dress with jeans 2000s dresses over Embrace Y2K Fashion: Mini Over Jeans Style Dress Over Jeans Trend From

While the dresses-with-pants trend was a notable moment in the West during the mid-19th century, women were actually wearing dresses and tunics over trousers long before that era and in many other parts of the world

Bloomer costumes echoed the full silhouette that was popular in Western fashion at the time, but allowed for greater comfort and ease of movement by swapping layers of heavy petticoats for loose pants, Idacavage said

The goal was to liberate women from attire that directly harmed their health and limited their freedom

Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 11 Startraks Though this look (thankfully) never went mainstream, Bjrk's infamous swan dress at the 2001 Oscars became one of the most buzzed-about fashion moments of the decade

The men's power suit was also updated from the '80s to have more a slim tailored cut