Youth fashion
Youth fashion was strongly influenced by many music-based subcultures such as emo, indie kids, scene kids,[138] psychobilly, preppy, skater, goth, nu metal (known as moshers in the UK),[139] ravers and hip hop,[140] including the British chav, US gangsta rapper and Mexican Cholo styles of the early 2000s.[141]Hip hop
Hip hop fashion
The clothing of American hip hop fans underwent an evolution from the sagging baggy gangster jeans of the late 1990s to a more retro look by the end of the decade.[142] Popular items of clothing included wide leg jeans, baseball jackets, Nike Air Jordans, tracksuits, sweatpants, bucket hats, stunna shades, fur-lined puffer jackets, and flat-brim trucker hats or baseball caps (often retaining the store label).[143] During the early 2000s, many wealthy white jocks and preppies imitated the gangsta lifestyle, eschewing the semi-formal conservative look of the 1980s and 90s in favor of gold bling, expensive designer clothes, sneakers, dark jeans, and sweatpants.[144] Rich girls who dressed this way were known as Queen Bees, plastics, or airheads,[145] and believed their designer clothing was key to being popular.[146] Another common American subculture were the cholos and chicanos who wore baggy khaki slacks, gold chains, white T-shirts, and slicked back hair or shaved heads in imitation of Mexican prison gangs.[141]
Chav
In the early 2000s, the most common British subcultures were the chavs and skate punks who had a (sometimes violent) rivalry.[147] Chavs favored hip hop fashions like tracksuits, burberry baseball caps, white Nike or Adidas trainers, and cheap sportswear made by Reebok or Puma. Common haircuts included spiky hair, a fauxhawk, a heavily gelled quiff, or (for girls) a Croydon facelift.[citation needed]
The skaters (nicknamed grebos or moshers) had long hair or dreadlocks and wore grunge inspired padded flannel overshirts and baggy pants as these were less likely to rip when skateboarding.[148] Popular clothing included No Fear T-shirts, webbing belts, army surplus patrol caps, band T-shirts, dog tags, shark tooth necklaces, camouflage cargo pants, carpenter jeans,[149] tuques, and fingerless gloves in dark colors like black, olive drab, burgundy, and navy blue.[150] From 2001 to 2008, brands favoured by British skaters and their American counterparts included Quiksilver, Inc., Bape hoodies, Volcom, Element Skateboards, Billabong International Limited, Zoo York Skateboard Company, O’Neill, Bullhead jeans, Vans sneakers, Pacific Sunwear and Journeys.Nu metal, rave, and goth
Goth subculture
In America, common subcultures of the early 2000s included the nu metal fans and goths who wore black leather duster coats and tripp pants.
In the rave subculture, fashion trends that had developed in the 1990s persisted. Some ravers favored spiky hair and phat pants, while members of the cybergoth[151] and rivethead[152] subcultures opted for shaved heads, synthetic neon dreadlocks, camouflage, tight leather pants, chains, platform boots,[153] stretched body piercings, sleeve tattoos, goggles, corsets, PVC or leather skirts, and black trenchcoats decorated with metal studs.[154]Psychobilly and rockabilly
Raggare
From the early-mid-2000s, black leather jackets, cowboy boots and Levi’s jeans were popular in Scandinavia, Russia and Germany among the hot rod, psychobilly and rockabilly subcultures. Common hairstyles included the quiff, pompadour, and psychobilly mohican.[155]
Later in the decade, it was popular for women to dress like 1950s pin-up girls in polkadot dresses, pencil skirts, sheath dresses, capri pants, platform heels, 1940s style sandals, retro lingerie like garter belts, stockings, babydolls, petticoats, slips, and corsets, and (real or fake) old school tattoos.[156] This trend, popularised by models like Dita Von Teese, gave rise to the popularity among all sexes of Ed Hardy clothing[157] which lasted from 2007 until 2012.[158]Indie and emo
In 2005, indie pop fashions went mainstream in Europe and North America, prompting a revival of 1960s mod and British Invasion fashions, vintage or thrift store clothing,[159] and the popularization of activist fashions like the keffiyeh.[160] The closely related hipster subculture, which wore vintage clothing ironically rather than as a counterculture statement, emerged in America in the late 2000s to early 2010s.[161] Other subcultures, including American preppies and even rappers like Kanye West, imitated indie fashions[162] or combined them with elements of Japanese street style, like the Harajuku and Lolita fashion popularized by Gwen Stefani.
The other notable youth group of the mid-late 2000s were the emo kids, identifiable by their black or purple hoodies, T-shirts featuring rock bands like Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, or Taking Back Sunday. Lowrise skinny jeans, snakebites, silver jewellery, and checkerboard pattern Vans. Hair was thin, flat and straight, with long, matte bangs (US) or fringe (UK), usually dyed black.[163]Scene kids
Scene (subculture)
By early 2009 the most conspicuous subculture was the “scene kids.”.[164][165][166] The style, originally comprising tripp pants, stripes, tartan, spiky hair, Chucks, Vans, and trucker hats derived from grunge and skate punk fashion, evolved to incorporate androgynous, matted, flat and straight hair sometimes dyed bright colors, tight jeans,[167] cartoon print hoodies, shutter shades, promise rings,[168] checked shirts, and many bright colors.[169] The name was originally derived from “scene queen”, a derogatory term within the 1970s glam rock scene for a heterosexual musician who pretended to be gay and later applied to poseurs within the UK goth, heavy metal and punk subcultures.[170] Later, “scene queen” itself was adopted by leading female members of the modern subculture who were unaware of its original meaning, like supermodel Audrey Kitching.[171][172]Preppy
Preppy
Items seen in the late 2000s for preppy youth, teens, and college age included footwear Sperrys, Keds, ballet flats, Converse Chucks, Uggs, riding boots, especially worn with knee socks or legwarmers slouch at the top of the boots, Hunter rain boots, and other white casual sneakers. Items worn included skirts and dresses such as pleated skirts, skater skirts, skater dresses, babydoll dresses, bubble skirts, jeans skirts, 2fer leggings and skirt combo,[173][174][175] sweater dresses, skimp dresses and belted shirt dresses with ankle or capri leggings, footless or footed opaque tights.[176] Also oversized shirts, sweaters[177] and sweatshirts worn with leggings, polo shirts, layered short sleeve polo or t-shirts with a long sleeved shirt under, argyle print clothing including sweaters, knee socks, headbands, etc., cardigans, skinny jeans and colored jeans,[178][179][180] translucent tartan shirts worn with a camisole underneath,[181] cropped sweaters, jeggings, neon and pastel colored socks,[182] Nike tempo shorts, dressy shorts, headbands and headwraps.[183][184][185]