Miss 2010 -

So here’s to you, 2010. We miss your silly bands, your low-resolution photos, and your absolute refusal to be cool. You were a mess—but you were our mess.

We miss the bravery of 2010 fashion. The scene hair that required a can of hairspray. The rubbery neon Silly Bandz shaped like zoo animals lining our wrists up to the elbow. The singular feather hair extension clipped in by the mall kiosk. It was loud, expressive, and didn't take itself too seriously. Music in 2010 was the soundtrack of summer block parties. Think Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream , Kesha brushing her teeth with a bottle of Jack, and Taio Cruz telling us to Dynamite .

There is a specific kind of magic in typing "Miss 2010" into a search bar. It’s not about a person named Missy. It’s a feeling. It’s a digital time machine that takes us back to chunky highlights, low-rise jeans on their last leg (hello, skinny jeans!), and the sound of a Blackberry keyboard clicking.