I mustache you a question. Do you still have your owl statement necklace? Have you recently yearned for the forgiving embrace of a peplum top? Are you finding yourself eying a new pair of ballet flats for fall?
It may seem incredibly premature to millennials, but the return of 2010s fashion—categorized as the period between 2010 and 2016—is just around the corner. Slowly but surely, the decade’s hallmarks are being transformed from “cheugy” to cool. Fashion websites are offering tips for replacing your delicate gold jewelry (sob) with statement necklaces, and insisting the aforementioned peplums are “actually cute.” Young TikTokers are yearning nostalgically for 2014 Tumblr culture, they’re grooving to “Like a G6,” and they’re sharing their tips for cutting a T-shirt to hang off the shoulder, declaring, “The 2010s are back.”
If you still don’t believe me, just check out this photo of Gen Z style darling Sofia Richie wearing Chevron pants.
“I’d never thought I’d say this ever again, but strangely enough I’m here for tights under shorts…in a nonpatterned way,” Viola Bergstrom, a style creator who recently posted a TikTok sharing her favorite statement necklaces for summer, tells Glamour.
Bergstrom says she’s embracing the return of 2010s style with both “pleasure and intimidation.”
“I happily embrace the statement necklaces but will style it together with more quiet-luxury looks and not with crazy patterns like back in the day,” she says. She’s also iexcited to add peplum tops to her wardrobe.
In hindsight, the canary in the coal mine likely was the return of the ballet flat, which we at Glamour recently noted was having a massive comeback for 2023, driven largely by fashion’s recent obsession with the old-money or “stealth wealth” trend, but a 2010s staple nonetheless. The return of the shoe was also a big sign for Lillian Ahenkan a.k.a. Flex Mami, an Australian influencer and television host who has her own jewelry line, Post Primadonna.
“No less than two years ago, people were scoffing at the possibility of ballet flats returning to the mainstream and claiming that we as a society would never make ourselves—or our arches—suffer again,” she tells Glamour. “Yet now go to the website of any major retailer and you’ll see them front and center.”
Ahenkan recently posted a video on her TikTok account for her jewelry line and predicted the return of statement necklaces, saying, “Hate to break it to ya.” The comments on her video were split, with about half cheering the return and swearing to dig theirs out of the closet, with the rest saying something along the lines of “please God no.” Ahenkan, though, says she’s here for it.
“As a lover of wearing my weight in gold, this warms my heart,” she says.
For most creators, the draw of leaning into their inner 2013 is mixing some elements of the aesthetic with current trends, with their own personal style twist. One, Jordyn Edgerton, tells Glamour that along with ballet flats, she’s noticed a proliferation of bows and Peter Pan collars on TikTok, which she says she is excited to try. She’s also noticed a rising interest in the Tumblr indie-sleaze aesthetic, with patterned tights, knee-high