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There are a handful of trends we millennials can cope with seeing a second time around.
Cargo pants. Heeled thongs. Those rimless sunglasses with the rhinestones in the corners.
One scroll on your socials will tell you we're in an era of deep reverence for the style of the early 2000s (see: the movement back to pencil-thin eyebrows) and no one is more surprised than the generation that lived through it the first time.
We can't stop Gen-Z doing what they do — they're young, they're experimenting. They're rediscovering the fashion treasures of our youth. Lord knows we've all learnt a thing or two about style since then, but what harm could some glittery jeans do?
But in our collective fashion archive there are some things we want to stay hidden.
Watch: Mia Freedman — Inside My Wardrobe. Post continues below.
Somewhere deep in that archive, below the Ed Hardy trucker caps and the elasticised cotton waist belts, we buried long jean shorts in what we thought was their final resting place.
Last seen in the early 2000s, bermuda-length denim shorts were a staple of the time. Popular among the skater set, and originally synonymous with wallet chains and big chunky sneakers, long shorts got a mainstream boost when singer Avril Lavigne came onto the scene and started giving skater culture her own sartorial twist.
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