In practice today, the Y2K aesthetic is a mix between McBling and the original Y2K. Y2K in the 2020s really refers to all of the styles popularized between 2000 and 2009.

The Y2K fashion trend—known for its pink, bedazzled, and nostalgic aesthetic—has finally faded and its futuristic counterpart, Y3K fashion, is taking over.Y3K is a sci-fi-inspired fashion ...

Twenty-five years into the new millennium, Y2K aesthetics and millennial nostalgia are still alive and well in Colette Shade's new book, Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future ...

If Shade were just identifying the Y2K aesthetic, this book would be quickly consignable to the remainder pile. Some of her narrative leaps do falter, like that modem straining to connect.

The “Nolly Babes” movement is reviving bold beauty trends from Nigeria’s iconic Y2K films, for a new generation of women across the globe.

At the Met Gala 2025, Hailey Bieber wore a Y2K-style rhinestone tattoo that you might have missed, ... The ultra-shiny detail combined high fashion with a DIY Y2K aesthetic.