Rachel Zoe was an influence on this style. She was obsessed with thinness and believed that big bags and accessories made you appear smaller. Too many starlets ended up tiny and lollipop headed because of her influence.
I remember being OBSESSED with boho chic as a pre-teen, I had all key pieces (the cheap version) and would feel so stylish everytime I left the house for school 😌 BUT the expected thinness linked to all early 2000s aesthetics took a real toll on me and I remember starving myself to look like the celebs in the magazines. Even though I love 2000s nostalgia, the normalisation of EDs in the name of fashion and beauty is something I do not miss under no circumstances.
I kinda feel this was the ultimate ‘is it a look of is she just skinny’ era. Soooo much of this stuff just did not translate if you weren’t a size zero. I’m not even talking about plus sized women either. A lot of these looks were bad on an Australian 10/US 6 which is a pretty small size.
Yes I remember this too, it occurred to me that many y2k looks only looked good on a very skinny frame, even if you were generally considered slim it still wouldn't be small enough to pull off the look, especially low rise pants.
I used to believe that my style was very boho, but I eventually realized that the aesthetic simply took pieces and influences from the cultures I was naturally part of - southwestern, western wear, Mexican tribal or Amerindian tribalism, and rural living. It was all modified for modern mainstream audiences, of course. That's why people meeting me for the first time would ask me if I was indian or would automatically speak to me in Spanish. I was just being myself.
While the shoes you mentioned typified the aesthetic, most of us were wearing ballet flats or foam flip flops (specifically from old Navy) with these styles.
Always loved this style but always felt a bit cheesy if I went full on into it. Noticeably, all the women featured in this style seemed petite and very thin. Thank you for your in-depth work. Love it.
I love boho chic, I'm still wearing, and I always love it especially in summer! I always love this style, because even my mom wear like this , change it a little bit by years passing. But I found it really chic and classy without exaggerations. A simple linen dress or suits in earthy tones, with a long necklace and bangles is. a must. I love the boho rock too. to me is never out of style. and I don't think it's insulting for Romani people. I'm sorry for them, but it's only a kind of style that take inspo by some other coutural enviorment, like the fashion always do with every culture. Everyone is inspired by some others style and country.
This was 10000% my aesthetic! To this day I will always be drawn to bohemian style and lifestyle. But I have incorporated “coconut girl” and even hipster style at different points in my life, but I’ve always been boho. I’m still into boho style but I like to think I’ve “polished” it up a little more lol. I also care more about ethical style and appropriation. And understanding where certain clothes comes from and where the style originated.
Despite taking inspiration from many different cultures, this felt like the whitest, most exclusive (wealth and ethnicity) fashion movement of my time.
Those concha belts were really popular in the 80s too. My mom wore one and idk if it had the same hippie aesthetic at the time, because I remember seeing pictures of her with the belt and the rest of her outfit wasn’t very hippie imo, but the chunky belt stood out. Idk maybe hippie aesthetic was different in the late 80s
Can we stop using “appropriated” in a negative light? Cultures are meant to be shared. All cultures take from each other. Trading things from our culture to another used to be how we operated. This term is often used in a negative way when it wasn’t negative at the time, nor is sharing cultures now.
The term is often misused! Appropriation used to refer to the practice of using cultural objects/motifs/etc completely divorced from their original context to turn a profit. Ie, selling turkish coin jewelry, but avoiding the label on the item itself. Selling beaded items clearly taken from indigenous american cultures, but mass produced in china and not made by indigenous craftsman who should be the ones profiting from their own culture if anyone is... It IS offensive to see one's religious practices commodified and made trendy by foreigners! But on the other hand, partaking in things that other cultures invite us to partake in is a great experience :) It's all complicated, nuanced, and situational and we don't take enough time to really discuss why the term even came to be as the result of real harm, so it gets misused and misconstrued
@@alyssaghalambor4212that makes no sense. Culture itself is a reinterpretation or mixture of other trends. Nothing is 100% original, as it always has a predecessor. You can’t have culture without appropriation. An example is black hip hop clothes. If a white persons uses it, you would say it’s appropriation, but trousers were brought by barbarians in high Middle Ages. Can’t you see the absurdity? Fortunately culture is not a private property, but open to everyone that wants to embrace it
Ja, but this nasty intersection between capitalism (like no indigenous artists were promoted by any of these women) and the fact that most of these ‘it girls’ were white, western and privileged…makes ‘cultural appropriation’ more than appropriate in this case. Appropriation is a offshoot of colonisation - I think the term you’re looking for is ‘cultural appreciation’ which is a different approach. But these 2000s girlies were appropriating! (Source: I was there Gandalf :))
@@ps7348 Precisely what I came here to say - the videomaker keeps claiming things as being Romani -- when my first thought upon seeing them is 'oh this looks Slavic/Balkan/Turkish/Greek to me'. E.g. the vests in 7:28, and the stacking bracelets.
I think what she’s saying is you can appropriate something, i.e. you can gravitate towards, appreciate, and incorporate the styles of dress of other cultures, while also avoiding stigma and persecution because of those styles of dress
To be a 2000s boho It Girl? Human. To make a video explaining the aesthetic a full two decades later? Divine. Just thought I’d invoke her in the comments at least x @@aestheticsexplained9639
These videos are so well researched and executed!! I can foresee your videos being used for an authentic decade-esc recreation (theme parties??) and this preservation in video form will further bound those who are now seeking the "character core" daily change-up we are seeing today. Yes, I'm talking about me using your videos as inspiration!! Thank you for your hard work, these aesthetic videos are truly a treat and I eat them up!!!!!!!!
That style was popular until 2010 at least as far as I know. I used to dress like that in those years (2007 to 2010). I'm still a bit of a hippie today though, love a boho vibe 😂
i feel like this aesthetic is about to make a big comeback, something about the cowboy boots and maxi skirt combo
probably a mix of boho chic and indie sleaze!
What do you mean “is about to make it big”? 😂 Zara is already has sells with this collection
@@lorenecingala9580 it's been done. Late 80s-early 90s, the artsy crowd I was in had a very dramatic, Bohemian, romantic, and edgy style.
I don't feel like we were so into wanting to define and name an aesthetic, as long as we didn't look preppy or mainstream, we were golden.
Unfortunately so is the body aesthetic :/
Rachel Zoe was an influence on this style. She was obsessed with thinness and believed that big bags and accessories made you appear smaller. Too many starlets ended up tiny and lollipop headed because of her influence.
I was really surprised that she was left out, she was a huge influence on this style trend.
Not shocking. Being over a size 0 was seen as overweight. I'm so happy that it's changed!
currently falling back in love with 00s boho chic so this video dropping right now is insane lmao
I remember being OBSESSED with boho chic as a pre-teen, I had all key pieces (the cheap version) and would feel so stylish everytime I left the house for school 😌 BUT the expected thinness linked to all early 2000s aesthetics took a real toll on me and I remember starving myself to look like the celebs in the magazines. Even though I love 2000s nostalgia, the normalisation of EDs in the name of fashion and beauty is something I do not miss under no circumstances.
I kinda feel this was the ultimate ‘is it a look of is she just skinny’ era. Soooo much of this stuff just did not translate if you weren’t a size zero. I’m not even talking about plus sized women either. A lot of these looks were bad on an Australian 10/US 6 which is a pretty small size.
Yes I remember this too, it occurred to me that many y2k looks only looked good on a very skinny frame, even if you were generally considered slim it still wouldn't be small enough to pull off the look, especially low rise pants.
Not me using sea salt spray in my hair for the boho look😭
I used to believe that my style was very boho, but I eventually realized that the aesthetic simply took pieces and influences from the cultures I was naturally part of - southwestern, western wear, Mexican tribal or Amerindian tribalism, and rural living. It was all modified for modern mainstream audiences, of course. That's why people meeting me for the first time would ask me if I was indian or would automatically speak to me in Spanish. I was just being myself.
Mary kate is my main inspo F O R E V E R
Boho has been my style forever ❤
While the shoes you mentioned typified the aesthetic, most of us were wearing ballet flats or foam flip flops (specifically from old Navy) with these styles.
Always loved this style but always felt a bit cheesy if I went full on into it. Noticeably, all the women featured in this style seemed petite and very thin. Thank you for your in-depth work. Love it.
I love boho chic, I'm still wearing, and I always love it especially in summer! I always love this style, because even my mom wear like this , change it a little bit by years passing. But I found it really chic and classy without exaggerations. A simple linen dress or suits in earthy tones, with a long necklace and bangles is. a must. I love the boho rock too. to me is never out of style. and I don't think it's insulting for Romani people. I'm sorry for them, but it's only a kind of style that take inspo by some other coutural enviorment, like the fashion always do with every culture. Everyone is inspired by some others style and country.
I’m so obsessed with sienna miller’s 2000 style ❤️
I loved her so much at that time.
@@virgoyogini5377 I still rock it!
This was 10000% my aesthetic! To this day I will always be drawn to bohemian style and lifestyle. But I have incorporated “coconut girl” and even hipster style at different points in my life, but I’ve always been boho. I’m still into boho style but I like to think I’ve “polished” it up a little more lol. I also care more about ethical style and appropriation. And understanding where certain clothes comes from and where the style originated.
i think that elements of the style stayed around for a few years after, but it was considered corny to be full boho
i just call the hobo bag a slouch bag loll
Despite taking inspiration from many different cultures, this felt like the whitest, most exclusive (wealth and ethnicity) fashion movement of my time.
Those concha belts were really popular in the 80s too. My mom wore one and idk if it had the same hippie aesthetic at the time, because I remember seeing pictures of her with the belt and the rest of her outfit wasn’t very hippie imo, but the chunky belt stood out. Idk maybe hippie aesthetic was different in the late 80s
prolly my fave asthetic, im bit of a free spirit
I will always love how big the purses were!😍👍❤
My style is definitely like boho, alternative and chic
Rachel Zoe needs a CFDA if she doesn’t have one already ❤
Really enjoyed all of your video's, it's been nostalgic!! Hope you'll do more 🤞😍🩰
Can we stop using “appropriated” in a negative light? Cultures are meant to be shared. All cultures take from each other. Trading things from our culture to another used to be how we operated. This term is often used in a negative way when it wasn’t negative at the time, nor is sharing cultures now.
The term is often misused! Appropriation used to refer to the practice of using cultural objects/motifs/etc completely divorced from their original context to turn a profit. Ie, selling turkish coin jewelry, but avoiding the label on the item itself. Selling beaded items clearly taken from indigenous american cultures, but mass produced in china and not made by indigenous craftsman who should be the ones profiting from their own culture if anyone is... It IS offensive to see one's religious practices commodified and made trendy by foreigners! But on the other hand, partaking in things that other cultures invite us to partake in is a great experience :) It's all complicated, nuanced, and situational and we don't take enough time to really discuss why the term even came to be as the result of real harm, so it gets misused and misconstrued
@@alyssaghalambor4212that makes no sense. Culture itself is a reinterpretation or mixture of other trends. Nothing is 100% original, as it always has a predecessor. You can’t have culture without appropriation. An example is black hip hop clothes. If a white persons uses it, you would say it’s appropriation, but trousers were brought by barbarians in high Middle Ages. Can’t you see the absurdity? Fortunately culture is not a private property, but open to everyone that wants to embrace it
Ja, but this nasty intersection between capitalism (like no indigenous artists were promoted by any of these women) and the fact that most of these ‘it girls’ were white, western and privileged…makes ‘cultural appropriation’ more than appropriate in this case. Appropriation is a offshoot of colonisation - I think the term you’re looking for is ‘cultural appreciation’ which is a different approach. But these 2000s girlies were appropriating! (Source: I was there Gandalf :))
@@ps7348 Precisely what I came here to say - the videomaker keeps claiming things as being Romani -- when my first thought upon seeing them is 'oh this looks Slavic/Balkan/Turkish/Greek to me'. E.g. the vests in 7:28, and the stacking bracelets.
I think what she’s saying is you can appropriate something, i.e. you can gravitate towards, appreciate, and incorporate the styles of dress of other cultures, while also avoiding stigma and persecution because of those styles of dress
Babes, great vid on one of the most sinister appropriative-white-woman trends of the decade…BUT how did you not mention Rachel Zoe even once?
... this was a massive error
To be a 2000s boho It Girl? Human. To make a video explaining the aesthetic a full two decades later? Divine. Just thought I’d invoke her in the comments at least x @@aestheticsexplained9639
These videos are so well researched and executed!! I can foresee your videos being used for an authentic decade-esc recreation (theme parties??) and this preservation in video form will further bound those who are now seeking the "character core" daily change-up we are seeing today. Yes, I'm talking about me using your videos as inspiration!! Thank you for your hard work, these aesthetic videos are truly a treat and I eat them up!!!!!!!!
Anna Sui continues to mine the boho/rock chic aesthetic. Surprised she and Rachel Zoe were not featured.
Please come back! I love your videos! :)
I love it ! Very interresting
Sorry, did anybody catch the name of the long skirts?
Romani, I think
not everything is “appropriated” jeez
Please do the hippie video soon!
need the hippy aesthetic video
That style was popular until 2010 at least as far as I know. I used to dress like that in those years (2007 to 2010). I'm still a bit of a hippie today though, love a boho vibe 😂