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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Maddy Mussen

How the ‘frazzled English woman’ aesthetic became this season’s hottest trend

It is time to whip out your knits and skinny scarves this winter, girlies

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We talk a lot about how quickly the fashion world recycles trends these days — with decades that feel like they’ve barely passed suddenly coming “back” into fashion before we even had time to process them being out. And yet, one era persists: the Noughties.

Fashion has moved through the resurgence of Y2K’s various moments — double denim à la Britney and Justin, low-rise, white vest tops, Pamela Anderson’s bimbo chic and indie sleaze — but it has remained entrenched in the same decade. There is something about Y2K that just will not budge.

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