Popular culture, films and music has a great habit of glamourising the past and making a lot of it look hella cool.
The '70s? That was the decade of bell bottoms and disco. The '80s were all about mega-watt hair and make-up and state of the art gaming, and even the '90s have recently become cool, thanks to grunge and the “nineties kid” revival (seriously, we barely even remember it).
But unlike its parent decades, the noughties have yet to earn the cool points that time and distance affords. The skirts-over-jeans, cringey manufactured pop and clunky tech is still too fresh in our memories to have aged like a fine wine and as a result it’s all just a bit awks.
But the enduring symbol of the decade has without doubt been: The Hun. Difficult to define, The Hun is embodied by such '00s icons as Kerry Katona, Patsy Palmer off of EastEnders, and an amalgamation of all of early-era Girls Aloud (and Sugababes, come to think of it).
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Noughties throwbacks that are peak HUN
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1 of 17When Cheryl, Coleen and Victoria were the ultimate gal squad
A simpler time, before Wagatha Christie and Liam Payne.
2 of 17When Alison Hammond entered the Brother House
Who could forsee her stellar career and cult status as a true Hun icon?
3 of 17When Avril Lavigne was the grunger hun all the boys fancied
And we all copied her look by exclusively shopping in Tammy Girl.
4 of 17When a Juicy Couture tracksuit and a Von Dutch trucker cap were the uniform du jour
A diverse time for fashion, we're sure you'll agree.
5 of 17When P Diddy was Puff Daddy and dated Jennifer Lopez
At the dawn of the noughties, these two were the A-List power couple of dreams.
6 of 17Speaking of power couples, when true love blossomed in the jungle between KP and Peter Andre
Fresh from her metamorphoses from Jordan, Katie Price and 90s pin up Peter were the real deal – until they weren't.
7 of 17When the celebrity fragrance was a rite of passage
Even Kerry Katona had one.
8 of 17When Cheryl Tweedy called Lily Allen a “chick with a dick”
Play nice, huns x.
9 of 17When Girls Aloud reject Javine Hylton Touched Our Fires at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
She should have won, tbh.
10 of 17Blue eyeshadow, pink lip-gloss and mascara
See also: headwear.
11 of 17When Kate Moss said “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels”
It was the mantra of the decade but Kate later apologised for her controversial comments.
12 of 17When Sugababes underwent approx. 105 line up changes
A conveyer belt of hunneys.
13 of 17Speaking of which, when all the girl bands’ had tonal outfits
Girls Aloud and Destiny's Child, we're looking at you.
14 of 17When Patsy Palmer off of EastEnders had a mullet
Was this a dare?
15 of 17When Jodie Marsh quit glamour modelling for bodybuilding
It was the rebirth we never saw coming.
16 of 17When Britney and Justin did double denim at the American Music Awards
They rocked it, tbf.
17 of 17When it was the start of a beautiful friendship for Katie Price and Kerry Katona
They're still pals today.
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The Queen of the Huns, Gemma 'The GC' Collins, didn't rise to public consciousness until the 2010s but when she did, boy did she set the standard for huns everywhere.
Remember when she entered the Celebrity Big Brother house and chose having a professional blow-dry over having hot water for the house? And then MOANED at the hairdresser?
You don't become Queen for nothing.