Billie Eilish has been embracing Y2K type for some time now. From her signature outsized t-shirts to sporting these free, dishevelled pants often known as culottes, alongside together with her affinity for plaid, she’s leaned absolutely into the early 2000s aesthetic. She took her love for the period to an entire new degree this week when she placed on a pair of skater sneakers that solely an eagle-eyed millennial will acknowledge.

Whereas attending the local weather change summit, OVERHEATED in Berlin at Festsaal Kreuzberg — offered by Billie Eilish and Assist+Feed — Eilish stepped onto stage on Friday, Might 9, with a group of activists to debate how individuals can band collectively and take motion in opposition to the local weather disaster.

Eilish used the chance to help the trigger whereas additionally sporting a beloved skater sneaker that when had a maintain on millennial teenagers in all places. The Grammy winner wore an outsized plaid, zip-up sweatshirt with basketball shorts and a pair of all-black Etnies. The signature sideways “E” on the facet of the black shoe stood out as Eilish walked onto stage, sending us again to the times when Etnies had been worn by the lots.

The skater shoe model, which first debuted in 1987, had an enormous second within the late 90s and early 2000s — together with different skate sneakers from manufacturers like DC and Vans. Whereas Eilish’s aesthetic has closely leaned into aughts trend, sporting Etnies to a local weather change summit was becoming, given the corporate’s eco-friendly efforts. Etnies launched its Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree project in 2011, and in response to its web site, has since planted greater than 2.3 million timber.

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