<p class="ingestion featured-caption">Stylists told BI which Y2K trends shouldn't come back.CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images</p><ul class="summary-list"><li>Y2K fashion trends have gained traction on social media in recent years, especially among Gen Z.</li><li>But not all trends from the early aughts deserve a resurgence.</li></ul><p>In times of uncertainty, there's something to be said for the power of nostalgia.</p><p>"<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-nostalgia-y2k-indie-sleaze-old-money-economic-response-2022-1">Nostalgia is a refuge</a>, as people turn to the feelings of comfort, security, and love they enjoyed in their past," Krystine Batcho, a psychologist and professor at Le Moyne College, told Business Insider in 2022.</p><p>However, <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shoe-trends-gen-z-will-regret-2024-7">Gen Z's relationship with the concept is unique</a>. They're nostalgic for a time they barely remember, or don't remember at all: the early 2000s.</p><p>That's led to some interesting<em> </em>interpretations as they aim to replicate Y2K — Year 2000 — fashion.</p><p>Fashion stylist <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.instagram.com/thepaytonproject/?hl=en">Payton Dale</a> told BI that members of Gen Z are looking to Vogue, Y2K movies, and other "over-the-top things" to determine what fashion was like, and mistakenly using them as their guide.</p><p>BI spoke with Dale, as well as fashion stylists <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.tiktok.com/@maiya.simone">Maiya Simone</a> and <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thestyleturnernyc">Turner Allen,</a> to learn which Y2K trends are better left in school yearbooks, moms' Facebook archives, and "Mean Girls."</p><p>Here's what they said.</p>