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Baguette (bag)Fendi Baguette, designed 1997, peak around 2000 Silvia Venturini Fendi designed a small bag to be tucked under the arm like a loaf, and Sex and the City made it a punchline when Carrie corrects a mugger: it is a Baguette, not a bag. Fendi reissued it in 2019, and this is one revival that genuinely…0
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Hair clipButterfly clips, late 1990s to early 2000s Tiny plastic and glitter butterflies, clipped in rows along a part or scattered over twisted sections of hair, were the cheapest way into the era's look and sold by the card at every drugstore and accessory store. By the late 2000s they had become…0
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Dior Saddle bagDior Saddle bag, Spring/Summer 2000 John Galliano's kidney-shaped bag, borrowed from equestrian gear, debuted on the Spring/Summer 2000 runway and became the logo-heavy It bag of the early 2000s. Maria Grazia Chiuri brought it back for her fall 2018 collection, and the revival stuck: the curved…0
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Green Versace dress of Jennifer LopezGrammy Awards, February 2000 Jennifer Lopez's plunging green Versace silk chiffon dress at the 2000 Grammys is the look with the best origin story of the era: Google has said searches for it were the most popular query it had ever seen, and that the demand for a picture of it helped prompt Google…0
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DiorThe John Galliano newspaper-print dress, fall/winter 2000, worn in Sex and the City Galliano printed a Dior slip dress with mock newsprint for fall/winter 2000, and Carrie Bradshaw wore it in the third-season episode "What Goes Around Comes Around", which turned a runway joke into one of the…0
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Britney SpearsBorn 2 Dec 1981Matching denim with Justin Timberlake, American Music Awards, January 2001 Spears arrived in a strapless patchwork denim gown beside Timberlake in a full denim suit and hat, and the photograph became shorthand for the whole era. Spears herself later called the outfits tacky in her memoir, which is…0
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Swan dressBjörk at the Academy Awards, March 2001 Marjan Pejoski's dress, with a swan's neck wrapped around Björk's own and its head resting on her chest, was widely mocked in 2001 and is now treated as one of the bravest red-carpet looks ever worn; it has since been shown in museum exhibitions. It earns…0
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Juicy CoutureThe velour tracksuit, introduced 2001, peak around 2003 to 2005 Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor sent their velour hoodies and matching pants to famous people, and paparazzi pictures of Paris Hilton and others in pastel sets did the rest. The revival is real and mostly kind: a velour zip-up…0
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Silver Julien Macdonald dress of Paris HiltonParis Hilton's 21st birthday, London, February 2002 The tiny silver chainmail slip by Julien Macdonald, worn with a matching choker, became the template for the Y2K party look, and Kendall Jenner wore a similar design for her own 21st in 2016. Hilton has recreated it since, which says plenty about…0
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Elie Saab net dress of Halle BerryHalle Berry at the Academy Awards, March 2002 Berry won Best Actress for Monster's Ball in a burgundy Elie Saab gown with a sheer mesh bodice and embroidered flowers, and Saab has credited the night with making his name more widely known. The gown has since gone on display at the Academy Museum,…0