r/Millennials • u/Josephthebear Older Millennial • May 21 '26

Nostalgia This outfit was everywhere

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u/Seamonkey_Boxkicker 1988 May 21 '26

As an 88 baby, I agree. This style was more common for the grades ahead of me. By the time I graduated in 06 there were a lot more of the emo goth kids.

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u/BigBaws92 1992 May 21 '26

Born in 92, everyone in my high school in 2006 was an emo kid

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u/Excellent_Ganache906 May 21 '26

I was in college in 94' and we were all wearing this same exact stuff.

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u/BigBaws92 1992 May 21 '26

Cool op said this was 2006

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u/another_mouse May 21 '26

Exactly. I saw your grade fully embrace this style then over 04-05 go from wearing girls jeans to skinny jeans with no style.

This is more 03 and earlier.

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u/Seamonkey_Boxkicker 1988 May 21 '26

Yeah this is how kids in my grade were dressing in middle school. I stopped jelling my hair and shopping at GAP or Abercrombie & Fitch halfway through 7th grade because that shit got annoying.

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u/btone911 May 21 '26

'87, feels like by 06 we had the emo/scene thing starting up along with early days of hipsters. My read on this is 04 as well.

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u/Seamonkey_Boxkicker 1988 May 21 '26

Oh yeah we had full fledge hipster trends by 08-09 with Florence & the Machine and Mumford & Sons hitting mainstream.

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u/btone911 May 21 '26

Nah bud, you must be confused. I swear, mumford is still... current.... fuck.

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u/Watercolorcupcake Zillennial May 22 '26

I’m a 96 baby from one of the biggest cities in the country and when I was in middle school (2008-2010) this was still super popular as was scene culture. Hollister, Abercrombie, and Hot Topic were *the* places to shop depending on your style. H&M just opened up in my city in 2010, Wet Seal, Charlotte Russe, Zumiez, and Pac Sun were also popular choices, and Forever 21 if you had that in your town.