a lot and fear being judged so they cover it up by changing themselves into what everyone thinks is ideal.
“For back then I think it was like a trend, like how the preppy trend was a few years ago, but I think more people now like to think of it as a lifestyle,” said Taylor. “Sometimes being a follower isn’t good, I think it’s better to be yourself rather than being what the world views as perfect.”
Wearing trendy clothing can give someone confidence, but it can also display a conflict in expressing yourself to fit a standard.
“I think it’s like every other trend, people want to be it and become it so badly,” said Starr. “But it’s also a good way for people to find their confidence, so I guess it really depends.”
