My goal in life was to be as cool as Alexa Chung, I wore my leather jacket and combat boots religiously, and thick winged eyeliner was my best friend.
I was in high school at the time and the top majority of my fashion taste, music picks, and go-to pop-culture references were curated by whatever I reblogged on my Tumblr page. However, mentions of the '2010s have also been slowly trickling onto the scene, starting with the social media site that reigned the time period-Tumblr. Nostalgia continues to take a lead in the sartorial world, made evident by the '90s and '2000s revival that rose to popular heights in the past few years. It may be 2022, but upon hearing all that, it may as well be 2014. It may have been a phase, but clearly, it’s one that many young people will always be drawn to.Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood is on Spotify's Top 50, Marina Diamandis is on tour, and Arctic Monkeys announced that they're going to be coming out with new music this year.
Though I’m no longer a teenager drawing hearts on my cheek, I still reminisce about getting a large X drawn on my hand at a small concert venue, waiting to see my favorite band for the first time. We’re seeing less circle/skater skirts and more tennis skirts.” Grunge-whether it’s called the Tumblr girl aesthetic or indie sleazecore-is timeless. “Berry lipstick shades are being swapped for more peachy tones there’s fewer grid patterns and more checkerboard and ripped skinny jeans are being replaced by straight-leg and boyfriend jeans. “The revival of that style now has a few differences,” says Barber. While Rodrigo is seen wearing chunky platform combat boots or sneakers, punk miniskirts, and experimental updo hairstyles, being a more reformed Tumblr girl, unafraid to experiment with color and early-2000s fads. Wiley is known for wearing fishnet and black opaque tights, a dark fringed cowboy leather jacket, and either dip-dyeing her hair pink or dark chocolate for an alternative look. You could argue that characters like Maeve Wiley from Sex Education and pop star Olivia Rodrigo also take cues from young, grungy women from almost a decade ago, but with a twist. Now the Tumblr girl style is being revisited by its millennial originators, but also Gen Z, which has discovered and altered the trend. On the other hand, the 2014 Tumblr girl was super moody, dark colors, simple silhouettes she was a bit more of a loner.” The two styles are gaining significant traction thanks to content creators and fashionistas reviving their adolescent aesthetics. This aesthetic came up during the inception of Myspace around 2005 and integrates technology and social media into our everyday lives. “Indie sleaze was much more flamboyant neon colors, metallics, ostentatious displays of nightlife, erotic advertisements, and amateur-style flash photography. “I think of indie sleaze as 2014 Tumblr girl’s debaucherous older sister,” she tells Vogue. Trend cycle analyst Mandy Lee outlined the phenomenon in a viral TikTok. The return of the 2014 Tumblr girl’s style comes in tandem with the renewed appreciation for the indie sleazecore aesthetic, which became prominent in the early 2000s (think American Apparel ads). While she fell out of fashion in favor of new archetypes such as the cheerful VSCO girl and the rise of minimalist, athletic street style (the 2014 Tumblr girl didn’t wear biker shorts and leather blazers), she’s staging a comeback. In short, I was trying to be the perfect 2014 Tumblr girl, emulating our collective soft-grunge idols like Effy Stonem from Skins and Aria Montgomery from Pretty Little Liars. For concerts, my best friend, Jillian, and I draw black hearts on our cheeks, paying homage to Marina and the Diamonds’ “How to Be a Heartbreaker” lyric, “Wear your heart on your cheek / But never on your sleeve / Unless you want to taste defeat.”
I wear purposefully ripped opaque tights and cherry red Dr. On weekends, I line my eyes with black winged liner, experimenting with Sharpie pens to make sure it doesn’t smudge. My drives to and from school are scored by The 1975, Halsey, the xx, Lorde, Two Door Cinema Club, Lana Del Rey, the Kooks, Haim, Twenty One Pilots, and the Arctic Monkeys-in other words, bands I found through Tumblr.
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