Millennials ditched 'cringe' Y2K fashion... but Gen Zs are paying to wear it


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Generation Z – born from about 1997 to 2012 – has taken to the Y2K aesthetic that many millennials cringe at. Photo: AP

From Juicy Couture sweat sets and low-rise, bedazzled jeans to chunky belts and baby tees, early 2000s fashion is all the rage again. That potentially makes that old box of clothes in the back of your closet a sitting cash cow.

Generation Z – born from about 1997 to 2012 – has taken to the Y2K aesthetic that many millennials cringe at.

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