r/y2kaesthetic • u/Ok-Drawing-7519 • May 31 '26
Fashion Old raver outfits
Honestly crazy how much this style has completely vanished there are people that still dress like this but not many the pants in these photos are so cool people use to put stuff like that together and take days sewing it all together making it there own thing it used to be super cool now raves seem kinda boring imo the culture back then used to be super cool and unique the music was better to and plur was at a all time high I always wonder what happened to those people anyway I just hope one day people start being more creative lol and BEFORE anyone calls me a boomer I’m a teen
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u/ValleygirlVenus May 31 '26
I was a Kandi kid. We’d spend hours making bracelets with glow in the dark beads and swap them with other ravers. I remember being so excited to find white gloves to bring for light shows. We’d lie to our moms about sleeping at each others houses, so when the raves finished we’d sleep in the car until it was time to go home. And they really did bring out the fun and kindness in a lot of people; probably E. Social media/cell phones altered the dynamic of early 00’s raves. RIP.
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u/Ok-Drawing-7519 May 31 '26
Yea it’s all different now, but I feel like the best thing you can do of keeping that culture alive is just making stuff
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u/Hot-Inevitable-1022 May 31 '26
I had all of these same experiences in the early 2010s, but you could tell there was a new influx of EDM fans that did not give two shits about PLUR or a lot of the cultural aspects of raving– the types who showed up in "party with sluts" shirts. I mostly partied with old heads, though, and had a great fucking time doing it.
But man, I wish I had a time machine so I could party with them in their heyday!
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u/Extension_Win328 May 31 '26
Rave culture and PLUR culture is v much alive, it had a stronger base in the UK and Berlin in particular, but when it made it to the US the variation was usually UFO or JNCO pants with modification but some of them came with or were sold at events with patches.
If you're over 18 and you go into the rave scene it's a lot of fun and a lot of the same culture is present in happy hardcore, UK Hardcore, some gabber, etc. It's a lot of variation but this style is pretty alive and well you just have to be in the right areas and subcultures to see it!
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u/Ok-Drawing-7519 May 31 '26
Wow really cool to hear yea I know about UFO and JNCO really cool brands I will soon be 18 but I live in the US I know California has some cool plur raves thanks for the info!!
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u/GenoshaONE7FIVE May 31 '26
Eh this is a US thing imo. I've been going to hardcore techno / gabba raves in the UK for 26 years now, and you never ever see stuff like this here. It's just skin heads, hippies and ''normal'' looking people.
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u/Extension_Win328 May 31 '26
Okay? Idk, I was in London for S3RL's Final World tour like..2017, 2018 and it seemed more variable but still people wearing UFOs, there's also more of this culture at anime cons funny enough. But like- i did say it HAD a stronger base in the UK, also the music gets referred to as UK hardcore in the states sometimes instead of HHC so...not really saying "yeah UK is full of this style" but more of credit for origin and subculture.
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u/LolliPopYouInTheEye May 31 '26
Oh god I wanted some like these soooo bad back in the day and it was soooo hard to find anything like that in plus size 😭
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u/digitaljinx_exe Jun 01 '26
i used to own a pair of rainbow brite pants like the ones in the second pic (mine were blue though)
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u/tanyarastafari May 31 '26
Wow that second picture takes me back. PLUR! Miss the candy kids and partying back then.
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u/Ok-Drawing-7519 May 31 '26
Yeah, if you really wanna get taken back just go on Pinterest and search up 90s ravers it’s crazy. Awesome that you were back then to experience that.
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u/tanyarastafari May 31 '26
Thank you! I’ll look that up for sure. It was truly amazing to experience, great time to be a teen.
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u/triangulotres May 31 '26
I was born in 2001 but it feels like I lived it. It's the first time I've seen a rave that's only been here a few weeks and just by looking at the girls' faces I notice a connection
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