New Decade Named

So the decade we are concluding has a name stuck to it, the 'noughties', a tag grounded in the two zeros of each year, but suggesting both nihilism (an old boyish favorite of mine) and mildly provocative behavior. The pretty English lady up the street likes to use 'naughty' a lot, so I have gotten used to seeing it in print, and this swift summary of fashion tries to herd all the naughtiness into a string of styles. The best thing about the Guardian's fashion history is the narrators voice--it speaks with fey ironic certainty.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/audioslideshow/2009/oct/20/review-decade-fashion