Life in the Noughties

Jess Cartner-Morley of The Guardian proclaims the noughties as the decade "when style came down from its pedestal." In this piece on lifestyle and consumer culture from '00 to '09, Jess explains how women gained access to prestige fashion and products in an unprecedented way with rather unflattering results. Style experienced a democratization of sorts, from high-end designers producing lower-end lines for mid-priced stores, to Clinton & Stacy bringing style to the hopelessly style-less on cable TV. The collective attitude, she claims, changed drastically: "We didn't just want stuff, we had to have it." Read her article from The Guardian in its entirety for a slice of humble pie with those Stella McCartney ankle boots.