BABYDOLL TOPS OVER SHORT SHORTS

These tops were a great way to hide your baby bump. Not that Hillary Duff was doing that. She wasn’t. Or was she?

SHORT FORMAL SACK DRESSES

Who needs a waist?

BLACK TIGHTS WITH EVERYTHING

They could be ankle-length or cropped to the mid calf for maximum frumpiness.

TIGHT TANKS OVER MINISKIRTS

Date night inspo anyone?

LIQUID LEGGINGS

The comfort and versatility of a legging with all the class and sophistication of pleather.

THIS GO-TO COMBO

Short jacket + long top + (liquid) leggings. This was standard layering in 2008.

CRINKLY SATIN DRESSES

Such glamorous texture!

FRINGED MOCCASIN BOOTS

Like Ugg boots, only ~*faNciER*~.

SPRAY TANS

Because you could never be too orange in 2008.

BUSTY BABYDOLL DRESSES

Sexy on the top, frumpy on the bottom.

TIERED RUFFLE MINI DRESSES

There really were so many ways to completely obliterate your shape in 2008.

EXTRA-WIDE WAIST BELTS

On the off chance you actually did want to emphasize your waist, the wider the belt, the better.

PREPPY HEADBANDS

Just like Blare Waldorf on Gossip Girl!

BOHO HEADBANDS

2008 truly was a golden age of headbands.

JUNIOR PROM REALNESS

Extreme femininity meets extreme schizophrenia.

MORE JUNIOR PROM REALNESS

Less shocking, but no less frothy.

FRINGED VESTS

What else would you wear with your favorite blousy pirate top?

THESE HATS

The were dark, they were ugly, and they were everywhere.

HIGH-WAISTED HOTPANTS

Keepin’ that wedgie game was on point!

OFF-THE-SHOULDER

Like so many trends in 2008, this one was all about striking that awkward balance between sexy and shapeless.

 

Originally appeared on Cosmopolitan.com