I feel so sorry for the female celebrities of the 2000s. The paparazzi was brutal.

@peachesandcream22

4 ай бұрын

The whole aggressive misogyny to female celebrities was awful.

@UltrafineDeluxe

2 ай бұрын

@@peachesandcream22 Like they didn't crave or behave in a way that sought attention. It was a two way street of insufferable vapid people.

@icybarbie717

Ай бұрын

Totally. How can we forget how they treated Britney?

I love mcbling ngl bejeweled flip phones need a comeback I was too young for that shit

@KBarraza

4 ай бұрын

I remember feeling similar about pagers… 🥲📟

@Someone-kg8qf

4 ай бұрын

I blinged out my first flip phone with stick on gems back in the early 2000s....I couldn't resist.

@PSL_Lover2024

3 ай бұрын

I was broke so I blinged out my flip phone with nail polish and charms lmao 💅🏻

@PrincessKLS

2 ай бұрын

Or at bejeweled smart phones.

@dani.1170

2 ай бұрын

SAME I AM TOO YOUNG I WAS A LITERAL BABY BACK THEN

Idk if people understand how absolutely *everywhere* Juicy (and knockoff or dupe) tracksuits actually were. Like, I was a lower middle class, mohawked punk with neon yellow bangs and even *I* had a Juicy tracksuit (in black, obviously lol).

@vivalasvixen

4 ай бұрын

Still have mine 😂 you are totally on the money with this.

@electrogeek77

4 ай бұрын

I had a knockoff I received as a gift, and it was comfy as hell.

@nikkiprice503

3 ай бұрын

I had so many knock offs sometimes they were cuter than juicy couture Walmart and family dollar even had cheap knock offs lol . I don't remember many girls my age having just exclusively juicy. Everyone seemed to have known offs.

@alyssaemiko

3 ай бұрын

@@nikkiprice503 v true! I got a real one for Christmas from a relative, which was the only way I could afford it lol. I am from LA and at the time there wasn’t a Walmart or anything like that near me, but I definitely had a couple knockoffs from the swap meet.

@FloorPills

2 ай бұрын

I vividly remember all my aunties wearing em lolz now I can't wait to be tht aunt

Thank you. Y2K for me is futurism, matrix, cyberpunk, skater. buffy the vampire slayers, charmed (as the transitional remnants of the 90s goth looks) As well as the normal preppy style. Gilmore girls. I think of Charlies’ Angels, princess diaries, the OC, one tree hill I think of jawbreaker and mean girls as the turning point. For me anything after 1998-2003 is y2k.

@Darkpheria

4 ай бұрын

Agreed🎉

I was in my mid twenties at the time and I absolutely hated this era. It was a nightmare to be AFAB. If you weren't hyper femme, size 0, tall and blonde, ppl would straight up call you ugly to your face. Came here to watch your vid since I wanted to educate myself on it's roots despite all that. I'm always open to learning more, and I learned about some cool designers from the 20's and 70's. Thanks for giving a balanced perspective, as you always do.

To me the collection My Bling Bling of the dolls MyScene encapsulate exactly this aesthetic!

I'm so glad these are back and I'm slowly rewatching these now. This was at its height when I started paying attention to fashion for the first time in middle school/early high school. Although, I wasn't 'allowed' to fully participate since my family was very scandalized by how much skin the clothes showed and my peers viewed me as too fat to show off my midriff in any capacity (I believed it at the time so it makes me shocked when I look back at old pictures of myself and see how thin I actually was). Now that it's been almost 20 years, a lot of the negative feelings have faded and I'm left with nostalgia for when everything seemed new and exciting to me. I also love the title. Too many "POV it's y2k" videos I come across feature things that weren't popular until like.. 2004 lol

you really start to realise how much this era was influenced by people of colour and cultures around the world

@selenaclarke

4 ай бұрын

Yes, Fake Luxury Logo items like she said

@23Lgirl

3 ай бұрын

Not the world only the west.

@Bonita.Vampira_

3 ай бұрын

Kpop has been heavily influenced. Clothes, music, etc

@Bonita.Vampira_

3 ай бұрын

@@23Lgirlkpop has been heavily influenced. Clothes, hair, music, etc

@23Lgirl

2 ай бұрын

@@Bonita.Vampira_ Kpop is not the world 🤡.

Bling wasn't as mainstream as some people think. In real life it showed as a bright pink moto RZR, huge sunglasses with hearts, a belt with sequins, a shimmering jeans. But hardly at the same time

@Imxel21

3 ай бұрын

Maybe with white women

@DMshell17

3 ай бұрын

I think it was mainstream in that it was constantly in the media but it wasn’t accessible to most people. So a regular person would have one or a few bedazzled things but see pictures and tv shows and music videos featuring tons of bling

@sideshowmob

3 ай бұрын

@@DMshell17 but nobody thought that was a good look for day to day. I thought many things were fun but would never wear them myself. At the time we had no intention of copying celebrities exactly, there was this line that something appropriate for a red carpet on MT was not a real life thing. Unlike now that ordinary people even do cosmetic procedures inspired by their celebrities.

Thank you, finally, this needs to be addressed, I'm tired of Gen Z thinking mcbling is Y2K, it's not, mcbling came out in 2004.

@TheBabyGemz

Ай бұрын

You and me both as much as I am tired of them calling EVERYTHING 2000s as “Early 2000s” since 2019. They don’t know nor understand what they are taking about and it’s confusing at best and annoying at worst. All it takes is a simple search engine to help or a simple ask around you to someone you know or know of that could provide you the RIGHT information.

@mastersnet18

6 күн бұрын

@@TheBabyGemzyea I always get confused because to me early 2000s means 2000-2003, not the entire decade.

I know you keep on saying this trend rebelled against the conservative politics of the day but I have to argue that just like the 1980s conservative politics and flashy fashion. The McBling era was glorifying the rich during a time when the pro-rich Republicans were dominating all the houses in government. It also happened during a time of a minor recession and the middle class was dwindling.

It was a horrible time for women. Self-objectification everywhere. Nobody ever pretended that it was meant to be liberating. It was meant to appeal to men.

@inedanap6253

3 ай бұрын

I know, right?! Literally what about treating yourself like a sexualized piece of meat for public use is empowering. It was an awful time to be a young girl especially- what a sad self image you would get. I know, because I remember...

@Imxel21

3 ай бұрын

At least they were honest about it. Choice feminism has done so much damage

@BeneathFullMoon

3 ай бұрын

@@Imxel21 Trust me, the obsession with extreme skinniness, aesthetic perfection, overconsumption and objectification of women's bodies did far more damage to society and nature. They said it was self-objectification, but there were people behind those "individual decisions", who profited off of that "decision" more than the artist herself.

@AfianySnow29802

2 ай бұрын

​@@Imxel21Sure.

@gabrielcarvalho6085

Ай бұрын

Honestly I think that bc this era was so heavy influenced by celebrities that lived in LA, being skinny and sexualized clothes were a thing. This exists in every major beach city, where the weather is hot. LA, Miami, Rio, Sydney, they all have that, no matter what fashion era it is! We are so often at the beach, at the pool, doing some bbq, or doing something outdoors, where is hot, and we use almost no clothes. A lot of what people considered being sexualized is kind of normal for us! And despite some people using mini skirts and revealing tops to be sexy, a lot of people do it bc of the heat (my mom is a conservative 64 year old woman who wears mini shorts, thank tops and beach items in public bc is too hot in my city). On the other hand, we have to show our body a lot more, and the pressure to look good is real. I live in a major costal city in Brazil, and all people talk about is workout, diets and '' looking good for the summer''. I don't mind it, I love to feel good and look good when my body is in shape, and I love to live in a place where everyone works out, it helps me to live a healthier life, both in my mind and body! I spend a lot of time working out with friends and family, so it's kind of a social gathering for us too.

the nostalgia is giving me chills. i do wish there was a focus on men's clothing but i know that wasn't your intention :) learning about the 70s influence makes me love this era even more. i adore the 70s

i hated this aesthetic so much when it was around but this retrospective was interesting

@AfianySnow29802

2 ай бұрын

K?.

What a time to be alive.❤

So proud of your latest videos, keep up the good work!❤

@aestheticsexplained9639

Жыл бұрын

thank you so much

As someone who was a kid a preteen in this era, I can say it was deeply misogynistic in ways people who didn't live through it will never imagine. Women were taught by movies, tv shows and often their own mothers that their worth is appealing to men and other women are competition. Being feminine wasn't just a suggestion, it was a requirement. Even the "tomboys" in 2000s media were feminine, as opposed to hyperfeminine women who were villanized for "unfeminine" personality traits (ambition, "selfishness", etc.). Like paparazzi were watching celebrities, society was watching our every move and comparing us to each other. WORST aesthetic and era ever.

This was a really interesting video. Very well done. But god how I hated the hair/makeup/fashion from around 1997-2007. I was 17-27 during that time and I struggled to find anything that wasn’t hideous. Pretty much stuck to jeans and t-shirts. 😂

this video is soo well done i cant believe u only have 7k u deserve sm more

I love you for these videos. Thank you so much!! I remember seeing so many beautiful ladies and pretty clothes around this time. Also, the music was good too.

[sigh] I miss the T-Mobile Sidekick. It was one of the last cellphones to have an actual keypad. [hates touchscreen keyboards in elder millennial] (and also hates that using asterisks to denote action now just makes shit bold)

@electrogeek77

4 ай бұрын

My first Android had an actual keypad. But I also had a Sidekick and LOVED it.

@TheBabyGemz

Ай бұрын

Back in the year 2008, I HAD NOT ONE NOT TWO BUT THREE SIDEKICKS! I and my classmates and schoolmates would trade our sidekicks to get the one the other had. I kid you not.

I remember when juicy couture had it stores in the mall aww the memories 😅

This is so informational!

omg Australian accent jumpscared!!!! (side note: your voice is so good btw keep it up) (side note 2: could you do the alternative styles of 2000s?)

Don’t miss this era, I had eating disorders throughout this time, size 0 was seen as beautiful and the low rise jeans and other clothing made it worse. Being underweight and blonde was seen as the ideal beauty and as a size 10 mixed race I felt very ugly. I also couldn’t afford such clothes coming from a poor household so was bullied by the stereotypical mean girl crowd with the tall bleached blonde girl and clique in Louis Vuitton. However I loved the hip hop music of this era, for me Missy Elliot and Lil Kim were it. Not all female celebrities subscribed to the extremely underweight look too I can recall Mariah having a normal body size but some magazines would shame those who had a body type that wasn’t size 0.

@amandathemystic1828

3 ай бұрын

Those low rise jeans are the worst! I put an old pair on a few months ago. I was feeling good and fit in my high waisted yoga pants, but all of that changed the second I put those damn things on.

@SpintoSopranoSexyYea

2 ай бұрын

I agree, and I was size 0 and a blonde. It was a miserable time to be a woman. Love Missy Elliot and Mariah was flawless in this era. Scary though how magazines described her as bigger when she was just normal…

@carmensavu5122

14 күн бұрын

@@amandathemystic1828 Actually I find low-rise jeans to be better for me as I'm thick around the middle and those super high waist jeans of today don't fit. My body shape doesn't narrow up towards the boobs, so it's impossible to button them. Or else I would have to get a size that would be baggy everywhere except the belt. And even when I do manage to button them, I feel like I'm suffocating in a corset and look worse. They are not flattering on me in any sense of the word. They make me look 100 times bulkier than I would look if I showed midriff. I hate those super high waist monstrosities with a passion, and I pray for the return of low-rise. All I have to do is get some that I can button and wear a top that doesn't show midriff. I've actually taken to buying from the men's section because I can't find jeans in the women's section that are practical for me to wear. Everything is ultra high rise, and even some that are labeled low-rise are actually just standard high-rise (not as high as all the others). Bring back the proper low-rise, please!!!

@amandathemystic1828

11 күн бұрын

@@carmensavu5122 it’s funny how we are all so different! lol. Oh the 2000’s low rise will be back soon. It’s almost time. I’m seeing mid- late 90’s fashion when I’m shopping at the moment.

As a millennial I want indie sleaze and hipster to come back

girlie pop, as a gyaru myself, i request to you!!!! please make a gyaru video

@alyssaghalambor4212

4 ай бұрын

As a gyaru for over a decade.. I dont think its as helpful for people outside the community to do deep dives... its difficult to understand the subculture enough without buying magazines or having been actively into it during its heyday!! I love her videos but we need japanese gals and vet gals doing these deep dives for gal for accuracy and putting it in proper context

@mamasorarin

4 ай бұрын

i knowwww, well its alright , im happy that there are still so many of us still keeping the subculture alive and well, ive been a gyaru my whole life, even at the age of 32 now, im happy of what the times have become@@alyssaghalambor4212

@sam-nc5ou

4 ай бұрын

Idk why but I just got so happy to read both of your comments! I've always thought gyarus were the coolest people, I'm glad the culture is still around ❤

@triplehearts914

Ай бұрын

@@alyssaghalambor4212 Lolita fashion wearer for over 10 years here and I absolutely agree with you. Even if these videos are done in good faith, They usually get one or two things wrong that screw things up. :( It's better to watch videos on these subcultures and fashions done by people within the community.

This defined my mid to late 20’s..thanks for the memories 😘💝

just found this channel and i love it here

just found out ur channel and im so glad i did

I kept most of my clothes from the 90’s and 2000’s which my daughters have worn until the wheels fell off. They are in their early 20’s. Honestly I wish I could still wear them but I’m in my 40’s and I no longer weigh 100 lbs. The pressure was real.

The McBling handkerchief skirt in the punk style was a popular style for Ashlee Simpson. Remember her 2004 style? She was Jessica Simpson’s biological little sister and looked nothing like her because Ashlee intentionally dyed her hair jet black in the 2000s and had a punk style antithesis to Jessica’s blonde bimbo style. Also, if you want a cute and unique McBling bag buy a tokidoki for Lesportsac. I had 2 in 2008 when I was 16. As a SoCal native I am privy to all trends and the McBling trend in the 2000s when I was a teen had a chokehold on me.

@vigi_bri

5 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Gigi & Bella today. Different aesthetics

I was in my twenties at that time : I found then that this fashion trend was hideous. I still do.

love thisss 🎀🎀

The peak of this obsession was the MySpace profile page. Every second girl I knew had this look as their profile.

This was a time to be aliiiiive

IVE NEVER HEARD OF THE WORD MCBLING BEFORE TY

Excellently done!!!!!!!!! 👏

I love this and the prep video. I am not going to lie. I’m a MIX OR HYBIRD OF BOTH McBling and Prep/Preppy. I feel like I woollen describe my aesthetic as a McBling with a side of Prep. But I am undoubtedly McBling to the core.

2002 - 2008 I feel 2002 got colorful flashy blingy

just my fav era)) i still sometimes dress like this

I loved this era! What a time!!

Does anyone know where can i read old mcbling magazines from 2000s??

Fav fashion era ❤️

Oooh I loved blingee

I will show this to my baby daughter when she is older 🎀

I like a lot about it, and it hugely influences my style today, however it was genuinely an awful time for women. There was a lot of eating disorders and self objectification, lots of little girls sexualizing themselves and lots of harmful shit promoted like tanning, dog abuse, bullying, and drinking and drugs.

Britney Spears is also the perfect example for many of these trends but you included very few pics of her :(

I was at a girl’s high-school during this period. So many girls were anorexic. It was a toxic era full of air-heads. I was so happy when this era end. Hipster and Indie sleaze were welcomed with open arms.

please please please do punk rock or goth!!! 🥺

The exact years I was in highschool. Disliked it so much, so I hung out with the goths and punks and made my own clothes

Can you do the Electropop 08, Barbiecore, or Bimbocore Aesthetic

awesome vid! background music was too loud and super distracting

I love the y2k titles you incorporated it’s so cute! What program did you use to make ittt?

@aestheticsexplained9639

Жыл бұрын

thanks! i just use pixlr online, it's a lifesaver

@lockheart619

Жыл бұрын

@@aestheticsexplained9639 Thanks!

I hated growing up in this era in So Cal 😂. Worst time to be a poor teenage girl. And guys started treating all girls like bimbos.

Being morbidly obese I couldnt wear any of this! I always wanted to but it was hoodies and jeans for me.

I wish you wouldn't use the background music.

@rb5078

4 ай бұрын

Same

80% Paris Hilton 😍

@Imxel21

3 ай бұрын

Ew no

This is how the Romans feel when they are talked about 2K yrs later by people who weren’t there

clap if you care.... clap if you care!!

@user-jo4tt6et4x

7 ай бұрын

👏🏾 👏🏾

@guliazolanski9157

6 ай бұрын

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@bunwithgun1587

4 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

@mizrainmedellin

4 ай бұрын

👏

To me, the McBling era took old trends and really made them trashy. Just everything is chaotic and disorganized with no refinement or cohesion. You do a great job at connecting the correct tv characters with each clothes era. Love that McBling is represented by Carrie Bradshaw whereas Charlotte and Blaire from Gossip Girl represents Prep, and so on. Again weird that you attribute diamond jewelry with appropriation of black hip hop when it's appropriating white Wasps and that of starlets from the 20s - 60s, especially Marilyn Monroe ("Diamonds are a girls best friend.")

@margschne6601

4 ай бұрын

The rhinestones (and many other styles of the time) were definitely inspired by hiphop, because hiphop culture was the dominant musical and aesthetic culture at the time. Music used to mean a lot more to youth culture than it does today. Kids would listen to hiphop and it’s lyrical content back then reflected the ideas of the aesthetic: the bragging, brand and luxury showcasing, the celebration of hedonism. Everything African Americans artists did at the time was the essence of cool - and they made a lot of money through that as they should. The real stars of the era weren’t white, even though in hindsight many pretend that they were, this video is a good example of this. When I think of that time and that aesthetic, our role models (as white kids) weren’t Paris or Britney, but Beyoncé, Jay Z, Ashanti, Shakira, 50cent and most importantly Jennifer Lopez! However, I’d argue that this was not appropriation. It was sincere adoration of the culture and the style, at least outside of the US.

@Imxel21

3 ай бұрын

Oh the caucasity

@Toxic_Femininity

3 ай бұрын

@@Imxel21girl I’m sayin… 💅

@Toxic_Femininity

3 ай бұрын

29:22 says it pretty well 🙃

I remember where I was when I found out that hoop earrings were a black girl thing, it was Christmas and my parents got me a pair of really expensive white gold hoops, and I had to pretend I didn’t even like them and, it was so sad.

So you just copied GOODYTWOSHOES video ??????? 😂😂😂😂😂 Girl she came out with her video 3 years ago about this and you just moved some stuff around 😂be creative sis

@nyandreaa

3 ай бұрын

more than one person can cover the same topic???? lol

@sleepyartist6065

2 ай бұрын

@@nyandreaa true but that's not what I said She copied her video and moved some stuff around

@LouNikkiOC

2 ай бұрын

If you are covering the same topic, things are bound to be the same

Why do you needlessly mention appropriation of black culture then straight show a bunch of black artists wearing page boy hats and trucker hats and say nothing? Personally, I think the entire premise of cultural appropriation is ridiculous, a non issue made issue by CURRENT YEAR social media, bad faith nonsense. But I do find it morally bankrupt is the blatant hypocrisy. When it comes to accusations of racial bias, there needs to be firm guidelines in place.

@triplehearts914

Ай бұрын

I feel like "appropriated" was a weird word to use in the video. Being inspired by trends like this doesn't automatically mean that people are appropriating them. I think it was really cool that everyone was getting inspo from so many different cultures and places!

Designers in the 21st century just keep ripping off original designs from the 20th Century. It hasn’t been cyclical fashion styles until this Century . Originality is dead

@lunayen

4 ай бұрын

You're pretty naive if you think that fashion before the 20th century wasn't recycled.

@Eloraurora

Ай бұрын

​@@lunayen Back before cheap fabric, often literally recycled. It's really cool to hear fashion historians talk about tracing the life cycles of an individual garment through two or three different refashions.

That intro LMAO this era is sooo… cringe to me. V mainstream, v loud, v hypercapitalist, v classist, just awful. Definitely iconic tho

I love how they was skinny at this era.

I’m 28 so during this era i was in middle school. I was a trendy kid but i had restrictions, I’m realizing my esthetic now is definitely mcbling. Maybe living out the areas that was once off limits

@TheBabyGemz

Ай бұрын

I feel you as as someone that is in the same age group as you are, I realize that I am DEFINITELY a McBling aesthetic kind of person. That and Prep Fashion. I love it. I grew up in a culture where I had paradoxical outputs. That has led to my rebelling of my conscious conservative side through McBling but still loving some of the staples of the conservative and traditionalist values or background that I have been apart of to a slight degree through my formative school years back in the 2000s.

Thank you so much for crediting the (often black and brown men and women) who started many of these trends 🥲 feels good to be seen