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The whole aggressive misogyny to female celebrities was awful.

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

Totally. How can we forget how they treated Britney?

I remember feeling similar about pagers… 🥲📟

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

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

Or at bejeweled smart phones.

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

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

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

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.

@@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.

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

Agreed🎉

Yes, Fake Luxury Logo items like she said

Not the world only the west.

Kpop has been heavily influenced. Clothes, music, etc

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

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

Maybe with white women

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

@@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.

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...

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

@@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.

​@@Imxel21Sure.

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.

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.

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

K?.

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

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.

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.

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…

@@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!!!

@@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.

thank you so much

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

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

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 ❤

@@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.

Reminds me of Gigi & Bella today. Different aesthetics

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

@@aestheticsexplained9639 Thanks!

Same

Ew no

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.

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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.

Oh the caucasity

@@Imxel21girl I’m sayin… 💅

29:22 says it pretty well 🙃

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

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

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

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!

she just meant that's where it came from. it's not necessarily bad. she mentions latino and indian cultures as well in the same way.

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

​@@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.