Mixtape 03: Skinny Pants and Vans

Behind the Trend

SKINNY PANTS AND VANS: WHY THEY WERE THE 20I0’S UNIFORM

In the 2010’s, skinny pants and Vans were not a passing fashion moment, they were the uniform. Thanks to Lil Wayne’s catchy lyrics, every millennial was “right above it” in their painted-on jeans.

Gen Z may have ‘tooted and booted’ skinny jeans, but these trending songs were meant to be experienced in denim that barely let you sit down.

This mixtape is overflowing with bangers that will have you feeling fly like a G6. These songs once carried nights that started loud and ended in a digital camera flash. If you wanted to see those photos, you waited a full day for them to hit Facebook, usually in an album titled “Hot and Dangerous,” because those were the lyrics playing when you took them.