Belly button piercings and low waisted jeans – no, that’s not the name of a new Arctic Monkeys album, that is today’s fashion!

They say style goes in cycles. This decade we’ve seen mullets come back into the mainstream, only for the retro haircut to be forever tarnished by rugby boys and podcasters. But one thing that can never be tarnished is nostalgia. As kids born in the 2000s continue through adulthood, they enter the frontline of making things fashionable. And their nostalgia for the 2000s is showing.

Nostalgic memories are fundamental to a person’s life, as they provide comfort to the complexities of adulthood. Kids born in the 2000s have a longing to go back to simpler times in their childhood; the Power Rangers, Dick and Dom in da Bungalow and the Patriot Act. This nostalgia is being expressed through fashion, as low waisted trousers are in high demand.

But what’s not in high demand is… another 9/11. And as shown after the tragic events of that day, 2000s fashion was forever changed. For example, thongs protruding above low waisted jeans were destroyed, just like those towers on a cold September morning.

If you think I’m being facetious, you’re probably right. But geopolitical events and what’s in fashion go hand in hand. We only have to look at how the Iran-Contra Scandal ended platform shoes.

So, can high waisted jeans cause another act of terrorism which changes the way we fly forever? Or should I get a belly button piercing to show off my midriff?

Fergus Alratto