A Celeb Stylist Ranks the Biggest Fashion Trends of the 2000s
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This story was published on Who What Wear, in October 2020.
It’s a well-known fact that trends live on a cycle: they become popular and then eventually fall out of fashion. And the same goes for fashion brands. In fact, the most prominent fashion brands of the 2000s are now relics of the past. Today’s biggest fall trends could be the look we cringe at five years from now, and our favorite brands could become bankrupt and totally defunct. As evident by the once-beloved items stashed away in our closets awaiting their eventual resurgence, it’s clear that predicting what trends and brands become beloved by the cultural zeitgeist is a recurring challenge.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t look back from time to time. Given the resurgence of ’90s fashion trends over the past several seasons, it only makes sense to revisit the trends and brands that exemplified 2000s fashion. For better or worse, the ’00s set the stage for the fashion industry as we know it today, including the rise of paparazzi street style shots, airport style, athleisure, and so many other defining moments.
So, who better to speak to that than celebrity fashion stylist Nicole Chavez? Credited with styling ’00s pop-culture icons like Jessica Simpson and Rachel Bilson (both of whom she still works with today), Chavez was eager to take a stylish walk with us down memory lane. Ahead, we talked about her perspective on styling, trends, and the fashion brands that defined the 2000s. Buckle up, because this time machine is about to transport you back to the era of low-rise jeans.
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