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Y2K

Low waists, cropped tops and conspicuous accessories define today’s image of the millennium wardrobe. The original clothes belong to a more varied early-2000s fashion moment.

Low-rise waistsCropped topsShine and visible branding

About Y2K

Y2K is now the familiar shorthand for turn-of-the-millennium fashion: low-rise trousers, cropped tops, shiny surfaces and conspicuous accessories. Celebrity photographs helped make Juicy Couture tracksuits and other casual status pieces instantly recognizable. The label brings several overlapping looks together, rather than describing every outfit made between 2000 and 2009. Here it refers to the original early-2000s moment; its later revival belongs to a different historical context.

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FIT Fashion History Timeline: 2000–2009Vogue: Juicy Couture founders on the 2000sVogue — Jennifer Lopez in Sean John
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