Though the 2010s arent too far behind, a look back reveals how much things have changedespecially in fashion.
(With nylon came the faux silk stockings of the1940s; with spandex came the stretch jeans of the1970s.
The1950sbrought us conical bras; the1960sbrought us miniskirts; the1980sbrought us padded shoulders.)
Very few fashion milestones have had nothing to do with fashionthat is, until Instagram was born.
Now everyone has an audience!
Dressing for Instagram meant wearingstatement-making piecesthat photographed well.
Beyoncé
If an ensemble looked good on camera, did it really matter if it wasnt the highest quality?
No one will know!
Fashion is a pendulum that swings back and forth.
Taylor Swift
A brief fashion history lesson of the 2010s below.
Womens Trends of the 2010s
Insta-style: Dressing for the gram.
Like time, fashion ticks along.
Lady Gaga
Suddenly, trends and new fashions could be disseminated like never before.
The fantastical footwear was instantly donned by fashion eccentrics likeLady GagaandDaphne Guinness.
The Armadillo shoe arrived at the sky-high height of the platform-shoe craze.
Joan Smalls, Cara Delevingne, Karlie Kloss
For a heel to be considered fashion-forward in this era, it had to have a platform.
Saint Laurents Tribute Sandal and Louboutins Very Prive Peep-Toe werethe eras It shoes.
(The trend petered out as the mid-2010s approached; Gen Z favored sneakers above all else.)
Susie Lau
Amazonian footwear may have its virtues, but delicacy and grace are not among them.
you declare, clinging ever more tightly to your clunkers as you galumph through life.
WithJenna Lyonsat the helm ofJ.Crewfrom 2003 through April 2017, a new look emerged.
Photographed by Phil Oh
While it technically didnt have a name, the J.Crew look was easily recognizable.
The label produced many of the trends components with aplomb.
In 2015, Merriam-Webster added the wordathleisureto its dictionary.
Lady Gaga in Alexander McQueen’s Armadillo shoe at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards
Burchs line came at the perfect time.
By the 2010s, the fashion industry wasmad for collabsthe nuttier and zanier, the better.
collaboration or capsule collection in the publics faces to hold their attentioneven if only for a week or less.
Daphne Guinness in heel-less platform shoes, 2017
(What did a rottweiler have to do with the House of Givenchy?
Naturally they were a wild success.
They were worn by celebrities (Kanye West, Liv Tyler, Kendall Jenner, Rihanna) ad nauseam.
A J.Crew presentation, 2016
It was a turning point.
High fashions collabs with non-fashion (or unfashionable) brands were like a breath of fresh air.
In 2018 came DHL x Vetements.
A J. Crew presentation, 2012
That same year, Balenciaga by Demna introduced World Food Programme x Balenciaga, and Ugg collabed with Y/Project.
Colorful more-is-more dressing looked great for the camera, and the 2010s were all about photogenic dressing.
Within the fashion world, peacocking outside fashion shows in look-at-me outfits became standard practice.
Sarah Harris in Adidas jogger pants, 2016
Beyond that, Instagram users took to posting their ensembles in #OOTD posts.
No designer represented this trend more thanAlessandro Michele, who succeeded Frida Giannini as creative director of Gucci.
Michele promoted styling and an outre mix of patterns.
Selby Drummond in Tory Sport, 2017
It was worn to the office, the bar, and everywhere in between.
Meanwhile, so-calleddad sneakersbroke out onto the fashion scene with a fervor.
The clunky shoe inspired countless copycats and ushered in the era of the ugly shoe.
Wares from the Supreme x LV collaboration, 2019
A navy suit worn with brown loafers and colorful socks was the fashionistos uniform.
Men not swayed by mid-century swank adopted athleisure and streetwear fashion.
Supreme had a chokehold on this generation, inspiring people to queue up for hours for irreverent Supreme-branded merch.
Christopher Kane debuts his collab with Crocs, 2016
By 2018,Virgil Ablohwas named artistic director of Louis Vuitton menswear.
This appointment cemented streetwears role in high fashion.
In the Culture
Instagrams launch in 2010 almost instantly rewired the world.
Gucci Spring/Summer 2017 show
Communication was image-based, and now everything was worth a snap.
In 2016, Beyonce dropped her visual albumLemonadeon an unsuspecting world.
In 2016,Hamiltonarrived on Broadway and the world fell for the historical hip-hop era.
Gucci Fall/Winter 2017 show
In 2015, a racial reckoning in the entertainment industry took hold as the hashtag#OscarsSoWhitetrended.
Model Hanne Gaby Odiele in “Mom” jeans, 2019
Sneakers from the Balenciaga Menswear Fall/Winter 2017 show
Designer Alessandro Michele, after this Milan Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017 collection
The late Virgil Abloh after his Off-White Menswear Fall/Winter 2019 collection
Milan, spring 2018 menswear
TRH Prince William and Kate Middleton after their wedding on April 29, 2011
The cast of “Hamilton” perform in 2016
