a VSCO girl is ‘preppy but laid-back, beachy, trendy, and basic’. VSCO girls popularize that sustainability is cool rather than necessary, while TikToks about VSCO girls have turned reusable straws into a meme rather than an actual solution. It has something to do with long shirts, water bottles and scrunchies. That's all … The whole idea of a VSCO girl got its start in a way that people who were in college when Facebook was invented (e.g., me) have trouble grasping. According to, a VSCO girl is a term for people, usually white women, who use the app VSCO to edit the photos they post online. After sksksksk, the phrase most commonly associated with VSCO girls is "and I oop." VSCO is a photo editor and it helps with making your pictures extra perfect for the ‘gram. A girl who uses VSCO cares a lot about how things look on her Instagram, which is why she goes to the trouble of editing them out of app. However it seems that VSCO girls are set on reclaiming the word basic, proudly insisting the trend is all about them being comfortable and environmentally friendly as well as having fun.That comes from Jasmine Masters, a drag queen who competed on Season 7 of RuPaul's Drag Race and RuPaul's Drag Race All … Flip Settings. VSCO therefore, is the latest in a long line of ‘basic’ fashion trends including the ‘valley girls’ and the ‘UGG boots and Starbucks girls’ of yore. However, ‘basic’ is a term that has historically been levelled at anything that teenage girls find popular.
The videos parodying the trend highlight that VSCO girls tend to dress the same, with little originality in their choices of outfits, even down to the brands they choose to wear. Why are VSCO girls being described as ‘basic’? Similarly, the ever adaptable, and in this case educational, ‘starter pack’ meme explains the trend, listing the exact elements that make up a VSCO girl, for the uninitiated. Now, countless YouTube videos exist showing people transforming themselves into VSCO girls. However, a VSCO girl truly lives and dies by her accessories, namely their ever-so-90s hair scrunchies, brightly coloured backpacks, sea shell necklaces and hydroflasks (a brand of water bottle) covered in stickers and topped off with a reusable metal straw.įrom there the meme, and the trend behind it, spread outside the insular world of Tik Tok. VSCO girls typically wear their hair in long, mermaid waves with minimal or ‘no makeup’ makeup.
Adopters of the trend opt for oversized and baggy tie dye t-shirts, shorts – usually denim or bike shorts – paired with ribbed white socks and trainers, usually Vans or even Crocs (yes, Crocs). But what exactly is ‘VSCO’, or even a ‘VSCO girl’, and where did the trend come from? What is a ‘VSCO’ girl?īeing a VSCO girl first and foremost involves adopting a very particular aesthetic – a fashion formula, if you will. They flock to Urban Outfitters and Brandy Melville for their ultra-specific look and most significantly, they liberally use the hashtag ‘VSCO’ when documenting themselves, taking part in this latest viral fashion trend on Instagram.Įnter the ‘VSCO girl’, coming to a teenager near you. But while these might seem like commonplace items in our eco-conscious world, this is actually a very distinctive tribe. It’s 2019 and teens armed with reusable metal straws and water bottles are taking over social media.
0 kommentar(er)
