Gen Z revives Y2K disk belts — millennials horrified
In the early 2000s, one of these belts was likely hanging around your hips — and now, they’re back to haunt a new generation.
Disk belts, the flashy, divisive accessory that once accompanied low-rise jeans everywhere, are making a comeback thanks to Gen Z’s obsession with Y2K fashion.
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Stores like Primark are proudly displaying them, as reported by The Sun, and TikTok is sounding the alarm.
One millennial mom was not amused when her teenage daughter reached for one. In a recent TikTok video, creator Nina Dixon (@ninadixon28) documented her daughter beelining for the blinged-out, circular belts — and the mother’s reaction said it all: pure fashion flashback horror.
“I can’t believe that they’ve made a comeback,” Dixon said while filming the “round ones” hanging with the rest of the trendy belts.
The TikTokker went on, “You do realise that when I was about 14, that is what we used to wear.” She joked that she was feeling “PTSD” after seeing a relic of the past for sale once again.
In her caption, shocked Dixon wrote, “They were not lying when they said fashions come back around. I need to find a photo of me in one of these.”
One commenter wrote beneath the video, “I am old I am OLD!” as another added, “How is this stuff coming back?” with crying and laughing emojis.
Someone else chimed in, commenting, “Violently thrown back to the micro mini skirt and chunky belt era” as one other defended the daughter in the video, “why cant she like it.”
In another recent TikTok clip, user Shunta (@shuntamosby) also filmed these throwback belts during a T.J. Maxx shopping trip and seemed to be in disbelief that they returned.
“What a throwback! I’m sure some of my Elder Millennial peers owned a few! Relive those glory days or discover something new!” she captioned the video.
The creator also referred to these as “nostalgic” and “boho” leather belts. One wrote under the post, “I most certainly had one,” as someone else added, “I never had one, maybe I did. I just don’t wanna remember.”
Another user said they would “rock a couple of em now,” as someone else commented, “The Beyonce influence.”
And these aren’t the only Y2K-inspired items stunning millennials and catching the eyes of Gen Z-ers lately.
As previously reported by The Post, the Von Dutch trucker hat — the early aughts crown jewel once perched atop Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan — has also been staging a full-blown comeback.
Last fall, the cult-favorite cap clawed its way out of the 2000s style grave and back onto famous foreheads.
Kylie Jenner rocked a bubblegum-pink version on the cover of Elle’s November 2024 issue, while sister Kendall and catwalk queen Bella Hadid have also dipped their trucker-hat-clad toes into the early aughts revival.
Mentions of Von Dutch have skyrocketed a whopping 13,000% in the past year, according to Business of Fashion — and on resale sites like Depop, searches for “Von Dutch” and “trucker hat” are up 40% and 90%, respectively.
Ultimately, it seems Y2K called — and Gen Z is answering on speakerphone.
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