The infamous Y2K trend is making a comeback with millennials, Gen Z, and their favorite celebrities.

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There were certain ubiquitous markers of a Bad BitchTM in the ’90s and early 2000s.

Graphic design art showing a woman’s belly with navel piercing and two belly button jewelry next to it. Yellow water color element in the background.

She wore choker necklaces.

She listened to Mariah Carey.

Her parents were probably divorced.

Lindsay Lohan, Beyonce, Britany Spears with belly button piercings

She rocked a"Rachel" haircutinspired by Jennifer Aniston or microbraids inspired by Brandi.

She liked low-rise jeans and crop tops.

And of course, she had a belly button ringthe ultimate signifier of anIt Girl.

Ice Spice, Tyla on a backdrop wearing belly button piercings

Gen Z is jumping on the look.

One nationread: two contending generationsunited under an infamous cultural trend.

Beyonce, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears with their early-2000s belly button piercings.

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Fashion cycles take around 20 years to circle back, so theresurgence is right on time.

Gen Zs favorite celebritiesthe ones who currently keep PopCrave in businesshave all dabbled in the particular body modification.

But its not just the pop girlies modifying their midriffs.

a sandy liang navel piercing in front of a plain backdrop

Belly button rings were a street style staple of 2023fashion week.

There is a distancing from fashion trends that feel sterile and stiff.

Belly button piercings fit neatly into the current cultural zeitgeist, mirroring the early aughts: Alt is in.

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Belly button piercings fit neatly into the current cultural zeitgeist, mirroring the early aughts: Alt is in.

It Girls are It again.

Some It Girls like Fran are new to this, but some are true to this.

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The now 33-year-old tells me, I watchedDominowith Keira Knightley and she had her lower belly button pierced.

What more reason does a person need, really?

Its kind of like a love letter to the Y2K era I grew up in.

Princess Charlotte wearing a blue plaid coat holding a stuffed sloth with a Santa hat turning around and smiling next to Prince Louis, who is clutching a mickey doll, and Prince George who is turned around in a blue suit

Stronger than the troops.

Six months ago, Pessoa got a tramp stamp on her lower back to accompany the decade-long piercing.

I mean it when I say we really are so back.

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Software engineerLex Spirtesgot her belly button pierced last year at 28.

The reason was simple.

I love having my tummy out and wanted a bit of a slutty sparkle to finish off any outfit.

Elizabeth Olsen was seen walking on Melrose Place on Saturday morning. She seemingly visited her sister’s store on April 20.

Im happy that the 2000s bling and levity is here to stay.

The next generation of belly button piercing fans includes Ice Spice and Tyla.

Unlike Pessoa, Abdullahs piercing was constantly infected and shes since left the belly button bling ring life behind.

At the center of the graphic a woman with nose piercing is smiling and touching her earrings with her hand. On the left a photo shows a nice-looking piercing parlor shop. On the right a photo shows a woman in denim jeans showing her belly button piercing. One pair of earrings each on both left and right side corners are shown in this graphic.

Noting, The day I got it pierced is the one singular time I have fainted.

Mikayla Sincavage, 26, pierced her navel back in 2022 alongsideyou guessed ita lower back tattoo.

The healing time was slightly brutal.

Image of Maria Tach in an organic shape over a cream background with an earring overlayed

And at the very least you might invest in saline solution stock because I promise you its going up.

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The little royals were spotted in Sandringham, and hot cross buns were allegedly involved.

Image of styled ear piercings, silver hoops and a woman with many earrings

The closest thing to two vacations in one.

She’s their biggest fan.

They all get their piercings from Maria Tash.

Graphic design art composed of a woman with clip-on earrings and a pair of large clip-on earrings next to her. Yellow water color element in the background.

There’s more to great piercings than adding a new hoop.

“Ive never liked the idea of having to change my body for fashion.”