A woman recreated some of Ashley Tisdale's most iconic style moments, and she looks just like the actress did in the early 2000s

• Ashley Tisdale had many iconic fashion moments in the early 2000s.
• Beauty influencer Ellie Addis decided to recreate three of them using secondhand clothes.
• Speaking to Insider, Addis said she chose to mirror Tisdale's fashion because it "perfectly summarizes" the trends that were popular in the previous decade.
• She also said she has plans to recreate more celebrity fashion in the future.
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If you grew up watching Disney Channel, the phrase "early 2000s fashion" might bring to mind an image of Ashley Tisdale wearing pink pajamas and a feather boa at a red-carpet event.

As a result of that outfit and other quirky looks, the "High School Musical" actress has become a style icon of that era. Her past outfits are so widely loved that one influencer named Ellie Addis chose to recreate some of them 16 years later.

On Tuesday, Addis shared three photos of herself dressed like Tisdale on Twitter. She looks so much like the actress in her photos that she's earned more than 406,000 likes and 42,000 retweets at the time of writing.

Beauty influencer Ellie Addis told Insider that she chose to recreate Ashley Tisdale's fashion because it 'perfectly summarizes' the early 2000s

There's no doubt that stars like Paris Hilton, Jennifer Lopez, and Kim Kardashian were responsible for creating some of the biggest fashion trends of the early 2000s. However, the style of A-list stars didn't always match what girls around the world were actually wearing during that time. That's partially why Addis chose to recreate Tisdale's outfits.

"I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could recreate Ashley's outfits in particular because I think her fashion choices perfectly summarize that era and are just unforgettable," Addis told Insider. "I also thought it would make a really fun YouTube video."

It took a lot of work and effort to recreate Tisdale's fashion

According to Addis, she mainly shopped secondhand to find clothes that matched Tisdale's fashion.

"It took a few months to gather the pieces for all three outfits because I wanted to try and get them as close as possible," Addis said. "I spent a lot of time on Depop searching key words, and I was lucky enough to come across people decluttering clothes from the 2000s that looked extremely similar to some of Ashley's pieces."

"In the feather-boa outfit, she has a metal heart belt, which looks like it's part of her jeans," she continued. "So I bought a hanging ornament and literally used Blu Tack to make it stay in place — a bit of DIY was involved."

The only pieces she owned previously were the Hello Kitty eye mask and blue slippers seen in her photos. She also found an exact replica of Tisdale's "Thou Shalt Spend" shirt on Redbubble.

Though photos of Addis' outfits have received hundreds of thousands of likes on Twitter, she says the response from people online has been "50/50."

"Half of the people are impressed, and the other half are confused that I would want to dress like that," she told Insider. "But for me, it's just a bit of fun and honestly fulfilling my childhood dreams."

She added: "I haven't heard anything from Ashley, but I would love to see her reaction! I'd also love to see her recreate some of her outfits all of these years later. I know she's active on TikTok — I've been loving her dance videos — so maybe that's a video idea for her there."

Looking ahead, Addis says she has "lots of ideas" for celebrity outfit recreations. However, she noted that it's a bit difficult to find the pieces she needs right now.

"Although Depop doesn't involve me leaving my house, it does involve other people having to make trips to the post office, and I wouldn't want to put anyone at risk," she said.

Still, that doesn't mean outfit recreations are entirely off-limits. According to Addis, there are plenty of ways to recreate celebrity fashion using pieces you already own.

"If you live at home with your parents, try raiding their wardrobe!" Addis said. "I'm sure they have some questionable pieces in there that you could work with."

Representatives for Ashley Tisdale did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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