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y2k fashion. ♪ i did it again ♪ >> juju: oops, they're doing it again. from blake lively wearing britney spears' iconic dress to kendall jenner's paris hilton throwback. stars and influencers breathing new life into vintage looks. raven-symone reflecting on the looks and the brussels of the time. >> being thin was very important at that time. i can't get into a sample size, i like cheese grits. ♪ >> juju: the challenges beyonce's mom, tina knowles, faced dressing the bootylicious destiny's child. >> i usually told him to kiss where the sun don't shine, and one day you will be begging to dress them. >> juju: what they hope will stay in the past. "blink twice." >> we're going to my island for a few days. >> juju: the film has sparked channing tatum and zoey craf vit's real-life love story. >> our entire relationship is

encapsulated in this movie. we'll have to figure out what our relationship is after this. >> juju: the "magic mike" star in a role like you've never seen him. >> so -- everybody's dead. >> juju: first-time director zoe kravitz amping up the suspense from behind the camera. >> what did you do to him? >> i'm so sorry, i ruined channing tatum for the people. i weaponized the charisma. (vo) for over 50 years purina cat chow has been helping cats feel at home. with trusted nutrition, no wonder it's the number one dry cat food in america. come home to cat chow. >> at university of maryland global campus, getting a bachelor's degree doesn't have to mean starting from scratch. here you can earn up to 90 undergraduate credits for relevant experience. what will your next success be?

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♪ >> juju: thanks for joining us. tonight, y2k fashion is having another moment. whether you were rocking the shiny pants and sparkly shoes yourself or dazzled by the throwback clips all over social media, the iconic looks of the early oughts are all over, all over again. here's abc's morgan norwood. >> reporter: they say everything old is new again. fashion is no exception. from main street -- >> i bought the exact dress miss paris hilton wore to the 2003 teen choice awards, and i just got it. >> reporter: to main stage. blake lively rocking britney spears' versace dress from 2002. kendall jenner playing homage to paris hilton's problematic birthday dress.

the unofficial uniform the early oughts. >> this is my first-ever juicy bag. >> reporter: people breathing new life into old casks from a bygone era known in pop culture as y2k. >> they're yes, siring authentic y2k clothes. i'm seeing a lot of layering. some dresses over jeans. all these things are coming back into rotation. >> reporter: emulating some of the coolest looks of the time. >> it's come full circle, and i'm really happy and pleased know that i had some kind of effect on fashion. because it's my life, i love fashion. >> reporter: an era that earned its spot as a pillar of modern fashion. >> how do you keep cranking out the great outfits? i'd expect overalls and jeans by now. >> i see that coming in the near future now, i totally do. >> reporter: from kate hudson's iconic yellow dress in "how to lose a guy in 10 days" to britney spears' stellar jumpsuit in "oops, i did it again."

♪ ♪ oops i did it again i played with your heart ♪ >> reporter: and glam looks from cult classic josie and the pussycats. ♪ everything in my life would be all right ♪ >> three, two, one, happy 2000! >> reporter: the year 2000, shortened as y2k, was a theory that there might be a technological apocalypse as computer calendars changed from 1999 to 2000. >> a new year's day, 2000, is it boss that i believe we're in for an international disaster? >> the fear is that millions of computers will malfunction at the turn of the century. >> reporter: and the clock struck midnight, but the much-feared apocalypse never was. >> the y2k doomsday once predicted has not yet materialized. >> reporter: and with everyone fearing the end of the world, a collective imagination of the future was born. set the scene for me. >> i think it's 1998 to 2002. just that kind of encapsulated

time period. fantasizing what space outfits would look like. >> reporter: that intergalactic fashion fantasy famously flaunted by a young raven-symone in the disney channel original movie "xenon." >> there's a ship set to be launched, nice! >> reporter: raven, one of y2k's it girls, went on to star in her self-titled show. >> could that be raven baxter? the reporter of our school newspaper? yeah, baby, i think it is. >> reporter: what do you recall as your most iconic look? . the first i'm going to say is a jean suit. that was a big one. a green embroidered jacket, which was the title outfit for "that's a raven." and then t-rolls. ♪ >> reporter: the cheetah girls in classic y2k girl group aesthetics taking a page our

scrubs. ♪ i don't want no scrubs ♪ ♪ can't get no love from me ♪ >> reporter: and destiny child's chart-topping "survivor." ♪ i'm a survivor i'm gone that work harder ♪ >> "survivor" is my song. it's probably my favorite song that destiny's child ever did. >> reporter: tina knowles is a bona fide curator of y2k fashion, the genius behind destiny child's greatest looks. >> we have a wonderful stylist, tina knowles, who dresses destiny's child in the best. >> what's your favorite look that you've done? >> one of the favorite things i did, they wore these black leather corsets that we made from scratch. a lot of the work went into them. we wanted them to cross over and go into pop and not just be r&b singers. and they said they just need to be in jeans and t-shirts like everybody else. thank god we didn't listen. >> reporter: now, two decades later, fashion fanatics diving

back into the styles of the early oughts. content creator erin miller. >> i thought you were too. >> reporter: donning vintage garments. you read that right, y2k is officially vintage. >> this is my dress. i'm a rock chick, mom. >> you're a rock chick, okay. >> i think gen-z, they probably feel like they missed out on y2k fashion because some of them were not born, so maybe it's a little bit of a novelty for them. >> reporter: as y2k fashion returns, comes with it a re-evaluation of the beauty standards of the time, heard on "america's top model." >> i'm fat, you're all fat. >> when i was younger, it was at the forefront of my mind. because covers of magazine would be all about dieting and exercises, which is just crazy to witness when you're, like, a young teen.

>> reporter: between 1999 and 2006, the nih reported a 119% increase in eating disorder-related hospitalizations of children under 12 years old. >> being thin was very important at that time. and if you weren't thin, you were fat. there was no such thing as thick. i can't get into a sample size, i like cheese grits. people that put the clothes on, the people that were on my team, made to feel a lot thicker than everybody else, which opened the door to a lot of different other things. i had other types of body surgeries, lipo, tummy tuck, all kinds of stuff. never really helped because i gained weights afterwards. i think i'm just supposed to be a thickie. >> back in the 2000s, it was about that aesthetic. >> especially for african american women, we have curves. to celebrate those curves, i was so happy about it. i was told a lot of times that, you know, that they need to lose weight. oh, my god, no. i mean, i remember them getting a grammy and it still being

really hard for me to get clothes for them. "no, she is too it's amazing the things they said to me. >> how did you navigate that hearing those things about your girls? >> i usually told him to kiss where the sun doesn't shine, and one day you will be begging to dress them. >> reporter: destiny's child went so to break records, shattered charts, and being coined by billboard as one of the greatest musical trios of all-time. each member immediately recognized by their styles, on display in their at them "bootylicious." ♪ i don't think you're ready for my body too bootylicious for you babe ♪ >> reporter: define that term. >> you're proud of the fact that you have curves that you have junk in your trunk, you're celebrating it. women have all types of bodies. who said that just the stick-skinny model is what's

sexy? >> reporter: why do you think y2k fashion is making this comeback now. >> i think i these young people are doing the damn thing. they're unapologetic. they like what they like. they don't really worry about what somebody's got to say about it. >> reporter: y2k and gen-z, recreating these looks, what goes through your mind when you see that? >> it makes me feel really good, because i can tell you honestly, i took a lot of flack back in the day. i was not considered a real designer. to see these young kids really appreciating and acknowledging what an effect that had on fashion is just -- i mean, i get emotional about it. >> hi, i'm raven, and you're watching disney channel. >> reporter: did you ever imagine that several years later, people are still looking back at your looks and recreating them? >> listen, i am humbled and amazed, and it brings me joy to know that it's influenced a new

generation. and i hope you wear it better. >> reporter: is there this pause that, maybe we should hold off on bringing those toxic beauty standards back? >> girl, they're still here. they're all still here. they're just in different ways. bring it back, let's see how we act this time. maybe we learned from our mistake. i am from a different time period where it's, like, i'm not going to wear certain things because i was looked at if i wore those things. but for the new generation, they're out here. you be out here, boo-boo. ooig i'm going to support you 100%, because you're paving the way for someone else. >> juju: our thanks to morgan. when we come back, they found each other on opposite ends of the camera. power couple zoe kravitz and channing tatum on "blink twice." symptoms can sometimes hold you back. but now there's skyrizi, so you can be all in with clearer skin. ♪ things are getting clearer ♪ ♪ yeah, i feel free ♪ ♪ to bare my skin yeah, that's all me. ♪

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♪ >> juju: welcome back. "blink twice" is the psychological thriller with some real-life threads that ratchet up the suspense. it's also the set on which a real-life love story began between the film's star and its director. abc's chris connelly stat down with channing tatum and zoe kravitz. >> we're going to my islands for a few days. you guys want to come? >> reporter: channing tatum and director zoe kravitz sharing at long last the film that made them a real-life couple. >> what i am in awe of about zoe and the way that she actually creates, not just directs -- >> he was my rock and my protector. and, you know -- >> probably a nuisance at some point. >> every once in a while, that's okay. but mostly not. >> reporter: 35-year-old kravitz makes her directing/co-writing

debut with "blink twice" with naomi ackie and channeling channing tatum as you've never seen him. >> the legendary parties with debauchery -- we still do drugs. >> reporter: when a server at a benefit clicks with a young billionaire, he beckons her to join him on he is island of indulgence, where she senses behind that tech bro charm might be something horrific. >> something horrible is about to happen. >> i was thinking about the complexity of power. it's something we're all drown to, but it's kind of innately evil. because in order to be on top, someone has to be on the bottom. >> reporter: after winning hearts and not just hearts in such crowd pleasers as the throbbing "magic mike" -- ♪ and "21 jump street," 44-year-old tatum taking on a very different kind of role this time. >> what did you do to him?

>> i'm so sorry, i've ruined channing tatum for the people. i've weaponized your charisma. i was really excited to watch him spread his wings, which he did so beautifully. >> reporter: you didn't have to say yes. what made you want to do this? >> i think i kind df have to say yes. on a lot of levels. >> reporter: their romance kindled by their collaboration on this psychological thriller, which she began writing in 2017 and revised as the cultural conversation changed. the trauma and the terror feel ripped from the headlines real. . >> what are we going to do about you? >> reporter: epstein, the convictions of harvey weinstein, how much have all those things affected what the final product is? >> it was really interesting to be making something about something that was so of the moment, which kind of tells you that you're on to something. >> reporter: for more than a decade now, an actress and a tre

chic style setter, from the catwalk to catwoman, and "big little lies." >> i can't talk to my husband. or my kid. i have to just swallow it all. >> reporter: this daughter of rocker lenny kravitz and actor lisa bonet here canily creating a world of apparent pleasures, from food to nighttime frolics, overseen by older men. you've been around powerful people all of your life. >> yeah. >> reporter: unlike channing or unlike naomi, obviously. how did that influence what this movie looks like and sounds like? >> i come from a place of privilege. you know, to be in those rooms and to not be afraid or to not feel afraid. if i get kicked out, i won't get back in. so i feel i was always able, from a young age, to really observe -- just people and the dynamics. >> there's power in observation.

>> hm. >> there is power in seeing people. >> reporter: you said a lot of this movie is about the unspoken conversations that go on between women in these kind of environments? >> the reason that those things are unspoken is because they're uncomfortable. fear or anger. women not being safe to express that, you know? >> yeah. it's harder, i would say, to start to find your voice at the beginning and advocate for yourself. >> be quiet. >> just be like, "only." >> we were expected to just be quiet and take it. when we start actually responding to things like people, we break the rules of the game. >> naomi, among the emotions you have to play is, during flashbacks, extreme trauma. what was that like for you? >> it was -- it was hard. like, there is a thing about, like, acting that's so weird. where you know it's not real, but, like, your body doesn't. that day was different. and that was one of the most special moments. you remember afterwards, i mean,

we were all -- we had all gone through it. like, we knew that those scenes were going to be difficult, and like, we had that big hug at the end. >> the entire cast, we all stood in a circle beforehand and just, like, hugged each other and thanked each other for holding the space. >> yeah, yeah. >> and thanked the men for being allies and being willing to go -- they have to go somewhere uncomfortable, too. >> reporter: kravitz and tatum's togetherness enduring through the show man's phase, through the stresses of post production, and now beyond. does it strengthen your personal relationship to have gone through something like this, or does it challenge it? >> i think it challenges the relationship, and it strengthens it because we make it through those challenges. >> reporter: the now-engaged couple at the film's premiere where the first-time director read aloud a fills with feeling thank you note for her leading man. >> thank you for trusting me. it's really very cool to get to make a movie. but when you get to do it with the love of your life, it's even

koehler. >> it's been a lot. i wasn't expecting it. it was -- yeah a long time -- i get emotional now, thinking about it. but it was a long time of us -- our entire relationship, it's encapsulated in this movie. so we're going to have to figure out what our relationship is after this. >> juju: our things to chris connelly. "blink twice" is in theaters now. when we come back, fans were calling him clark kent, but will steven nezercyzk's p him a dance floor hero?

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>> juju: finally tonight, stephen nedoroscik wearing clark kent glasses to abc's "dancing with the stars." he brought down the house at the paris games and came home with two medals. the pommel horse champ says on the dance floor, he's got no moves. >> i'm uncomfortable deviancing. >> juju: the gymnast fans were calling superman has decided to face his fears and says he hopes to inspire others. >> i think if i can do it,