If you want to sound like a true Internet subculture connoisseur, it’s worth brushing up on the difference between the Y2K and McBling aesthetics. What are the origins of the Y2K aesthetic?

Do you miss the 2000s? Music videos, flip phones, low-rise jeans, burned CDs, and chatting with your crush on MSN — these things defined the youth of a generation. For those who grew up during that ...

Most offensive to some was a shot of a girl with her fingers on her music device, which looked to some like she was trying to ...

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 ...

Buy Brat Album on CD at Amazon ... With the Brat aesthetic, anything goes. And that’s why we particularly love this soccer jersey look paired with delicate lace and strappy, Y2K heeled sandals ...

The ultra-shiny detail combined high fashion with a DIY Y2K aesthetic. While it seems like Bieber's was technically on her tights rather than directly on her skin — but hey, she wouldn't have ...

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.