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They say everything old is new again. Fashion is no exception. From Main Street-I bought the exact dress that Ms..

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Paris Hilton wore to the 2003 Teen Choice Awards, and I just got it.

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To Main Stage, Blake Lively, rocking Brittany Spears' Versace dress from 2002, and Kendall Jenner paying homage to Paris Hilton's emblem birthday dress. Ice Spice in a tracksuit, feminism of the unofficial uniform of the early on.

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This is my first ever Juicy bag that I've ever been.

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People everywhere bringing new life into old classics from a bygone era known in pop culture as Y2K.

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They're wearing a lot of authentic Y2K clothes. I'm seeing a lot of layering, some dresses over jeans. All these things are coming back into rotations.

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Emulating some of the coolest looks of the time.

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It's come full circle, and I'm really happy and pleased to know that I had some effect on fashion because it's my life. I love fashion.

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An era that earned its spot as a pillar of modern fashion. How do you keep cranking out the great outfits? I just do wear an overalls and jeans by now. You know what?

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I see that coming in the near future, too.

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I totally do. From Kate Hudson's iconic yellow dress in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. You're beautiful. To Brittany Spears' stellar jumpsuit in Oops I Did It Again. And glam looks from cult classic Josie and the Pussy Cats. Everything in my life would be all right. Three, two, one. Happy 2000. The year 2000, shortened as Y2K, was a theory that there might be a technological Apocalypse as computer calendars change from 1999 to 2000. On New Year's Day, 2000, is it possible that we're in for an international disaster?

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The theory is that millions of computers will malfunction at the turn of the century.

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And the clock struck midnight. But the much-feared Apocalypse never was.

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The Y2K doomsday once predicted has not yet materialized.

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And with everyone fearing the end of the world, a collective imagination of the future was born. Set the scene for me.

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I think it's 1998 to 2002. Just that encapsulated a time period, fantasizing what space outfits would look like.

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That intergalactic fashion fantasy, famously flaunted by a young Raven, Simone, in the Disney channel original movie, Xenon, Girl of the 21st Century.

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Oh, see this, Lepetus. There's a ship set to be launched tonight.

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Raven, one of Y2K's It Girls, went on to star in her self-titled show, That's A Raven. Could that be Raven Baxter?

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The fabulous new bachelor report for our school newspaper? Oh, yeah, baby.

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I think it is. What do you recall as your most iconic look?

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The first one I'm going to say is a June suit. That was a big one, a green embroidery jacket, which was the title outfit for That's A Raven. And then, Cheetah Girls.

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The Cheetah Girls and classic Y2K girl group esthetics. Taking the page out of TLC's No Scrubs. No, I don't want no scrubs. The And in Destiny's Child's chartopping record, Survivor. I'm not going to give up. I'm not going to give up. I'm not going to work harder.

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Survivor is my song. It's probably my favorite song that Destiny's Child ever did.

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Tina Knowles is a bona fide curator of Y2K fashion, the genius behind Destiny's Child's greatest looks. We have a wonderful stylist, Tina Knowles, who always dresses Destiny's Child in nothing but the best. What's her favorite look that you've done?

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One of the favorite things that I did, they were these black leather corsets that we made from scratch, and a lot of work went into them. We wanted them to cross over and go into pop and not just be R&B singers. They said, They just need to be in some jeans and T-shirts like everybody else. And thank God, we didn't listen.

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Now, two decades later, fashion fanatics diving back into the styles of the early arts. Okay, let's try it on. Content creator Aaron Miller. You're an NSYC fan? Yeah. I thought you were, too. Dawning vintage garments. You heard that right. Y2k is officially vintage. This is how I dress.

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A rock chick, Mom.

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You're a rock chick.

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Okay. I think that Gen Z, they probably feel like they missed out on Y2K fashion because some of them were not born. So maybe it's a little bit of a novelty for them.

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But as Y2K fashion returns, with it comes a reevaluation of the beauty standards of that time. He heard loud and clear in America's next top model.

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He needs to lose 5 to 20 pounds.

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They're all fat. The entire room is fat. I'm fat. You're all fat.

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When I was younger, It was at the forefront of my mind because covers of magazines would be all about dieting and exercises, which is just crazy to witness when you're a young teen.

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Between In '89 and 2006, the NIH reported a 119% increase in eating disorder-related hospitalizations of children under 12 years old.

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Being thin was very important at that time. If you weren't thin, you were fat. There was no such thing as thick. I can't get into a sample size. I like cheese grits. People that put the clothes on and the people that were on my team made to feel a lot thickerer than everybody else, which opened the door to a lot of different other things. I had other types of body surgeries, lipo and a tummy tuck and all kinds of stuff. Never really helped because I always gain weight afterwards. I think I'm just supposed to be a thicky.

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Back in the 2000s, it was all about that one esthetic.

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Especially for African-American women, we have curves. And so to celebrate those curves, I was so happy about it because I was told a lot of times that they need to lose weight. Oh, my God, no. I remember them getting a Grammy, and it's still been really hard for me to get close with them. No, she is too curvy. She's too short. It was amazing the things that they said to me.

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And how did you navigate that? I mean, be hearing those things about your girls.

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I usually told them to kiss where the sun doesn't shine and that one day you will be begging to dress them.

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Destiny's Child went on to break records, shatter the charts, and being coined by billboard as one of the greatest musical trios of all time. Each member easily recognized by their individualized yet in sync styles on display in their body positive anthem, Bootielicious. Define that term for me.

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You're proud of the fact that you have curves, that you have some junk in your trunk. You're celebrating it because women have all types of bodies. And who said that just the stick, skinny model is what's sexy?

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Why do you think Y2K fashion is making this comeback now?

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I think these young people are doing a damn thing. They're unapologetic. They like what they like. They don't really worry about what somebody's got to say about it.

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Y2k and Gen Z recreating these looks. What goes through your mind when you see that?

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It makes me feel really good because I can tell you, honestly, I took a lot of flack back in the day. I was not considered a real designer. To see these young kids really appreciating and acknowledging what an effect that had on fashion is just... I mean, I get emotional about it.

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Hi, I'm Raven from That's So Raven, and you're watching Disney channel. Do you ever imagine that so many years later, People are still looking back at your looks and recreating them. Listen, I am humbled and amazed, and it brings me joy to know that it's influenced a new generation, and I hope you wear it better.

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Is there this pause that maybe we should hold off on bringing those toxic beauty standards back? Girl, they're still here. They all still here.

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They're just in different ways. Bring it back. Let's see how we act this time. Maybe we learned from our mistake. I am from a different time period where it's like, I'm not going to wear certain things because I was looked at if I wore those things. But for the new generation, they're out here. You be out here, booboo. I'm going to support you 100% because you're paving the way for someone else.