The 2000s were a confusing – but fun! – decade for fashion. Jeans worn with dresses, midriffs always bare, and chunky belts with Every! Single! Outfit! Ya know, pretty much everything Lizzy McGuire ...

Somewhere under our shoes and broken pavement is a timeline we’ve lost—one that’s not told through wars or discoveries, but through hemlines, materials, and magical fits forgotten over time. Picture ...