I saw this look on ALOT of 2000’s MTV shows.

ROXY! wow a forgotten gem

As an elder millennial, I find the language used to define aesthetics fascinating. Pop-punk and Y2K were ubiquitous terms right from day one. Meanwhile I cannot ever recall hearing the terms McBling or Coconut Girl until very recently.

@MillennialMcGuyver

4 ай бұрын

Same! But I definitely do see the differences from these videos

@TeganCantEven

3 ай бұрын

@@MillennialMcGuyver oh the differences for sure! I just meant specifically the terms. We did put “Mc” at the beginning of a lot of things back then though!

@jjgems5909

3 ай бұрын

Exactly. Never. We just referred to this style as “surfer girl” 😅

@riveranalyse

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's a strange seeing these trends analysed from a distance and renamed. The terms definitely capture something but they are new and it's still somehow jarring.

@danichani33

3 ай бұрын

So true. We would call this style surfer girl, pacsun, or even treated it as an extension of alt/hot topic/skater style where I grew up. We all had Roxy board shorts that we’d wear with our ball chain necklaces, billabong tops, and vans. I figured at the time that it was influenced by the popularity of the x games and we were dressing like this in the late 90s

This channel reminds me so much of ModernGurlz, from the pleasant narration voice to the lo-fi intro.

@alexandrajones8509

4 ай бұрын

Modern gurlz back when she posted what we actually want to watch lol

@evangelistamono2200

3 ай бұрын

@@alexandrajones8509 yeah, I’m not really a fan of the new TikTok content with people that aren’t Tessa (who runs the channel)

The carefree attitude, lifestyle, and relatively lower cost of living is what made this era so awesome! Its no wonder people reach back to this era so much! It's a far cry from what our society is like now. Fun time to be in your 20s for sure!

You thought you fell out of a coconut tree..... you exist in the context of historical fashion and cultural influences 🥥🌴🌺

I remember being OBSESSED with moving to California as a teen. Clearly I’ve never had an original thought

@esikazemese

3 ай бұрын

I mean, there is nothing wrong with that. I am from an Eastern European country and boy I didn't even understand where these trends are coming from, can you Imagine how badly I wanted to live at the beach in the cold weather with no fresh water in sight? I feel you.

As a child in the 2000s, I had a matching pool/beach set in red and orange hibiscus 🌺🌺 that reminds me a lot of cocnut girl 🤣

As a millennium Brazilian living near the Atlantic Ocean, it was nice to hear about our Havaiannas brand. It's still the most famous brand in Brazil, and of us brazilian wear it daily. Many of these outfits I had tried so many times during my childhood and teenager time ❤

I was totally this girl in middle school and part of high school. When I was a senior in high school I got more into emo and pop punk fashion.

Wow I always thought this was just a San Diego look. All the girls at my middle school and high school (2000-2006) looked like this. I didn’t even know this was an aesthetic. I remember begging my mom to buy me Roxy clothes from Sun Diego.

@ToeKnife166

4 ай бұрын

It was big in Australia, since we have a lot of beaches and live many on the coast.

@erinnadia0409

4 ай бұрын

Yes this style was my childhood as I grew up in a small surf town in Australia! Roxy and billabong was all I would ask for Christmas 😂

@Tama-Hero

3 ай бұрын

Yeah as I was watching this I kept going "this was just how everyone dressed in Southern California"

@jjgems5909

3 ай бұрын

It was a general Southern California girl look from Orange County, to Los Angeles to San Diego. I lived on the border of Orange County and la county. Close enough to the beach but far enough that the majority of kids didn’t actually surf, but skate culture was HUGE.

ok im gonna need a complete list of the coconut girl shows/movies that were portrayed in this video😩🤩

I live near the OBX (outer banks) of North Carolina and all the surfer brands were HUGE growing up and still popular if you visit the clothing stores there! Also I can’t tell you how many girls did “luau” themed parties when I was a child…truly formative!

I used to watch From Justin to Kelly when I was a kid, and I feel like i totally represents this era!

I wish you talked about the Caribbean influence on this aesthetic. Rihanna was included in the b-roll but she's Caribbean, an island girl. This aesthetic was just normal life for her

When my family moved to the usa in 2006 the kids at my school were being held in a chokehold by hollister and all things beachy, even though we lived nowhere near a beach. I definitely asked my mom to buy me a puka shell necklace and many, many flip flops so that I could fit in :') I think the coconut girl (don't remember if the aesthetic had a name back then, maybe it was something more like california style or beach style) is a super, super idealistic and escapist aesthetic! When I see the film clips you included I immediately get that feeling of being on vacation and getting to play around outside all day. Except there weren't that many days like that, even for your standard issue privileged white teenager. It's definitely a feeling many of us who are older now and have to go to work are nostalgic for. But I don't think buying stuff is going to help us feel this way again, and I don't think a trip to a place where indigenous people are facing so many problems is ethical. Love your videos!

@esikazemese

3 ай бұрын

As I watch these videos they make me understand the influence they came from (far faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar away from where I live) and why they were so unattainable and unreachable. Chasing that made me pretty miserable as a teen.

This was sooo good! So well researched with a critical pov. 💗 Subscribed!

And here I am, with a Roxy ski jacket I bought this winter 🙂

Love your vids so much!

Thanks so much for these videos!

Fun fact: in from Lima Peru and as a surfer country I remember romanticizing Australia, surf culture , and the coconut girl aesthetic everywhere regardless if you surfed or not , it was like A sight of status due to the cost of clothes ( imported) as also surfing ( another expensive hobby in my country) . Highlights in the hair, flowers in the head, etc.

Just to clarify coconut girl is a slur towards girls from pacific islands

CUTE!!!!

Thank you for all the effort & time you put in your lovely videos!!! I really like that you also cover the cultural background and flaws of specific styles and moreover sooo much footage for inspiration I could watch it the whole day 😁🙏 I hope you want to speak about a lot more styles and subcultures 🏖️🌺🌞🐬🌈🦀🏝️💖💜

Reminds me of H20 just add water

I grew up in a beach town in the 00s and roxy and volcom were must haves at school haha.

U are genius.

OMG your videos are amazing! Will you do one on the King Kylie era?

The more I watch these videos the more I realize I have been every single one of these aesthetics at some point and season in my life 😅 but we never referee to it as coconut girl or Mcbling, these must be recent terms for reference? But anyway, I think this aesthetic has always been my favorite even to this day, I always incorporate some 60s influences in my style. I love tropical motifs and paisley . But I think it’s also because my family is from Latin America and generally people have always liked a lot of color, and loud prints, especially in the more tropical areas where my family is from. I recently bought some vintage 60s dresses with LOUD tropical prints. I will forever love this style.

Warm, sunny beaches were a huge part of my childhood and I grew up immersed in this aesthetic. If I were to recreate it now, I'd emphasize the bright colors and natural motifs. You don't need hibiscus flowers and pucca shells, you can celebrate your own natural environment with more regional references. I'd also bring back the feeling of wearing a swimsuit and coverup by pairing high-exposure pieces with looser, larger ones.

I grew up in CA and always just called this California Cool back in the day lol. Didn’t know it was being referred to as this.

@Metaphoreign

3 ай бұрын

I worked by the beach in Rhode Island for a long time, I also lived on Cape Cod for a summer as a kid in the 90s, and the east coast version of this is more nautical and less tropical, but has existed for as long as I can remember.

I’m not thin enough for any of these trends.

@riveranalyse

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I find all these videos somewhat triggering as they remind me of being a child/teen and the crazy expectations there were at the time.

I'm curious... did girls that lived inland away from the beach still wear this style?

@kelseybisset88

4 ай бұрын

Yes, as a landlocked North Texan 😂

i don't understand why couldn't you mention that the "c0c0nut girl" term is derogatory in pacific islander & south east asian cultures...the name is toxic and ppl should call it beach or tropical aesthetic.

@Imxel21

3 ай бұрын

Exactly it’s mainly called ‘key west style’ now too this video isn’t as well researched

@riveranalyse

3 ай бұрын

Yeah. I'm sad your comment is right at the bottom too. It really stuck out every time she said it.

@EmL-kg5gn

2 ай бұрын

I had no idea! Thank you for telling us

All i can think of when u say coconut girl is the surfer girl and izzy from total drama island lmao

Why do I hear h2o playing….

Fulgly and only OK to be worn during a beach vacation. If there is 1 thing I regret about the 2000's, it's walking around like that in the city. 🤢🤢🤢🤮Even though I had the body for it. NOT classy