Recap, Rewind, Relive
the The 2000ss By Charlotte Raley
A recap of pop culture in the last two decades that made up BVN students’ childhood
Now Playing: Top hits of the 2000s 2000- Oops I did it again (Britney Spears) 2005- pon de replay (rihanna) 2010- California girls (Katy Perry) 2015-trap queen
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here are 19 days left in 2019. For many students, this means the end of the decades that marked the nostalgic years of childhood. Since the turn of the century, students have grown up surrounded by advances in technology, shifts in pop culture, and local events. With new technology, social media emerged, causing trends to spread faster than ever. Among those fads, fashion rose as a prominent identifier for the decade according to some students.
Fashion
The decade in dates
Junior Alex Doege grew up shopping at Justice, where she was exposed to the decade’s
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trends of everything from embroidered low-rise jeans and tube tops to a revival of vintage clothing. “Justice cami tank tops were a huge thing in middle school,” Doege said. “I believe I had every color. Also, sparkly sketchers. If you did not have them, you were not
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cool.” Justice, with locations in Town Center Plaza and Oak Park Mall, has sold many of the decade’s popular accessories including choker necklaces and sequin headbands, according to Bustle Magazine. According to Business Insider, in 2006, stores such as Abercrombie & Fitch, American Nostalgia is Eagle and remembering your Aeropostale past and thinking were the most popular but about memories, Forever 21 and Brandy how life was and how it’s changed. Melville have replaced these -Alex Doege brands in more recent years. Although Doege
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December 12, 2012 The Mayan calendar predicted this date to mark the end of the world.
