The year was 2000, and much like 2020, the world experienced a glitch in the matrix. Some of us welcomed the new millennium with optimism, others thought it could have been the end of the world, but we all tried calming our fears by diving deeper into technology — sound familiar? It makes a lot of sense why the Y2K fashion trend is having a renaissance, and while we won’t be styling our dresses over jeans anytime soon, we’re loving the pink, sparkly outfits all over our Instagram feeds. If you’re curious about what the Y2K aesthetic is all about and how to style it like a pro, we have all the details ahead. Y2K outfits feature heavily in some of our favourite films, television series, and music videos of the late ’90s and early ’00s. Films like Clueless and Me...
Whether you call them puff sleeves, balloon sleeves, bishop sleeves, or leg of mutton sleeves — yeah, that’s actually a thing — a voluminous statement sleeve is the most enduring fashion trend of 2020. Girlish and gentle puff sleeves make us feel safe, sweet, and playful, which is probably why we reach for them all year round. But where did they come from, and how do you style them? More on that ahead. Puff sleeves are a general name for the many variations of voluminous sleeve shapes that have become a fashion favourite since 2018. First coming into style in the Renaissance era, puff sleeves have seen peaks in popularity in the Edwardian age, again in the 1930s, and now in the 2020s. Many of us associate puff sleeves with a childlike gentility and bygone femininity, and oftentimes t...