7 trends millennials tried to leave in the fashion dumpster fire that was 2010 but Gen Z loves

Katie Holmes might have caused a stir when she showed up to the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball concert in a dress and jeans combo last year, but she was definitely onto something.

It's such a 2000s-era look, but wearing a dress over jeans — or any pants at all — is making a comeback thanks to celebrities like Bella Hadid.

Even Gen Zs on TikTok fashion communities have reclaimed the look: The hashtag #dressoverjeans has 6.9 million views, and it's full of videos of cool girls showing off how they style the trend.

Mini, midi, and even maxi dresses are all fair game.

Let me preface this by saying I, too, am Gen Z — but even I draw the line at wraparound sunglasses.

But my opinions aside, the wraparound sunglasses trend is seeing a resurgence thanks to brands like Balenciaga and the Gentle Monster x Maison Margiela collab.

Alienesque, wraparound eyewear has also been spotted on celebrities like Kim Kardashian, and it's a sign that the once-sporty item is now an avant-garde accessory.

On TikTok, the hashtag #wraparoundsunglasses has 1.7 million views, with some TikTokers showing off their wraparound sunglasses haul.

Nothing screams Gen Z more than a pair of deconstructed patchwork jeans.

Driven in part by the upcycling trend, young fashionistas are now finding new ways to transform an old pair of pants by mixing in new fabrics, patterns, and even patches.

In Singapore, local clothing brand Vintagewknd has built a nearly 40,000-strong following on Instagram by selling reworked vintage clothing made from waste fabric — and among their best-selling items are their upcycled, patchwork jeans.

Baker boy hats, or newsboy hats, are back with a vengeance, and Gen Z just can't get enough: On TikTok, the search term "baker boy hat" has been viewed over 5.5 billion times, and they're basically all videos of people styling the accessory.

You've seen them on Bella Hadid, Zendaya, and even Cillian Murphy in "Peaky Blinders." But before it became a fashion accessory, the baker boy hat was originally worn by working-class men in Europe in the 1910s, per L'Officiel.

Today, a quick search on the Walmart website throws up over a thousand different listings of baker boy hats you can buy.

Ballet flats were "cheugy" for a while, but thanks to the cyclical nature of fashion, they're slowly shedding their bad image among Gen Z — partially due to the rise of feminine fashion aesthetics like ballet core.

For example, a quick search on online retailer Asos yields results for 218 different pairs of ballet flats.

Instead of skinny jeans, Gen Z shoppers are embracing the low-rise, baggy pants that were all the rage in the early 2000s.

Gen Z's love of baggy pants can be partially attributed to the way they think about styling their outfits: Rather than the going-out top, it's all about the fun pants.

And it's not a new phenomenon — Chip Bergh, the CEO of Levi Strauss & Co., mentioned in 2021 that he noticed jeans with relaxed fits were selling especially well.

"There's definitely a trend towards more casual, looser-fitting clothes in general, and the same is true in jeans," Bergh said on a conference call with analysts in January 2021, per Bloomberg. "I think it's here to stay."

As Carrie Bradshaw famously said, "It's not a bag, it's a Baguette."

Fendi's Baguette bag was an iconic part of '90s fashion thanks to Sarah Jessica Parker in "Sex and the City," and it saw a resurgence last year — which happened to be the bag's 25th anniversary.

Part of the bag's popularity among Gen Z is also driven by TikTok, where the search term "Fendi baguette" has been viewed 21 million times. Most of the videos that show up are unboxing videos of vintage Fendi baguette bags.

Parker, for her part, has been photographed on the set of "Sex and the City" spin-off "And Just Like That" rocking the iconic accessory this year.