The early 2000s was a weird time for fashion. Things were very tight, but somehow also baggy. We wore tank tops over flared jeans, flat caps for absolutely no reason at all, and frankly a shocking amount of fuchsia.
If you were around in the heyday of It-girls like Paris and Nicky Hilton, Tara Reid and Jessica Simpson, you’ll remember how one of the most dominant trends of the era was the ultra low-rise waist.
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Hip-grazing pants were all the rage, and skirt waistlines got lower and lower until you could literally see the ‘v’ lines above Paris’ crotch. It was a lot.
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The pants that Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid are wearing are hardly low-rise. They're not even mid-rise! So as "evidence" of a returning trend, essentially you've just got one picture of Emily Ratajkowski calling attention to herself (how unusual) - that hardly signifies that low-rise cuts are back in style.
I mean, if I had a stomach that flat, I'd be wearing everything hipster! That said, I seem to recall that the problem with the low rise jeans was that the backs were also low rise, which meant that if you had any bum at all, you were displaying an sizeable amount of plumbers crack. It's no coincidence that this is also the era of the "whale tail" visible thong trend.
We clearly have a different definition of hipster - I thought at first you were a long beardy dude with a taste for good coffee and macrame hats