Millennial pink hair. Thigh-high boots styled with T-shirt dresses. Dare we even mention the Harambe of it all?
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ately, you’d easily believe we’ve travelled back into a sepia-toned, bygone era. Social media has been inundated with grainy images of purple sunsets, selfies adorned with flower crowns and outfits that largely consist of ripped jeans, plastic chokers and olive-green utility jackets.
Where the hell am I? And what year is it?
There’s no way to avoid it; 2016 nostalgia is in full force. Harper’s Bazaar described 2016 as “the last good year”, and everyone – ranging from Nobel prize laureate Malala Yousafzai to nearly every influencer within a five-mile radius – has posted their own decade-old throwback pictures, Snapchat filters and all. Arguably the poster girl of 2016’s spirit (for better or worse), Kylie Jenner, even hopped on to the trend and shared images that were the envy of almost all young girls at the time.
