I had a theory a while back that the reason Lily/Lola and Harper both dressed in such crazy fashions compared to their female best friend, is because the shows needed their female main character to have a female best friend, or she might seem like a weird loner, and because it's tv and sexism is a thing, the female best friend couldn't be played by an ugly actress, so they needed a way to still make the best friend seem "Other" to the audience, so they'd project unto the "correct" character, obviously cause it's Disney this way to make them seem "Other" had to be super PG, so they went with dressing them in a crazier fashion than the main character. It is, to a degree, also possible to see this in other shows and movies, where the female main character, while styled well, will look almost bland or boring next to her "excentric" friend
I vividly remember watching an episode of Shake It Up in 2010/2011 and raiding my closet to put together an outfit with a million prints and layers and random statement accessories that I had begged my mom to buy from Claire’s (think fingerless lace gloves and bows with studs on them for…some reason) but when I tried it all on, it just looked stupid. I couldn’t understand why they looked cute and I didn’t, so I cried about it and stuck to my basic preteen attire after that. I wish I could go back in time to tell myself they didn’t look cute, they were just on TV and I was 12 so I assumed their style was the pinnacle of fashion 😭
And always enormous rooms. As a Brit, I still can't get over how big all the rooms and houses are in American sitcoms & dramas. We live in tiny boxes by comparison.
Lilly said Lola dresses like a Japanese cartoon character (anime character). It's an accurate description, she looked like she had more fun than Hannah's looks.
Yeah Lola's fits had that mid 00s Harajuku street fashion look to them, especially thanks to those petticoat heavy skirts, stripped stockings and big ol buckled boots with platforms
I’m British and I loved Disney channel, I think me and my friends just assumed this is how Americans dressed. Thought it was batshit crazy except Lizzie Maguire and Raven Baxter
+creepymiddleagedman Honestly, you should have seen my style when I was about 6-8 years old or so. When I've looked at old photo albums, I noticed that I never really wore what others wore. And as I got older, idk if my mom made me start making clothing choices for myself which tbh isn't a bad thing at all and I've worn some major mismatched outfits when I was younger. And to some level, I still wear some mismatched clothes/outfits without a care in the world. Then again, I was 1 of the taller kids in elementary school where I was probably around 7 or so wearing bell bottom jeans. Given, idk if that was in style or not, but I was never "up" on fashion trends until my bff had introduced me to Low-Rise skinny jeans and when I mean low, I mean low-low. Sorry if a little tmi, but bikini style underwear is practically how low the Real low-rise skinny jeans were. Given, they weren't as low as that, but I'd wear my jeans just slightly above that which is pretty low under my belly button. Apparently, cargo jeans/cargo pants are coming back into style and I'm usually not one up w/the latest fashion trends, but that was def. one I went for. I got lucky enough to find a low-ish rise pair of cargo pants. In terms of the current low-rise jeans, the majority of those rise sizes are mid-sizes over the original original low rise size back from when I was like 13 lol. Apart from a potential friendship fallout, I think once low-rise jeans had been phased out into high rise jeans = Nope, I'm out. And I started to wear leggings and sweatpants far more often than not.
Bruh when I was 10 too ! with my neon legging and short layered tops, all my clothes, looking weird at school, gosh, what a time it was...!! I was almost bullied for this 💀 people in my area wasn't really interested in Disney channel, my mom let me bc i was happy but she would say I looked ridiculous too 😅😂😂
@@liabstrait8306 I've looked at some old photos of mine before too. When I was in elementary school, I wore bell bottom jeans. But then I saw a picture of myself wearing 2 very mismatched floral patterns together. Also, I did go out in public like that and I'm like: "What was I thinking." Given, now being an adult who is 30, I still don't care about being mismatched, but I'd never wear 2 floral patterns again w/the way I had. I think about middle school/high school is when my best friend got me into Low-Rise skinny jeans. And I think by our Senior Year, one day, I asked her about it and she was like: "I haven't worn skinny jeans in ages," and this prob. around the same time High Rise jeans became very popular among the newer generation of kids. I envy those who can do both low and high rise jeans, but me = nope. So I stopped wearing jeans almost completely after that unless it was for work. But thankfully where I had worked at for about a year, their dress code was super laxxed and their 1 rule was "no blue jeans," which makes sense if you're going to be bending down a lot. I wore leggings so much when I had worked there. I literally started wearing leggings/sweatpants a lot more. Also, as I got older, I hated the bloated feeling one gets when they eat junk food when wearing jeans, lol. And with sweatpants, you can't feel that. Technically, I can tolerate mid-rise, but still highly prefer low-rise. And most stores "low-rise's," are mid-size on me. Sorry, for the extra info, but my style wasn't the best when younger, either lol.
Those “useless” belts, layering, and chunk accessories were all the rage in the 2010s, literally putting on accessories and more clothes just to put them on. I remember my mom dressing me like this because that’s what was trendy, and we didn’t even get Disney channel. It was at first a product of its time, and then became “Disney” brand to mimic this moment in time, almost like a time capsule.
I used to want to dress like Rocky and Cece when I was in elementary school, so I remember showing up to school in sparkly tops colorful tops, a fedora, and layers thinking I was the best dressed in school. That picture day still haunts me.
I would say they did a good job aging up alex as well… she definitely dressed a lot more feminine & mature as the series progressed! Especially in the wizards reunion!
Not to mention, her concert uniform was jazzed up nicely as the seasons went on, going from pants and flats in season 1 to skirts and heels in the later seasons. I am referring to the concert band uniforms. I also like Music Support Group Academy’s current concert band uniforms, but the school is considering changing their uniforms for the next year.
In general, it is hard to sell actual fashion to children and preteens who rely on their parent's money. What you can sell is cheaply made, ready-to-wear, rhinestoned separates meant to layer. Allowing any of their young entertainers to "release a line" easily with their face on it.
Lizzie Mcguire had me in a chokehold bad. I rmr being upset we cant afford limited too so I'll clip picture off j14, teen magazines I'd steal from stores and dr appt. to use as reference for back to school shopping at goodwill 💀
As someone born in 96, Lizzie and her friends really look exactly like kids age 11-15 would wear at the time. Sometimes they aged them down too with colors and patterns (some of Lizzie's fits look very similar to my clothes when I was maybe 6, 7) but they let them wear more mature things too - it's important to keep in mind that at that time tweens still existed and people didn't go straight from 9 to a drunk elephant using micro-adult lol. Those later shows were kind of a mess with those layers. I wore skirts over pants, shorts over tights and 2 tshirts sometimes and again, I was by no means following trends but I've never seen anyone get up to the Disney level LOL
and i think this is the problem we are having with kids today. I am older than you. I was in the 6th grade when you were born lol! But, I know a lot of bad things are coming to light about Nick and Disney but, I think we also have to remember that these shows did provide for an age group that really does get looked over now in 2024. We used to have malls and arcades for kids to hang out at. But, now it really does feel that kid are being expected to jump from "Bluey" to "Euphoria" without these channels there aren't really kids that are ready to be beyond preschool tv but not ready for the stuff adults are watching. The same goes for fashion and places to go. There is no middle ground anymore. We have 8 year olds bullying each other because they arn't going around with Stanley cups and using Retinol. There is nothing for this age group and family friendly tv shows are beginning to become a thing of the past! There are very few shows that a 9 year old can watch with their parents and each person is able to enjoy it. No places for them to go, nothing for them to watch. Then we complain that they want to jump into adult behavior. So, I guess I am just saying....What do we want them to wear? What do we want them to watch and where do we want them to hang out...because we complain that they are out there wearing retinol cream and trying to be mini adults....But what alternative is out there for them? I think this must be one of the hardest time to be an older child in modern history. In a way, I do wish kids today were dressing in "Disney" fashion because at least looking like the quirky "best friend" or wearing their hair in "Jojo bows" at least was not sexualizing them. What the answer is, I don't know. But, we are putting a double standard on these kids and that isn't fair either. I always say that childhood only lasts for a short amount of time. If you are lucky you get maybe 17 or 18 years to be a kid/teen. and when you think about our total expected life span and the fact that you have out grown so many childish things by the time you are 18, it's not fair. These kids only have a limited time to be kids and it is being taken away from them.
Also a lot of the layering was a result of trends like belly baring tops and miniskirts not being school dress code approved. Youd need to wear a tanktop or When you raised your arms your low rise flares and highrise skirt would get you in trouble. As Well as some schools not allowing sleeveless shirts. so youd have a shrug or hoodie over top, and maybe a longer sleeve shirt Underneath. So while it wasn't all that sleek or fashionable it was an attempt to manage the restrictions we hadto work with and limited access to clothes, many of us relying on kmart, walmart, and JCpennys.
The outfits on Lizzie Maguire were probably the most relatable to the time and attainable. Definitely did not spend enough time talking about Raven and London, the real fashionistas on Disney channel. Everyone else just looked overtly tacky.
I wonder if the excessive layering had anything to do with keeping the female characters modest? The only people I remember being layered like that had strict parents with controlling church ideals of how they had to look. Personally I associate jean maxi skirts with bible camp. Maybe or maybe not idk
Maybe? I think I agree to an extent. I don't think my parents were too strict with what they allowed me to wear, but I definitely remember layering pants with skirts, short sleeve shirt over a long sleeve one and a jacket or cardigan. But that was also just because I liked dressing like that and my older sister was dressing this way too so I was looking up to her
Lizzie was definitely the kind of girl to wear strictly jeans, and heavily branded tops from abercrombie and hollister, so as to avoid presenting any personality and incurring possible judgement from her peers.
I used to think Disney Channel fashion was high fashion until my mom took me to an art exhibit on couture fashion from the late 1940's and through the 1950's. After seeing that exhibit my life was changed forever.😊❤
@@chisom. I'm a geek when it comes to fashion. My mom worked at Dillard's when I was a kid so I learned some brand names from her whenever I went to see her at work. I also loved getting books on fashion,art,and old movies when I went to the library. 🥰❤️
As someone who lived on the other side of the world (born 2004), I just assumed that was how people in America dressed as a kid. I also loved, and still love, most of Alex's outfits.
Lmaoooo no😂 America tv created a false reality for people watching most of the time, don’t believe everything you see (ahem high school based movies and tv shows I’m looking at you😂)
Hey, this fashion has a type of aesthetic to it and unlike the Nickelodeon girls, the Disney channel girls kept their bodies covered because the directors weren't creepy old men. Tbh, I loved the outfits on all the shows but I like how the outfits on Good Luck Charlie, they dressed a bit more plain and normal looking.
For all of disneys faults it’s nice that they were so well layered. Especially in comparison to how Nickelodeon was known to overly sexualize their cast of teens.
@@andreinapereira552 weird stuff def went on, but their clothes wasn't one of them. I grew up watching everything from zoey 101 to icarly, drake josh, kenan kel, neds survival guide, and I have never seen any weird skimpy outfits for sure.
@@elmore707 idk, I'm rewatching Drake & Josh (ik, horrible timing), and after season one Drake in particular is usually dressed in clothes that are way too tight for no reason, plus the girls he 'dates' (a new one every episode) have a lot of makeup on and skin on show for alleged 14-18 year old girl-next-doors. At least they let Miranda Cosgrove keep wearing modest normal outfits all the way through.
So true. I remember Cat wore a revealing outfit in Victorious (because Dan was a creep) and that's the same point I made. Disney kept their characters looking like kids which was good
@@elmore707 Dan Schneider fought Nickelodeon to keep Victoria Justice's skirt short. And Alexa Nikolas said that the skirts she wore were so short they cut up the short leggings she wore underneath so they wouldn't show.
I used to love Disney clothes. Ultimately, my style has ended up being basically dressing like Ms. Frizzle. She was an obvious inspiration, but I think the colorful and eye-catching nature of the clothes on Disney shows meant that my outfits would just end up being that, too.
I think in five years the Pinterest girlies are going to have a field day with Liv’s style from liv and Maddie and make that 2010s style come back. Like what we’re doing with the Y2K stuff
IKR I been watching Liv & Maddie lately (I think I didn't watch it much as a kid because that's when I started to lose interest in Disney channel) and I love Liv's outfits! She's an underrated character too
@@jocelynecupcake fr I love how she wasn’t written off as the dumb blonde but she could still be giggly and silly. I also liked that Maddie’s romance was focused on way more than her’s even though she still had some.
2000’s fashion always has a special memory in my memory. Back then, I lived a simple life of bright colors, mix and match, wearing anything that was comfortable. I left the county in 2009 for 5 years and came back in 2014 and boy did everything change. My life got boring as I became an adult then new trends came and I was too broke to keep up with it. Then accepted the fact I am still drawn to the 2000’s life. The TV shows, the cartoons, the video games. Everything.
I remember being a kid and wondering why they never dressed as real kids (and teens). Upon realizing I only watched dubs and that the original show was american I kind of just assumed that's how they must dress in america for a while lol But in general I grew up thinking the styling was made by an adult trying to be "down with the kids" and missing the mark, I never thought it was on purpose because of how "incorrect" it looked to me!
I was just too old for Shake It Up as it was airing, but I adored every other show listed here. I always adored Harper and Lilly's wacky outfits haha, as an art kid I thought they were so fun. Even now I dress on the alt side and would unironically wear something like that out - if I had the patience to sew rubber duckies to my dress...
idk if it’s just me but i never grew out of this style 😭 i would 100% wear a lot of these outfits! literally went to the thrift store last week and got a whole bunch of 2000s skinny scarves, i can’t WAIT to wear them 🥰🥰
I remember a teacher used to have this kind of style as well. I remember thinking she was so fashionable in 2013-14 when I was a high school junior and also when I was a senior. Not exactly Disney style, but she liked scarves and belts that don’t do anything, but are fashionable. She wore lots of bright colors. Sometimes dark blues, but were also bright looking. Sort of blouse type of shirts and long skirts. Also dark jeans and sometimes pants that the baggy look on the pant legs. Kinda like the 70s, but more toned down. She wore patterns, too, including stripes, cheetah print, sometimes polka dots, etc. All sorts of patterns.
@@FullmoonPhantom-dn2sr I say good for her! She wore what made her happy and that's what it's all about! I am 40 years old and I was wearing taco leggings yesterday! The adult world is so harsh that if a silly little thing makes someone happy then i THINK IT'S GOOD.
@NotWhatIamMadeFor Oh, I wasn't saying anything awful about her. Just that some people actually did wear that, and maybe 00s and 2010s fashion was a bit out there. But, if so, I don't think these comments are any different than poking fun at 60s or 70s fashion. It's just what people wore.
now being 17 years old, i was that 6 year old desperately trying to relate to a show about highschoolers. i was too young to be a part of mid 2000's/2010's fashion but i still remember it. as i was getting older i learned how stressful being a teenager actually is and i try to relive that child-like fantasy by dressing similarly to the outfits of 2000's shows (though im more inspired by monster high,bratz, winx, ect). i LOVE being the person with overly colorful and sparkly clothing and having older generations tell me that's what they wore when they were my age. EDIT: ANOTHER THING IS THAT I REALLY LOVE THE BODY SHAPE CLOTHING WAS TRYING TO ACHEIVE IN THE 2000's. like yess give me a low cut tshirt with really short sleeves for some reason ,vest, and leggings, 100 bracelets, with a mini skirt and uggs.
I think it would be cool to do an analysis on china anne mcclain from ant farm, teddy from good luck charlie. and jessie to look at how the disney channel fashion evolved from here
One thing people don’t realize when we are young is that these young Disney Channel actors weren’t allowed to dress themselves. A part of their contracts to be on Disney Channel is that the studio would pick their wardrobes for them, even on their days off. That’s why when these kids stop working for Disney and start dressing themselves, it’s extremely different in real life.
I remember that I wanted to dress like them sooo badly, I agree that Lizzie had the best outfits of Disney channel, some of the can be used today with the current 2000s trend that are coming back. Great video ❤
when I was a kid growing up in this time, I absolutely adored their fashion haha. it was definitely perfect for its time in my opinion, as we weren't being influenced by social media influencers dressing older, all we had to influence us was these characters dressing their age and even younger. I layered my clothes so much with different prints and loved it haha. I was probably 8-12 dressing like this and would not trade it for anything different. :)
I thought so, too. Though, I’m not sure if I was maybe just growing out of Disney and starting to recognize Disney dresses down their characters and is kind of off the wall at times. I mean, I still watched Disney into HS, but, I started to notice that around Shake it Up time frame. Or maybe that was just when the tween started to die. Justice went out of business. Claire’s is idk, on its last legs? Idr. Is Claire’s still a thing?
Ngl when I was younger I remember thinking Disney channel fashion was the height of fashion, and thinking I wanted to dress like that when I became a teenager (I was like 5) 💀
Brenda Song actually started the trend for wacky outfits in kidcoms, when as a little kid she briefly worked on Nickelodeon's '100 Deeds For Eddie McDowd'. Her character Sariffa was a Japanese child prodigy middle-school student best friend, and she dressed in very stylish colourful fits every episode.
Oh, the clothes from Lizzie McGuire’s line were so cute! I really liked a blue top I had back then. Overall, I enjoyed watching the show and how she looked like a girl from real life. Sure, she was fashionable, but her looks were achievable
Very good essay style video on this. I never thought about how these shows were competing with cartoons and that's where they were dressed so colorful and bright. It makes sense because when I was bored with Disney channel as a kid I would go watch Futurama, Phineas and Ferb or something
As a person who lives in a very warm climate and didnt have much money I always thought how impractical it would be to wear so many layers and also how expensive it must be to have such a large quantity of accessories , that and how wearing them just wasnt very functional. I figured it was for marketing to sell clothing lines ect
I didn’t realize how crazy each character’s storyline was til you read them out loud lol I also very much admired Alex’s style & attitude & wanted to be just like her
I never watched these shows when I was a kid, but even now I can feel the warmth of that era. These outfits are not very classy and trendy by today's standarts, but they're genuine and original. Like teenage fashion is supposed to be. In my opinion, it's better that seeing teenage characters being overly sexualised or depicted mature.
I genuinely believe that, for shake it up, they just laid out all the clothes on the floor and just randomly picked out pieces with a blindfold. I believe there was a formula, but they just went the extra mile for that one.
Man I was OBSESSED with that Lizzie mcquire limited too collection when I was a kid! To this day I think she was the best dressed Disney channel character.
i think the way they made all of these girls “fashionistas” that had different outfits every single episode was definitely trying to train us to feel like we need to spend tons of money on new clothes all the time rather than enjoying life in what we already have most of the time
I didn't have Disney Channel as a kid but as a 32 year old I still have furry scarves and berets, several items of clothing fully sequined, far too much costume jewellery, and every colour of the rainbow in my wardrobe. Didn't realise how much the fashion trends of my childhood stuck until this video! And I match outfits down to my make up and nail polish. Co-ordination is key.
I've said it hundreds of times and I'll say it again: I loved the outfits back then and I still love them just as much today. No one can change my mind!
There was an interview previously with the fashion designer of disney. She said in that interview that a big goal of the wardrobes was to not show too much skin to protect the modesty of the children they were dressing. You really see it with the skirts/leggings combos.
I was so obsessed with the shake it up wardrobe 🤣. But in recent years I realized how cute ravens outfits are and this video highlights how cute Londons style was! Omg I miss these times so much, now I’m an adult.
Here in germany Disney Channel Shows weren't a big thing, but we looked at the pictures on early internet (about 2000-2003) and found them ridiculous :D Nowadays I get the appeal, because its bright and fun. Also some of the styles were really creative. We in Germany were more into the fashion of music videos and shows like Gilmore Girls and The OC.
As a kid (like 8-9) growing up on Hannah Montana I was hooked on the fashion of the show! mini vests, belts, chunky jewelry, right down to neon nail polish! It’s crazy looking back, because now I am so out of touch with modern fashion lol
Didn't realise till now how much Lola and Harper's style influenced me till now. I've literally own a bright blue wig similar to one Lola wore!😂 And Harper's themed outfits are just wild and amazing!
Say what you want but the Hannah yellow zebra print fit ate. And Raven? I was rewatching the show recently and I'd wear 90% of those outfits rn. A timeless fashion queen
I remember having a sort of awakening as a kid one time while watching Disney Channel I was like "wait a second... these clothes are kinda weird... would anyone even dress like this in real life??" And I tried imagining someone irl wearing all those layers, contrasting patterns and unnecessary belts irl but it just didn't work 😂
As a tomboy Sam from iCarly was PEAK fashion to me. I wanted to look like her so bad 😂 but looking back at the other Nickelodeon and disney girls, they definitely had an impact on my current style too. I love bright colors and bold patterns
I grew up watching Lizzie Mcguire - I wanted to dress like her so badly! I think that out of all of the shows, Lizzie Mcguire is the best, simply because she's just a regular girl. She's not famous, or rich, or has supernatural powers, and that made her so much more relatable.
Wow the editing on that Lizzie McGuire sweepstakes commercial was an assault on my eyes lol. Early 2000s man. That aside, this was really interesting. I know absolutely nothing about fashion, but I remember my younger sister watching Shake It Up when she was younger, and my mom expressing her confusion as to why on Earth the girls on the show dressed the way they did. I’d never even noticed until she brought it up, lol. It’s cool to get insight on why the costumes were intentionally designed that way, as well as commentary from someone who likes fashion.
I uninironically like the maximalist layered, sequined, colourful look of 2000's Disney stars. It's kinda iconic. Unmatched vibes. I dressed like Hannah Montana and Alex Russo until I was 18, that would be 2015. You're never too old for a bit of whimsy.
I don't think that Rocky and Cece were aged down with the clothes they wore. Weren't they supposed to be 13 at the beginning of the show? When I was watching it being around that age, I thought they looked the age they were written to be and I was DYING to be able to have Cece's style. She looked so cool and badass to me 😂
9:31 a good observation! i live in turkey and rn i'm 18, when i was 7 it was THE disney era. my primary school self would come home from school to watch shake it up. it was my fav. my mom would get angry at me watching these shows saying i was too young and these were supposed to be for middle schoolers but i wouldn't see the issue because somehow their age felt close to me. i think clothes played a good part in making me think this way.
On a kinda related note: There was an episode in Hannah Montana about changing her image and music, and at the end of the episode she decides that she’s fine exactly the way she is… only to change her look in season 3. I mean, it’s still recognisably a Hannah Montana image, but it’s also an updated look, so I wondered why they didn’t transition her look through that episode. The message could have been about not forcing a new look and identity and to learn to change gradually, as change is part of you and should come naturally. Miley could have come to the conclusion that Hannah Montana did need an update, as long as it wasn’t too drastic or was against who she was.
As a kid watching Shake It Up the most frequent question in my mind was - what weather were their outfits supposed to be worn at? Because they seemed bad for hot and bad for cold weather. I wanted to dress like them but whenever I thought about that it was the wrong time of the year and the outfits didn't fit the weather - which was all yearround (i live in a country that has a supposedly similar climate as Chicago where the show is supposedly taking place).
Hilary Duff is Aquarius Rising and 11th house dominant iirc, makes sense why her most famous character is a sweet popular everyman friend to all, and why she looks so good in boho prints, electric colours, and zigzag streaked hair. Even the perfumes she designed and released smells a little eclectic and exotic, despite also being very easily wearable, likeable, elegant and feminine (fitting her Libra sun sign).
This video was so fun 😊 I love seeing the fashion of the earlier 2000’s shows that I can barely remember compared to Hannah Montana and Wizards, which I remember much more clearly.
Embarrassingly, its those shows that got me wearing tight pants, and one time boots in summer when my cousin was over. Mom said I was embracing her and to get different shoes. But boy did those outfits age!
I had a theory a while back that the reason Lily/Lola and Harper both dressed in such crazy fashions compared to their female best friend, is because the shows needed their female main character to have a female best friend, or she might seem like a weird loner, and because it's tv and sexism is a thing, the female best friend couldn't be played by an ugly actress, so they needed a way to still make the best friend seem "Other" to the audience, so they'd project unto the "correct" character, obviously cause it's Disney this way to make them seem "Other" had to be super PG, so they went with dressing them in a crazier fashion than the main character.
It is, to a degree, also possible to see this in other shows and movies, where the female main character, while styled well, will look almost bland or boring next to her "excentric" friend
this us superrrr interesting actually
They’re not ugly but they are noticeably not as attractive as the main character.
Sounds like how they framed Victorious
i remember thinking the fashion on Shake it up was REVOLUTIONARY
I can recall COUNTLESS trips to Justice with hopes of constructing a shake it up style outfit.
I vividly remember watching an episode of Shake It Up in 2010/2011 and raiding my closet to put together an outfit with a million prints and layers and random statement accessories that I had begged my mom to buy from Claire’s (think fingerless lace gloves and bows with studs on them for…some reason) but when I tried it all on, it just looked stupid. I couldn’t understand why they looked cute and I didn’t, so I cried about it and stuck to my basic preteen attire after that.
I wish I could go back in time to tell myself they didn’t look cute, they were just on TV and I was 12 so I assumed their style was the pinnacle of fashion 😭
I am genuinely glad my family was too broke to recreate those horrible outfits
And Rocky and cece have the audacity of making fun of gunther and tinka fashion dressed that way 😅
i had the shake it up super high top converse with the rainbow lacing and i lowkey slayed that
I think London was the most realistic one because she usually wore stuff that Paris Hilton had already worn.
interesting i didn't know this
@@chisom. I mean, not the exact same things, but the styles, silhouettes and accessories, she was pretty much based around Paris' 2000s aesthetic.
cant believe i didnt realize her name was a play on paris hilton until like 2yrs ago😭
@@mmurdI mean I didn’t connect it till this comment😭
@@mmurdthat means there’s a Milan Lipton out there somewhere
Nahh I wanted to be them so bad when I was younger looking back on the fashion and memories gives me nostalgia.
same!! editing this video made me sooo nostalgic, i miss being a kid sometimes
I wanted Cece's sparkly converse so bad.
There's an episode of Liv and Maddie where the Mom dresses up in the same clothes as Liv and it really highlights how much they're doing
Not only were their wardrobes insane, but the bedrooms... those were wild. Ravens room was so cool, i wanted it so bad
And always enormous rooms. As a Brit, I still can't get over how big all the rooms and houses are in American sitcoms & dramas. We live in tiny boxes by comparison.
Lilly said Lola dresses like a Japanese cartoon character (anime character). It's an accurate description, she looked like she had more fun than Hannah's looks.
Yeah Lola's fits had that mid 00s Harajuku street fashion look to them, especially thanks to those petticoat heavy skirts, stripped stockings and big ol buckled boots with platforms
Although Lola's fashion wasn't great the biggest crime weren't the clothes but the wigs... Party City wigs can kill almost any fit
I’m British and I loved Disney channel, I think me and my friends just assumed this is how Americans dressed. Thought it was batshit crazy except Lizzie Maguire and Raven Baxter
As an adult i still strive to perfect the lizzie Mcguire hair styles lol
Most of friends DID dress this way.
I feel like it’s an over exaggerated example of how we dressed lol. Like we used a lot of the pieces. Just didn’t style them so over the top
Most girls in high school or college absolutely DID NOT dress like this 😂 especially not in Southern California.
Yes!! I was so confused. This and "mean girls" was so far off British fashion. Absolutely nuts 😅
I remember when I was 10, I tried to pull off the Shake It Up style and I looked like a whole clown. 💀
+creepymiddleagedman Honestly, you should have seen my style when I was about 6-8 years old or so. When I've looked at old photo albums, I noticed that I never really wore what others wore. And as I got older, idk if my mom made me start making clothing choices for myself which tbh isn't a bad thing at all and I've worn some major mismatched outfits when I was younger. And to some level, I still wear some mismatched clothes/outfits without a care in the world. Then again, I was 1 of the taller kids in elementary school where I was probably around 7 or so wearing bell bottom jeans. Given, idk if that was in style or not, but I was never "up" on fashion trends until my bff had introduced me to Low-Rise skinny jeans and when I mean low, I mean low-low.
Sorry if a little tmi, but bikini style underwear is practically how low the Real low-rise skinny jeans were. Given, they weren't as low as that, but I'd wear my jeans just slightly above that which is pretty low under my belly button. Apparently, cargo jeans/cargo pants are coming back into style and I'm usually not one up w/the latest fashion trends, but that was def. one I went for. I got lucky enough to find a low-ish rise pair of cargo pants. In terms of the current low-rise jeans, the majority of those rise sizes are mid-sizes over the original original low rise size back from when I was like 13 lol. Apart from a potential friendship fallout, I think once low-rise jeans had been phased out into high rise jeans = Nope, I'm out. And I started to wear leggings and sweatpants far more often than not.
Bruh when I was 10 too ! with my neon legging and short layered tops, all my clothes, looking weird at school, gosh, what a time it was...!! I was almost bullied for this 💀 people in my area wasn't really interested in Disney channel, my mom let me bc i was happy but she would say I looked ridiculous too 😅😂😂
@@liabstrait8306 I've looked at some old photos of mine before too. When I was in elementary school, I wore bell bottom jeans. But then I saw a picture of myself wearing 2 very mismatched floral patterns together. Also, I did go out in public like that and I'm like: "What was I thinking." Given, now being an adult who is 30, I still don't care about being mismatched, but I'd never wear 2 floral patterns again w/the way I had.
I think about middle school/high school is when my best friend got me into Low-Rise skinny jeans. And I think by our Senior Year, one day, I asked her about it and she was like: "I haven't worn skinny jeans in ages," and this prob. around the same time High Rise jeans became very popular among the newer generation of kids. I envy those who can do both low and high rise jeans, but me = nope. So I stopped wearing jeans almost completely after that unless it was for work. But thankfully where I had worked at for about a year, their dress code was super laxxed and their 1 rule was "no blue jeans," which makes sense if you're going to be bending down a lot. I wore leggings so much when I had worked there. I literally started wearing leggings/sweatpants a lot more.
Also, as I got older, I hated the bloated feeling one gets when they eat junk food when wearing jeans, lol. And with sweatpants, you can't feel that. Technically, I can tolerate mid-rise, but still highly prefer low-rise. And most stores "low-rise's," are mid-size on me. Sorry, for the extra info, but my style wasn't the best when younger, either lol.
Those “useless” belts, layering, and chunk accessories were all the rage in the 2010s, literally putting on accessories and more clothes just to put them on. I remember my mom dressing me like this because that’s what was trendy, and we didn’t even get Disney channel. It was at first a product of its time, and then became “Disney” brand to mimic this moment in time, almost like a time capsule.
I used to love Alex’s outfits and wanted to dress like her sooooo bad hahahah
same girl same i was Obsessed
Harper had great quirky style though her character made a lot of her own outfits
High-key still love Alex's fashion. Once she got older it felt a little too mature at times but she still killed it
For sure would still rock some of those fits idc
alex russo our fashion icon dressing up like her was a universal experience
The Cheetah Girls aged so well omg. Those matching tracksuits
alex totally had the cutest clothes
Honestly I would still wear some of those fits 🤷🏻♀️
Spillll
I used to want to dress like Rocky and Cece when I was in elementary school, so I remember showing up to school in sparkly tops colorful tops, a fedora, and layers thinking I was the best dressed in school. That picture day still haunts me.
loll we all had this experience unfortunately
After all of the Nickelodeon revelations recently, I'm honestly kinda glad they were putting extra clothes on these young girls
I would say they did a good job aging up alex as well… she definitely dressed a lot more feminine & mature as the series progressed! Especially in the wizards reunion!
Not to mention, her concert uniform was jazzed up nicely as the seasons went on, going from pants and flats in season 1 to skirts and heels in the later seasons. I am referring to the concert band uniforms. I also like Music Support Group Academy’s current concert band uniforms, but the school is considering changing their uniforms for the next year.
In general, it is hard to sell actual fashion to children and preteens who rely on their parent's money. What you can sell is cheaply made, ready-to-wear, rhinestoned separates meant to layer. Allowing any of their young entertainers to "release a line" easily with their face on it.
this makes a lot of sense especially since disney put out a cheap line in target for basically this exact reason
Lizzie Mcguire had me in a chokehold bad. I rmr being upset we cant afford limited too so I'll clip picture off j14, teen magazines I'd steal from stores and dr appt. to use as reference for back to school shopping at goodwill 💀
Sometimes you can actually get good finds there
this is actually such a good idea
As someone born in 96, Lizzie and her friends really look exactly like kids age 11-15 would wear at the time. Sometimes they aged them down too with colors and patterns (some of Lizzie's fits look very similar to my clothes when I was maybe 6, 7) but they let them wear more mature things too - it's important to keep in mind that at that time tweens still existed and people didn't go straight from 9 to a drunk elephant using micro-adult lol. Those later shows were kind of a mess with those layers. I wore skirts over pants, shorts over tights and 2 tshirts sometimes and again, I was by no means following trends but I've never seen anyone get up to the Disney level LOL
Same age. I thought so, too.
I’m a 97 born and I think your point on tween culture is accurate.
and i think this is the problem we are having with kids today. I am older than you. I was in the 6th grade when you were born lol! But, I know a lot of bad things are coming to light about Nick and Disney but, I think we also have to remember that these shows did provide for an age group that really does get looked over now in 2024. We used to have malls and arcades for kids to hang out at. But, now it really does feel that kid are being expected to jump from "Bluey" to "Euphoria" without these channels there aren't really kids that are ready to be beyond preschool tv but not ready for the stuff adults are watching. The same goes for fashion and places to go. There is no middle ground anymore. We have 8 year olds bullying each other because they arn't going around with Stanley cups and using Retinol. There is nothing for this age group and family friendly tv shows are beginning to become a thing of the past! There are very few shows that a 9 year old can watch with their parents and each person is able to enjoy it. No places for them to go, nothing for them to watch. Then we complain that they want to jump into adult behavior. So, I guess I am just saying....What do we want them to wear? What do we want them to watch and where do we want them to hang out...because we complain that they are out there wearing retinol cream and trying to be mini adults....But what alternative is out there for them? I think this must be one of the hardest time to be an older child in modern history. In a way, I do wish kids today were dressing in "Disney" fashion because at least looking like the quirky "best friend" or wearing their hair in "Jojo bows" at least was not sexualizing them. What the answer is, I don't know. But, we are putting a double standard on these kids and that isn't fair either. I always say that childhood only lasts for a short amount of time. If you are lucky you get maybe 17 or 18 years to be a kid/teen. and when you think about our total expected life span and the fact that you have out grown so many childish things by the time you are 18, it's not fair. These kids only have a limited time to be kids and it is being taken away from them.
Also a lot of the layering was a result of trends like belly baring tops and miniskirts not being school dress code approved. Youd need to wear a tanktop or When you raised your arms your low rise flares and highrise skirt would get you in trouble. As Well as some schools not allowing sleeveless shirts. so youd have a shrug or hoodie over top, and maybe a longer sleeve shirt Underneath. So while it wasn't all that sleek or fashionable it was an attempt to manage the restrictions we hadto work with and limited access to clothes, many of us relying on kmart, walmart, and JCpennys.
They dressed like cartoons ❤
The outfits on Lizzie Maguire were probably the most relatable to the time and attainable. Definitely did not spend enough time talking about Raven and London, the real fashionistas on Disney channel. Everyone else just looked overtly tacky.
I wonder if the excessive layering had anything to do with keeping the female characters modest? The only people I remember being layered like that had strict parents with controlling church ideals of how they had to look. Personally I associate jean maxi skirts with bible camp. Maybe or maybe not idk
i think it did! @amandamaryanna made a good video exploring the purity culture aspect of disney channel fashion
I think it had more to do with school dress codes, fashion at the time, and disney thinking they could sell more items of Clothes.
Maybe? I think I agree to an extent. I don't think my parents were too strict with what they allowed me to wear, but I definitely remember layering pants with skirts, short sleeve shirt over a long sleeve one and a jacket or cardigan. But that was also just because I liked dressing like that and my older sister was dressing this way too so I was looking up to her
Lizzie was definitely the kind of girl to wear strictly jeans, and heavily branded tops from abercrombie and hollister, so as to avoid presenting any personality and incurring possible judgement from her peers.
I actually love early 2000s Disney fashion. It’s fun and colourful, I’m glad the layering and scarves are coming back.
I used to think Disney Channel fashion was high fashion until my mom took me to an art exhibit on couture fashion from the late 1940's and through the 1950's. After seeing that exhibit my life was changed forever.😊❤
you are so lucky i didn't start to learn more about fashion till i joined tumblr in 2012
@@chisom. I'm a geek when it comes to fashion. My mom worked at Dillard's when I was a kid so I learned some brand names from her whenever I went to see her at work.
I also loved getting books on fashion,art,and old movies when I went to the library. 🥰❤️
As someone who lived on the other side of the world (born 2004), I just assumed that was how people in America dressed as a kid.
I also loved, and still love, most of Alex's outfits.
Lmaoooo no😂 America tv created a false reality for people watching most of the time, don’t believe everything you see (ahem high school based movies and tv shows I’m looking at you😂)
@@Ariel-lol I know that now lol.
I actually visited a while ago, cool place
same girl
Hey, this fashion has a type of aesthetic to it and unlike the Nickelodeon girls, the Disney channel girls kept their bodies covered because the directors weren't creepy old men. Tbh, I loved the outfits on all the shows but I like how the outfits on Good Luck Charlie, they dressed a bit more plain and normal looking.
For all of disneys faults it’s nice that they were so well layered. Especially in comparison to how Nickelodeon was known to overly sexualize their cast of teens.
overly sexualize? i don't remember that
@@andreinapereira552 weird stuff def went on, but their clothes wasn't one of them. I grew up watching everything from zoey 101 to icarly, drake josh, kenan kel, neds survival guide, and I have never seen any weird skimpy outfits for sure.
@@elmore707 idk, I'm rewatching Drake & Josh (ik, horrible timing), and after season one Drake in particular is usually dressed in clothes that are way too tight for no reason, plus the girls he 'dates' (a new one every episode) have a lot of makeup on and skin on show for alleged 14-18 year old girl-next-doors. At least they let Miranda Cosgrove keep wearing modest normal outfits all the way through.
So true. I remember Cat wore a revealing outfit in Victorious (because Dan was a creep) and that's the same point I made. Disney kept their characters looking like kids which was good
@@elmore707 Dan Schneider fought Nickelodeon to keep Victoria Justice's skirt short. And Alexa Nikolas said that the skirts she wore were so short they cut up the short leggings she wore underneath so they wouldn't show.
I used to love Disney clothes. Ultimately, my style has ended up being basically dressing like Ms. Frizzle. She was an obvious inspiration, but I think the colorful and eye-catching nature of the clothes on Disney shows meant that my outfits would just end up being that, too.
I think in five years the Pinterest girlies are going to have a field day with Liv’s style from liv and Maddie and make that 2010s style come back. Like what we’re doing with the Y2K stuff
IKR I been watching Liv & Maddie lately (I think I didn't watch it much as a kid because that's when I started to lose interest in Disney channel) and I love Liv's outfits! She's an underrated character too
@@jocelynecupcake fr I love how she wasn’t written off as the dumb blonde but she could still be giggly and silly. I also liked that Maddie’s romance was focused on way more than her’s even though she still had some.
Kids really DO love matchy-matchy. I remember trying to style my own outfits when I was younger and I wanted EVERYTHING to match.
2000’s fashion always has a special memory in my memory. Back then, I lived a simple life of bright colors, mix and match, wearing anything that was comfortable. I left the county in 2009 for 5 years and came back in 2014 and boy did everything change. My life got boring as I became an adult then new trends came and I was too broke to keep up with it. Then accepted the fact I am still drawn to the 2000’s life. The TV shows, the cartoons, the video games. Everything.
I remember being a kid and wondering why they never dressed as real kids (and teens). Upon realizing I only watched dubs and that the original show was american I kind of just assumed that's how they must dress in america for a while lol
But in general I grew up thinking the styling was made by an adult trying to be "down with the kids" and missing the mark, I never thought it was on purpose because of how "incorrect" it looked to me!
I was just too old for Shake It Up as it was airing, but I adored every other show listed here.
I always adored Harper and Lilly's wacky outfits haha, as an art kid I thought they were so fun. Even now I dress on the alt side and would unironically wear something like that out - if I had the patience to sew rubber duckies to my dress...
I used to want every single thing London had
samee her outfifts were soo cute
idk if it’s just me but i never grew out of this style 😭 i would 100% wear a lot of these outfits! literally went to the thrift store last week and got a whole bunch of 2000s skinny scarves, i can’t WAIT to wear them 🥰🥰
I remember a teacher used to have this kind of style as well. I remember thinking she was so fashionable in 2013-14 when I was a high school junior and also when I was a senior. Not exactly Disney style, but she liked scarves and belts that don’t do anything, but are fashionable. She wore lots of bright colors. Sometimes dark blues, but were also bright looking. Sort of blouse type of shirts and long skirts. Also dark jeans and sometimes pants that the baggy look on the pant legs. Kinda like the 70s, but more toned down. She wore patterns, too, including stripes, cheetah print, sometimes polka dots, etc. All sorts of patterns.
i'd for sure where most of london outfits especially that black dress w the colorful scarf i showed and that light green dress
eee me too!
@@FullmoonPhantom-dn2sr I say good for her! She wore what made her happy and that's what it's all about! I am 40 years old and I was wearing taco leggings yesterday! The adult world is so harsh that if a silly little thing makes someone happy then i THINK IT'S GOOD.
@NotWhatIamMadeFor Oh, I wasn't saying anything awful about her. Just that some people actually did wear that, and maybe 00s and 2010s fashion was a bit out there. But, if so, I don't think these comments are any different than poking fun at 60s or 70s fashion. It's just what people wore.
It's not just the layering it's the too much Jewelry and super chunky jewelry too. Everything was pumped up to 100 in the early 2000-2010s Disney era
now being 17 years old, i was that 6 year old desperately trying to relate to a show about highschoolers. i was too young to be a part of mid 2000's/2010's fashion but i still remember it. as i was getting older i learned how stressful being a teenager actually is and i try to relive that child-like fantasy by dressing similarly to the outfits of 2000's shows (though im more inspired by monster high,bratz, winx, ect). i LOVE being the person with overly colorful and sparkly clothing and having older generations tell me that's what they wore when they were my age.
EDIT: ANOTHER THING IS THAT I REALLY LOVE THE BODY SHAPE CLOTHING WAS TRYING TO ACHEIVE IN THE 2000's. like yess give me a low cut tshirt with really short sleeves for some reason ,vest, and leggings, 100 bracelets, with a mini skirt and uggs.
I think it would be cool to do an analysis on china anne mcclain from ant farm, teddy from good luck charlie. and jessie to look at how the disney channel fashion evolved from here
i like this idea 🧐
Oh yes! Can't forget Good luck Charlie! Don't forget Austin & Ally tho
One thing people don’t realize when we are young is that these young Disney Channel actors weren’t allowed to dress themselves. A part of their contracts to be on Disney Channel is that the studio would pick their wardrobes for them, even on their days off. That’s why when these kids stop working for Disney and start dressing themselves, it’s extremely different in real life.
I remember that I wanted to dress like them sooo badly, I agree that Lizzie had the best outfits of Disney channel, some of the can be used today with the current 2000s trend that are coming back. Great video ❤
honestly i didn't like capris until i started watching the show for this video, i love how they paired them with platform sandals so cute
when I was a kid growing up in this time, I absolutely adored their fashion haha. it was definitely perfect for its time in my opinion, as we weren't being influenced by social media influencers dressing older, all we had to influence us was these characters dressing their age and even younger. I layered my clothes so much with different prints and loved it haha. I was probably 8-12 dressing like this and would not trade it for anything different. :)
“best friend rocky and cici dreamed of being dancers”
not with them outfits 😭
even back then, those shake it up fits broke me 💀
I thought so, too. Though, I’m not sure if I was maybe just growing out of Disney and starting to recognize Disney dresses down their characters and is kind of off the wall at times. I mean, I still watched Disney into HS, but, I started to notice that around Shake it Up time frame. Or maybe that was just when the tween started to die. Justice went out of business. Claire’s is idk, on its last legs? Idr. Is Claire’s still a thing?
loll it was wilddd
Ngl when I was younger I remember thinking Disney channel fashion was the height of fashion, and thinking I wanted to dress like that when I became a teenager (I was like 5) 💀
we all had the same experience
@@chisom. wow yeah we did 😭
Brenda Song actually started the trend for wacky outfits in kidcoms, when as a little kid she briefly worked on Nickelodeon's '100 Deeds For Eddie McDowd'. Her character Sariffa was a Japanese child prodigy middle-school student best friend, and she dressed in very stylish colourful fits every episode.
Oh, the clothes from Lizzie McGuire’s line were so cute! I really liked a blue top I had back then. Overall, I enjoyed watching the show and how she looked like a girl from real life. Sure, she was fashionable, but her looks were achievable
Very good essay style video on this. I never thought about how these shows were competing with cartoons and that's where they were dressed so colorful and bright. It makes sense because when I was bored with Disney channel as a kid I would go watch Futurama, Phineas and Ferb or something
thank you it's my first longer video like this so i'm glad you like it and for sure if disney got boring id switch to cartoon network
this got me thinking, how do disney kids dress these days? 🤔
They wear heels!
Well at least they were dressed like kids, nowadays you'll see walking around 12 yo dressed like they're 20
Yeah.. it's disturbing
As a person who lives in a very warm climate and didnt have much money I always thought how impractical it would be to wear so many layers and also how expensive it must be to have such a large quantity of accessories , that and how wearing them just wasnt very functional. I figured it was for marketing to sell clothing lines ect
I didn’t realize how crazy each character’s storyline was til you read them out loud lol
I also very much admired Alex’s style & attitude & wanted to be just like her
I never watched these shows when I was a kid, but even now I can feel the warmth of that era. These outfits are not very classy and trendy by today's standarts, but they're genuine and original. Like teenage fashion is supposed to be. In my opinion, it's better that seeing teenage characters being overly sexualised or depicted mature.
I genuinely believe that, for shake it up, they just laid out all the clothes on the floor and just randomly picked out pieces with a blindfold.
I believe there was a formula, but they just went the extra mile for that one.
Man I was OBSESSED with that Lizzie mcquire limited too collection when I was a kid! To this day I think she was the best dressed Disney channel character.
i think the way they made all of these girls “fashionistas” that had different outfits every single episode was definitely trying to train us to feel like we need to spend tons of money on new clothes all the time rather than enjoying life in what we already have most of the time
I didn't have Disney Channel as a kid but as a 32 year old I still have furry scarves and berets, several items of clothing fully sequined, far too much costume jewellery, and every colour of the rainbow in my wardrobe. Didn't realise how much the fashion trends of my childhood stuck until this video! And I match outfits down to my make up and nail polish. Co-ordination is key.
I've said it hundreds of times and I'll say it again: I loved the outfits back then and I still love them just as much today. No one can change my mind!
I never really thought of clothes and fashion until when I started watching That’s so Raven, she was always so versatile with her clothes.
There was an interview previously with the fashion designer of disney. She said in that interview that a big goal of the wardrobes was to not show too much skin to protect the modesty of the children they were dressing. You really see it with the skirts/leggings combos.
I was so obsessed with the shake it up wardrobe 🤣. But in recent years I realized how cute ravens outfits are and this video highlights how cute Londons style was! Omg I miss these times so much, now I’m an adult.
I want a lot of the pieces I see in this video omg
I was born in 2000 and still loved these shows with older cousins and siblings and mostly older friends when I was so young 2-8 or 9!!!
When I was younger i didn't like the fashion but now I LOVE IT tbh the outfits are so cute
can't lie some of them ate
Alex's wardrobe was The Bessst
Here in germany Disney Channel Shows weren't a big thing, but we looked at the pictures on early internet (about 2000-2003) and found them ridiculous :D Nowadays I get the appeal, because its bright and fun. Also some of the styles were really creative. We in Germany were more into the fashion of music videos and shows like Gilmore Girls and The OC.
As a kid (like 8-9) growing up on Hannah Montana I was hooked on the fashion of the show! mini vests, belts, chunky jewelry, right down to neon nail polish! It’s crazy looking back, because now I am so out of touch with modern fashion lol
Didn't realise till now how much Lola and Harper's style influenced me till now. I've literally own a bright blue wig similar to one Lola wore!😂 And Harper's themed outfits are just wild and amazing!
Say what you want but the Hannah yellow zebra print fit ate. And Raven? I was rewatching the show recently and I'd wear 90% of those outfits rn. A timeless fashion queen
I remember as a kid thinking it looked like a bunch of clothes were thrown in the air and whatever you caught you had to wear for filming that day 😂
I love your analysis videos of fashion in media! Keep up the good work
Thank you so much!
I loved them omg I’m so nostalgic now
Honestly, I kind of love the vibes of some of these outfits.
same very nostalgic for sure
That LD2 commercial spoke to my 10 year soul. Thank you for that ❤
it spoke to mine as well 💕
It was iconic tbh
I remember having a sort of awakening as a kid one time while watching Disney Channel I was like "wait a second... these clothes are kinda weird... would anyone even dress like this in real life??" And I tried imagining someone irl wearing all those layers, contrasting patterns and unnecessary belts irl but it just didn't work 😂
i cany lie i ADORE every disney channel outfit like ever, idc how ugly people say it is it always EXACTLY my style and i live and breathe it
esp alex russo shes my all time no1 style inspo
As a tomboy Sam from iCarly was PEAK fashion to me. I wanted to look like her so bad 😂 but looking back at the other Nickelodeon and disney girls, they definitely had an impact on my current style too. I love bright colors and bold patterns
I think Nickelodeon was worse than Disney though. I liked the outfits too, but you gotta admit the Disney outfits were less revealing most of the time
I grew up watching Lizzie Mcguire - I wanted to dress like her so badly! I think that out of all of the shows, Lizzie Mcguire is the best, simply because she's just a regular girl. She's not famous, or rich, or has supernatural powers, and that made her so much more relatable.
Wow the editing on that Lizzie McGuire sweepstakes commercial was an assault on my eyes lol. Early 2000s man.
That aside, this was really interesting. I know absolutely nothing about fashion, but I remember my younger sister watching Shake It Up when she was younger, and my mom expressing her confusion as to why on Earth the girls on the show dressed the way they did. I’d never even noticed until she brought it up, lol. It’s cool to get insight on why the costumes were intentionally designed that way, as well as commentary from someone who likes fashion.
I uninironically like the maximalist layered, sequined, colourful look of 2000's Disney stars. It's kinda iconic. Unmatched vibes. I dressed like Hannah Montana and Alex Russo until I was 18, that would be 2015. You're never too old for a bit of whimsy.
I don't think that Rocky and Cece were aged down with the clothes they wore. Weren't they supposed to be 13 at the beginning of the show? When I was watching it being around that age, I thought they looked the age they were written to be and I was DYING to be able to have Cece's style. She looked so cool and badass to me 😂
I like Disney channels fashion sense and I love Hannah Montana outfits very iconic🤭💗
9:31 a good observation! i live in turkey and rn i'm 18, when i was 7 it was THE disney era. my primary school self would come home from school to watch shake it up. it was my fav. my mom would get angry at me watching these shows saying i was too young and these were supposed to be for middle schoolers but i wouldn't see the issue because somehow their age felt close to me. i think clothes played a good part in making me think this way.
my mom was the exact same lolll
On a kinda related note: There was an episode in Hannah Montana about changing her image and music, and at the end of the episode she decides that she’s fine exactly the way she is… only to change her look in season 3. I mean, it’s still recognisably a Hannah Montana image, but it’s also an updated look, so I wondered why they didn’t transition her look through that episode. The message could have been about not forcing a new look and identity and to learn to change gradually, as change is part of you and should come naturally. Miley could have come to the conclusion that Hannah Montana did need an update, as long as it wasn’t too drastic or was against who she was.
As a kid watching Shake It Up the most frequent question in my mind was - what weather were their outfits supposed to be worn at? Because they seemed bad for hot and bad for cold weather. I wanted to dress like them but whenever I thought about that it was the wrong time of the year and the outfits didn't fit the weather - which was all yearround (i live in a country that has a supposedly similar climate as Chicago where the show is supposedly taking place).
Hilary Duff is Aquarius Rising and 11th house dominant iirc, makes sense why her most famous character is a sweet popular everyman friend to all, and why she looks so good in boho prints, electric colours, and zigzag streaked hair. Even the perfumes she designed and released smells a little eclectic and exotic, despite also being very easily wearable, likeable, elegant and feminine (fitting her Libra sun sign).
i was obsessed with alex russo's looks!! especially on season 1
I would still absolutely kill for Harper's marker dress 🤣🤣😭
me too ^u^ I think i saw a cosplay video on it
This video was so fun 😊 I love seeing the fashion of the earlier 2000’s shows that I can barely remember compared to Hannah Montana and Wizards, which I remember much more clearly.
Glad you enjoyed it!
i like that my perceptive world was smaller and the fashion was a sense of comfort to me.
true i miss it sometimes
No wonder I have good style. Sone of my favorite outfits are iconic.
Embarrassingly, its those shows that got me wearing tight pants, and one time boots in summer when my cousin was over. Mom said I was embracing her and to get different shoes. But boy did those outfits age!
loved this! london is iconic
ikrrr
Loved this analysis, your videos are always so good!!💕💯
Thank you so much!!😊
Stop i love your channel i’m so happy i’m here early :)
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New memory unlocked!! I miss the online hannah montana and shake it up dressup games
i remember wanting to dress EXACTLY like Alex
The belts that make no sense… 😂😂😂 guilty. Why 😭
The only thing that stands out in my memory is the pink dress from my date with the President‘s daughter
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