Over the years, Tik Tok has classified many different aesthetics for Gen Z, but do you ever wonder why you resonate with a certain aesthetic and what does it say about your personality? Maithili Bachani analyses 5 different aesthetics and their reflection.
Cottage core
If you’re someone who likes picnics in a park, a small house by the countryside, wearing white long dresses and having a specific affinity for earthy tones; you are definitely cottage core. If this is your aesthetic, then it’s likely you appreciate a slower life, away from the hustle bustle. You’re a calm soul and treasure the non materialistic gems life has to offer; it’s all about the simple pleasure for you.
Y2K
If you loved your wired headphones, low waist jeans, will buy anything that is coloured bubblegum pink; enjoy your huge silver hoops and can’t live without your juicy couture tracksuit, Y2K is definitely your aesthetic. You cherish nostalgia and know exactly how to brighten up anything ordinary, cheesy romance movies are a guilty pleasure; and you always walk into a room like god sent you.
Vintage
If you listen to Lana Del Ray, play an instrument, write your feelings in an aesthetic journal and watch esoteric cinema all day, while wearing black outfits, it’s likely your aesthetic is vintage. You are a person who feels melancholy deeply, a mystery to the world and only open up to a few; you resonate with art the most and like to be left alone more often than not.
Coquette
If you resonate with the softness of a cottage core aesthetic and the performance of Y2K aesthetic, you’re a coquette. Baby pink is your aura and plushies corner you everywhere, body mists and minimalist jewelry are your lifelines. You enjoy the finer things in life, believe in having a soft heart and bask in elegance and grace, you are cautiously optimistic and believe in the power of giving. You are, in essence, brutally soft.
Dark Academia
If you enjoy observing more than talking and darker shades always call out your name. Books are your accessories and the shade of brown and chunky statement pieces are definitely your vibe. It goes without saying you are probably the smartest person in the room and understand nuanced perception more than the others, you’re fair and believe in structure.