Then and Now: An 'Outdated Millennial' on the Y2K Trend Revival

The 12 months is 2004. Imply Women is enjoying in theaters, Britney Spears (and Future's Baby, Christina Aguilera, Ashlee Simpson, and Justin Timberlake) may be heard via boombox audio system close to and much, and within the small city of Lompoc, California an earnest millennial is engaged on her vogue unfold for the highschool yearbook.

Drumroll: It’s me. 

I’m what you name an ‘outdated millennial,’ which means I used to be born on the marginally earlier aspect of the millennial age bracket (1987, to be exact) however nonetheless nonetheless participated within the era’s defining traits and lasting zeitgeist. Regrettably, amongst my extra predominant mediums of participation is that of vogue—or, what everyone seems to be referring to now as Y2K Trend (An Apart: I had hoped I may discover a picture of my New 12 months’s Eve Y2K outfit to share, however fingers crossed my poncho portrait beneath will suffice).