Whether you are looking to change up your style or to figure out what your teen really wants their style to be, we are here to help explain 5 of the most popular styles at the moment. Style is a subjective and personal thing, however categories tend to help us navigate certain trends and moods that might be right for us. If you don’t know what your outfit is missing or you don’t know what to wear that day having a go-to style in mind which you can replicate can really help. So without further ado here are 5 aesthetics you can use.
Coastal Granddaughter
This aesthetic is a cultivated collection of all things rich sea-side summer. Think mama mia mixed with preppy styles. This aesthetic was born from fashion influencers who wanted to bring to life the ideal life for summer. The story of a woman who comes from wealth and therefore grew up coming to summer at her grandmother’s beach house runs deep within this aesthetic. With many influences being pulled from popular culture and media such as ‘mama mia’ and ‘the summer i turned pretty’, this aesthetic delves into a youthful style, with white and pastel colours being the main palette. It also allows itself many classic silhouettes allowing it to transform more into a certified style and moving the aesthetic away from the trend cycle.
These aesthetic main pieces include knits and linens, these are usually in light palettes such as white, blue and lilacs.
Rockstar's girlfriend
The ‘rockstar girlfriend' trend pulls from the styles of both rockstars and rockstar girlfriends alike. These include influences such as the Maneskin bassist Victoria DeAngelis and the ultimate fictional groupie ‘Penny Lane’ from Almost Famous. This means alot of leather, black eyeliner and fur coats. Make sure to bring your a-game to this aesthetic because the bigger the better. It pulls from all aspects of sex, drugs and rock and roll throughout the ages and succeeds in producing the perfect feminine rocker aesthetic.
The main colour palettes here include red, black and cream; the use of materials such as leather, fur and silk are also integral to this style.
Cottagecore
Cottage Core is all about the slower side of life. This aesthetic was born out of the lockdown when all we could do was sit at home and romanticise the little things in life. That is exactly what this style does. Pulling from aspects of farm life and nature, this aesthetic lives within romanticism and pre-raphaelite styles.
The main colours include pinks, greens and blues; using materials such as tulle, cotton, linen and knitted fabrics. The idea is to use feminine details in all aspects of your style and to pull inspiration from nature to create the perfect combination.
Scandi Girl
This aesthetic can be seen everywhere online at the moment thanks to Copenhagen fashion week taking the world by storm. Naturals from creams to charcoal grey have been adorned by many this fashion week in the most beautiful smart, casual style. The Scandi style is not new but it has definitely picked up a lot of new lovers over the past couple of weeks. This style pulls influences from all across Scandinavia from city styles seen in Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm. It also pulls heavy inspiration from capsule wardrobes and the simple but elegant styles usually found by people participating.
So if you happen to have some straight leg jeans, black shoes, a long trench coat and a cream jumper you are all set this autumn to pull off the Scandi aesthetic.
City Girl
The city girl is another derivative of the Scandi Style, however this time inspiration is being pulled from cities such as London, Manchester, Tokyo, and New York.
It focuses on a ‘struggling artist’ in the big city sort of aesthetic, which has many Y2K (early 2000/90’s) influences as well as a youthfulness to many aspects.
Details of this style include chunky shoes and cowboy boots, leather jackets and bows in their hair. This ends up being an edgy but youthful take on city life, as it was brought to popularity by young women in their 20’s.
If you are looking to partake in this style look at leather, lace and cotton as your main materials, with colours such as brown, black and pink being your colour palette of choice.
We hope this was helpful for anyone looking to change up their style or try something new. Remember not all aspects of these aesthetics need to be used in order to pull it off, try doing this with your current wardrobe and slowly work aspects into your style in order to learn what suits you best as you go. We encourage you to take risks and to try something completely different. You never know what might work until you give it a try!
