Effy Stonem Style Analysis: The Psychology of the Glamorized Modern Femme Fatale

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For this style analysis, I will be covering the most well-known character of Skins: Effy Stonem, following her mental state and collectic personal style from childhood into adulthood. Though each Skins character is specifically styled to be distinctly identifiable, Effy’s look is the most recognizable and associated with the series because she is the embodiment of the rebellion, beauty, and mystery that the franchise holds.
There is a lot beneath the surface of her image, so I'll also be breaking down the application of the Stoic trope and use of the Femme Fatale archetype in modern media. Through this, we can look past the glamorization of Effy to see the depth to her character that is masked by her captivating image and “to hell with it all” attitude, which gives her the illusion of a carefree seductive girl that only a few can truly piece together.
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CONTENT:
INTRODUCTION - 0:00
SERIES 1&2: CHILDHOOD - 0:48
PERSONALITY & STYLE - 1:17
THE STOIC TROPE - 4:15
THE FEMME FATALE ARCHETYPE - 5:35
SERIES 3: TEEN PART I - 7:12
SERIES 4: TEEN PART II - 11:25
TW: DEPRESSION & APPEARANCE - 15:50
CLOTHING & COPING PSYCHOLOGY - 13:37
SERIES 7: ADULTHOOD - 14:42
CONCLUSION - 15:28
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@cerysevans790 3 жыл бұрын

when you wanted to be effy or cassie... *and you ended up being Sid*

@kittyludszky5418 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to be my own person and ended up as Effy by the time I turned 14-15 by complete accident. And I don’t mean style wise🙃🙃

@Axiniana 3 жыл бұрын

a Pandora at 15, a Pandora at 30. "Hi, I'm Pandora, I'm useless"

@shoanacharles5158 3 жыл бұрын

you didn't have to be this loud.. lol

@rininthebin7004 3 жыл бұрын

i ended up being jj but he’s the best so i don’t mind

@tudormiller8898 3 жыл бұрын

The twins were amazing.

@gabriellaberman 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like so many girls either wanted to be Effy or Cassie

@PrincessKLS 3 жыл бұрын

I loved Cassie, I hope this channel covers Cassie.

@kristinemedina2839 3 жыл бұрын

I often wondered what my style influence was when i was a teenager and this was it- a combo of Effie and Cassie

@f4iry431 3 жыл бұрын

I was a Cassie girl

@bgab4 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to be like effy so badly when i was 11 that i turned out a cassie

@bossqueen6278 3 жыл бұрын

Cassie❤️

@Krispsandwich 3 жыл бұрын

The way young girls idolised Effy scared and still scares the shit out of me

@bluj8566 3 жыл бұрын

did you see that one episode where they taught their whole audience how to smoke? by EFFY? fun times

@josefinebliss2801 3 жыл бұрын

Same. She's extremely toxic and self involved

@Krispsandwich 3 жыл бұрын

@@josefinebliss2801 I had close friends really try to emulate her, ending up hurting themselves, and now I’m like mad traumatised because I’d have to take plastic pencil sharpeners away from them so they wouldn’t break them and use the blade IN PUBLIC to hurt themselves because it made them “beautiful and mysterious”

@karolinak7140 3 жыл бұрын

I personally know girls like her and they’re just tiresome and push people away for no reason

@mal1782 3 жыл бұрын

I was one of them, I let my mental state degraded because I thought it was cool... So dumb of me. I spent too much time on Tumblr.

@Penguinstudios123 3 жыл бұрын

Unpopular opinion: if effy wasn’t attractive nobody would like her character Edit: can everyone stop repeating the same thing 😭

@saintsweetsubs 3 жыл бұрын

agree

@camila152 3 жыл бұрын

agree

@irrelevantdoughnut2309 3 жыл бұрын

obviously.. but u could say that for any female (and most male) character on the show

@Nyxthebat04 3 жыл бұрын

This

@arecus54 3 жыл бұрын

I dont think it's unpopular

@gigigrass6050 3 жыл бұрын

effy stonem really out here being relatable to mysterious girls who boring teenage boys think are deep but are in reality just traumatized and mentally ill. shoutout to effy for being a coping mechanism for me when i was manic and dissociating at the same time. real icon.

@mkgirl19 3 жыл бұрын

I feel you lmao I definitely used Cassie to cope with my anorexia, I watched Skins a lot when my eating disorder was at its worst and tried to convince myself that I was just quirky and dainty and troubled but in an ~aesthetic~ way like her lol. Mentally ill teens projecting onto or getting super attached to fictional characters is pretty common 😂

@alicegilchrist-miller3034 3 жыл бұрын

@@mkgirl19 I was so attached to both of them for the same reasons holy shit ahahah

@Julia-rb8ch 3 жыл бұрын

@@alicegilchrist-miller3034 it was like effy was my darker side and cassie was lighter

@milegimenz9102 3 жыл бұрын

Jkk

@AmiyaD1611 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely same. It was almost scary how accurate my life was to hers. Even the whole shroom trip that triggered her and she ended up in the clinic, it felt like watching my own story over again (I mean I didn‘t have a therapist who was obsessed with em and killed a friend but yeah the rest pretty similar)

@CandyPinkcake 3 жыл бұрын

People thinks Effy life is perfect but it’s so sad. It’s so sad. She was so scared to love Freddy only to lose him in the end

@karolinak7140 3 жыл бұрын

Lol people who think this way must have not watch the show wtf

@nabzz7026 3 жыл бұрын

F in the chat

@agatanaranja5236 3 жыл бұрын

Actually everyone have scare from being in love

@josiewatson6349 3 жыл бұрын

She literally tried to kill herself too

@user5058 3 жыл бұрын

@Caroline Boyden maybe not thought that her life was perfect but definitely idiolized her life and wanted their life's to be just like hers.

@CandyPinkcake 3 жыл бұрын

You are so right I was always confused by Effy chose pandora to be her friend. Pandora symbolizes childhood for her

@matchaleche 3 жыл бұрын

I also think that she chose Pandora as Pandora seemed to be really the only person who didn't expect something out of Effy. They just enjoyed each others presences.

@luigy658 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Pandora represented the innocence that she had long lost.

@luigy658 3 жыл бұрын

@@matchaleche exactly. Their were no expectations. Just life.

@sleepykuromi 3 жыл бұрын

actually i felt the opposite. i never understood why pandora would keep being effy’s friend when so often she wasn’t treated w respect. but i guess pandora sees good in all people🥰

@luigy658 3 жыл бұрын

@@sleepykuromi exactly. I agree with you. I think it was because regardless of the disrespect that Pandora still saw the good innEffy that it gave Effy hope that she was still worth any good coming her way

@PASSIONFORFASHION1 3 жыл бұрын

“They will often dress for happiness” me whenever i go to the grocery store

@CleverAndChic 3 жыл бұрын

Same, catch me buying some fruit in my 4inch knee high boots and ysl mini tuxedo shorts

@Morozko99 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! It’s me every time I go to the supermarket

@mcd4370 3 жыл бұрын

Catch me dressed like a Roman statue, with metallic sandals and the pearl head band, flowy fabrics with bright colors. With that blond wavy hair next to the fruit aisle.

@pao-sol 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, especially during this pandemic Imma be wearing heavy makeup just to the grocery store

@KIgarashi10969 3 жыл бұрын

Wait hahahha 😂😂💀💀💀

@gigigiooo 3 жыл бұрын

Skins Fire not addressing Freddie's murder and how it affected Effy will forever be one of the worst mistakes for the series.

@kittengurl220 3 жыл бұрын

YES. How the 7th season just blew past all the character’s pasts and answered no questions...it was so wrong. I get it’s like real life, how we don’t always know what happens. But Cook knew. And everybody else should’ve known as well. I remember the exact moment I watched that part, how shocked I was that it was just so out of the blue. At least in the 3rd gen we got to see the characters coping with Grace’s death.

@msc2608 2 жыл бұрын

cassie's pure was also pretty poorly made, no questions were answered and there were even more mysteries... also it was such a blunt sexualization of cassie's body image

@jlucille 2 жыл бұрын

kaya actually did an interview about this a long time ago and said effy never knew about freddys death

@gigigiooo 2 жыл бұрын

@@jlucille that’s even worse bc it makes no sense that she would be so okay after the one person who said they wouldn’t leave her just disappeared.

@headlightspirits 2 жыл бұрын

@@jlucille wtf

@samii4006 3 жыл бұрын

The fact Effy gets under so many people's skin for multiple reasons shows how fantastic Kaya is as an actress. The fact people can separate Kaya from Effy as if Effy is her own person shows again how incredibly talented Kaya truly is at portraying the character. No wonder she went on to be in many huge films and be so successful.

@thefaceofinsecurity 3 жыл бұрын

YES. Too often I see actresses get sooooo much hate for viewers’ inability to separate the actor from the acting. Thankfully Kaya blew right through that and even though she has gone on record to say she never wants to resurrect the character again, she is still able to look back on that era of her life happily and not cringing

@onemillionpercent 2 жыл бұрын

shes a brilliant actress

@Thevintagebootgirl Жыл бұрын

This is exactly why I wish they had cast her as Katniss Everdeen in Hunger games. Missed opportunity ! Guess she wasn’t A-list enough 🙄 Hollywood sucks!

@jamescarr1265 7 ай бұрын

She needs better roles

@jamescarr1265 7 ай бұрын

@@Thevintagebootgirlyeah but Jennifer Lawrence was great in those movies. It’s a shame Kaya was saddled with such a hatable character in The maze runner movies

@notwerkinginthishouse8634 3 жыл бұрын

She was so young while filming skins

@ninoshergelashvili5829 3 жыл бұрын

SHE WAS 15

@kinikoi 3 жыл бұрын

@@ninoshergelashvili5829 HOLY SHIT SHE WAS?

@ninoshergelashvili5829 3 жыл бұрын

@@kinikoi yessssss and she was only 17 while filming inapropriate scenes with cook

@gioxsxzzz 3 жыл бұрын

@@ninoshergelashvili5829 i mean it’s kinda disgusting that she did that so young..

@graciehooper7722 3 жыл бұрын

@@gioxsxzzz the age of consent in England is 16 so it’s not that weird

@raquellawlitet2992 3 жыл бұрын

You should do Cassie Howard also her styling sense is so angelic

@kendelaigarner2174 3 жыл бұрын

Who's Cassie?

@raquellawlitet2992 3 жыл бұрын

@@kendelaigarner2174 she's the blonde skinny girl from first two seasons of skins

@jadedagwood 3 жыл бұрын

isn’t it cassie ainsworth ?

@raquellawlitet2992 3 жыл бұрын

@@jadedagwood sorry I mixed euphoria Cassie to skins Cassie both are blonde and cute

@jadedagwood 3 жыл бұрын

@@raquellawlitet2992 ohhhh lmao, they sound almost the same on paper hahaha

@lucbauer 3 жыл бұрын

Her face was so naturally perfect that looked like it was sculpted by an artist

@user-nd2qj9ey7i 3 жыл бұрын

she was like 15

@user-ml2gb6sj2z 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-nd2qj9ey7i his other comment on the Beth video is equally creepy

@meleqento9565 2 жыл бұрын

U guys need to grow up

@liurabaum8746 Жыл бұрын

Agree

@Thekawaiiasian101vid 3 жыл бұрын

we either wanted to be Effy or had a crush on her in middle school

@ladyday4168 3 жыл бұрын

Or both 😆

@f0na279 3 жыл бұрын

both lmao. effey was my gay awakening

@deprimeplatypus490 3 жыл бұрын

both

@josefinebliss2801 3 жыл бұрын

Not really. I pitied her but she was interesting in a very non positive way.

@nadiastanybaly6138 3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t like her at all

@mvattmurdock3588 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly Effy’s friendship with Pandora was really toxic. Effy was friends with her because she didn’t see Pandora as a threat. Like when she asked why Pandora thinks they sre friends, Pandora immidiately responded ”because you are the coolest ever, and i’ll totally do anything you say. And cause none of your men would bone me because i am useless.” That sentence showed the sad reality what was going on with them. Effy was friends with Pandora because she wasn’t considered ”cool or attractive” so no one would take interest on her instead of Effy. Another great example is her reaction when she found about Panda and Cook. She wasn’t angry because she was jealous, no Panda was right when she said Effy doesn’t really want Cook, she was shocked how someone ACTUALLY got with Panda after her and how she tought Pandora started become potential rival to her.

@JR-lx5es 3 жыл бұрын

im not sure why so many people romanticize effy, i mean i see the reasoning but although effy is sensitive, that makes her selfish in many ways. Yes she might be mysterious and cunning, but most of her actions were for personal gain or entertainment. I always felt Pandora was the one helping effy and effy was always messing it up. great show tho

@anjalifigueiredo1736 3 жыл бұрын

yess effys character is so complex and even how her friendship with pandora is safe and i hate that it is glamorized

@marte1376 2 жыл бұрын

@@anjalifigueiredo1736 yes, but she's not sooooo complex, you talk like she was a diamond. Hell no. ALL characters had this complexity just like you and me, effy wasn't the great exception, she is pretty and that's why people like her and even though that's the point of her character, why do we give so much credit for that kind of people? And I liked her brother more, at least Tony had an evolution, effy didn't. And her friendship with Pandora was very twisted, effy was friend of pandora because she wasn't a threat, she could manipulate her, effy was very insecure. I agree with the main comment.

@namik2630 3 жыл бұрын

I never realized just how thin she was in this show

@luigy658 3 жыл бұрын

It's also because she was super young. She started this show when she was 14.

@ramonapiercesalvatore5917 3 жыл бұрын

She is thin. It's her bodytype. She has always been elegantly slim with curves.

@redhairedhoe 3 жыл бұрын

I mean half of the girls in this show look unhealthily thin except for Jal

@alexare7948 3 жыл бұрын

@@ramonapiercesalvatore5917 it's not though. Kaya filled out and gained weight and became thick later in life.

@emmathomsonsmith 3 жыл бұрын

@@redhairedhoe it was the fashion at the time in the uk. I was in high school then and we were literally all starving ourselves.

@Carolina-bw6gy 3 жыл бұрын

Early 2010s everybody in catholic school in the after class dressed like Effy, Cassie or Blair, even if it was just the heavy makeup

@luigy658 3 жыл бұрын

Queens

@IlanaFiske 3 жыл бұрын

Whos blair?

@sarichuki7920 3 жыл бұрын

ilana clarke the main character of Gossip Girl

@bluemoon3284 3 жыл бұрын

@@IlanaFiske Blair Waldorf from gossip girl

@Amitgupta-uq2up 3 жыл бұрын

Effy - gothic / emo / bold / seductive Cassie - pure / angelic / soft / innocent

@gemmadoyle3926 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, so basically I was a mix of those two in high school. Although, I was keen on Michelle.

@cowsfrommars2677 3 жыл бұрын

@@red___cemetery8554 yeah it said i kill emo kids lmao

@una877 3 жыл бұрын

Both otherworldly/unattainable cool & mysterious vibes tho

@creeplys 3 жыл бұрын

Well Cassie could be harsh by times in season 2

@stargirljules 2 жыл бұрын

The difference is effy forever stayed trapped into manic pixie dream girl trope and didn't flesh out as a character even when she grew up which is writer's fault but Cassie eventually grew to have more depth in her that made her more human, she was a full-fledged character that sort of broke the mpdg tag in season 2 with her reacting differently to the things happening around her (although they did sexualize her again in skins pure, the ending was very cathartic and wholesome)

@finleyjamesgraham 3 жыл бұрын

this has made me want to watch skins again

@isnowyazn 3 жыл бұрын

Many rewatches over is great for life experience and remindings for both lots of direct and indirect life advice.

@tudormiller8898 3 жыл бұрын

Miss that show in 2021

@thisisjustaflashback 3 жыл бұрын

me too! i love it so much but i feel as though it was part of my teenage/chilldhood. i'm 27 now and i just don't know if i should move on or watch it again.

@silviachecchin3259 3 жыл бұрын

same 😕

@redhairedhoe 3 жыл бұрын

Effy was just like Tony in a way , they both are very messed up and tbh not very good people

@tudormiller8898 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately most insecure types gravitate towards individuals like Effy and Tony for friendships and relationships.

@user-dc5kc4gl5p 3 жыл бұрын

effy s a good person

@georgiarose2542 3 жыл бұрын

Except I don’t find tony loveable I kinda just find him annoying

@queeninutztangnano9752 3 жыл бұрын

She may look nice, sometimes shes toxic and selfish

@spongebob468 3 жыл бұрын

@@georgiarose2542 why

@nikkilama2335 3 жыл бұрын

As someone who is expressive and sometimes too talkative, I used to be jealous of how reserved and mysterious Effy was. But I guess that inability to express your emotions isn't something to strive for and ultimately led to her downfall. Everyone wanted to be like Effy to appear a certain way to others, but isn't being happier and brighter like Pandora, despite being perceived as annoying or "too much", more fulfilling.

@angie81190 Жыл бұрын

Yea, growing up I wanted to be mysterious and cool but it made me more sad, growing into my character and ending up like Pandora was awesome for my mental health

@imaniwilks9887 11 ай бұрын

you are spot on.

@byttercandy 9 ай бұрын

Yeah. I had an incredibly conventionally attractive, model - beautiful friend that was mysterious and reminded me a lot of Effy. Everyone had a crush on her. She was a DJ, very talented and charming in a mysterious way. I always envied and glorified her for being able to be so calm, seemingly cold and collected, never complaining about personal problems, captivating everyone’s attention, etc., but down the line she developed extreme addiction issues and I realised the wasn’t „calm and collected“ at all, she was just suppressing her emotions to a point that made her very sick. I‘m sorry for envying her and not realising she needed help.

@dtsotm 3 жыл бұрын

i know it may not be the most popular, but i would love if you did a style analysis on katie and emily- i think costuming played a big part in showing how emily became her own person when she started to accept her sexuality, really hope you consider this it would be so interesting!

@rebeccadodd1394 3 жыл бұрын

That would be great! One of my favourite moments is when Emily dresses like Katie to take her exam, and I think it's JJ who kind of smirks because he knows she's Emily. I think it's a cute moment, and good at showing how different the two really are

@dtsotm 3 жыл бұрын

Rebecca Dodd always loved that moment, hated that their friendship was all but abandoned in season 4. another favourite moment is the dance at the end of s3 when emily wears the same dress as katie but takes it off after publicly declaring her love for naomi, it’s so symbolic if not a little cheesy!

@rebeccadodd1394 3 жыл бұрын

@@dtsotm Yeah, some of the minor friendships were my favourite. And that moment is great! It was a really good way to show her stepping into her own life and personality

@ashleyjenkins8739 3 жыл бұрын

@asvegas777 3 жыл бұрын

I love Katie‘s style and her episode in series 4 (I think? The one with the a wedding planning and hen party etc) is my fav

@alexdalton4535 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think Effy's style was what made her so amazing, it was the way the writers wrote the character and the actress's beauty

@CleverAndChic 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, the writing and actress brought Effy to life. No one else could have executed the character like Kaya Scodelario. The fashion was an extension of the character that complimented the actress well to create the look associated with Effy.

@tudormiller8898 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely! But this video focuses on her style.

@TheEssJay 3 жыл бұрын

That awkward moment when you grew up as a combination of Effy and Cassy but you didn’t mean to and it probably means you needed a lot of therapy 😂

@kittyludszky5418 3 жыл бұрын

I feel attacked😂🙃

@saranox7319 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like I progressed from cassie in my teens to effy in my twenties... messed up either way.

@babyboop8056 3 жыл бұрын

actors are a crazy breed they turn into these characters so well, i don’t even know how to be myself lmao.

@MarSima1 3 жыл бұрын

omg omg omg, didn't expect that one of my favourite characters ever sometimes I feel I stuck in 16yo phase, I am 26

@MJK_420 3 жыл бұрын

you're not the only one. I'm 25 and can relate :D

@Li_Tobler 3 жыл бұрын

23 can relate

@euthanizemyself6972 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 25, also stuck in this phase. My neck, my back, my anxiety attack

@RaphaelleLD 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 26 too and I'm definitely stuck there. not complaining though 🙃

@chiarapasolini2123 3 жыл бұрын

29. Sadly.

@LucaBellaRocks 3 жыл бұрын

I feel. Like the narrator *just loves her own voice*

@laheysdog1093 3 жыл бұрын

But the vocal fry is cringe

@kateinternet9673 3 жыл бұрын

I had to stop watching

@effystonem2934 3 жыл бұрын

this is so specific yet so true

@kkibela 3 жыл бұрын

A perfect fit for the subject matter

@kentiapalm7 3 жыл бұрын

@@laheysdog1093 I was looking for this! I actually feel like it’s getting worse with every video... 🤦🏻‍♀️

@rodrigooi123 3 жыл бұрын

speaking as a fan of this channel, loving all the content, being sincere, I feel that effie thing only works to be stylish because of her appearance. This style just looks good because her face and the storyline/interpretation. Dont get me wrong! I recognize that there is this chic gothic style like jenny in gossip girl or even avril lavigne girlfriend era. I can’t see a “ordinary” girl wearing this effie style and dont looking unpolished and cheap.

@alexdalton4535 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, it looks good on her because she's thin and very pretty

@Jess-zz2je 3 жыл бұрын

Looking like her physically definitely would help but in the end I think it comes down to attitude. If you don't own your look it just won't work. She could even possibly look cheap if her personality didn't match.

@FabalociousDee 3 жыл бұрын

You're right. It's not an accessible style at all, in that sense.

@lanakat 3 жыл бұрын

ikr her figure really fits it, also idk why but i feel like her dark hair, pale skin, and icy blue eyes really help fit the style too..

@olivia1910 3 жыл бұрын

True but that's why it fits her character so well, I feel like it really accentuates the fact that Effy can do whatever she wants just because she's beautiful and everyone is inexplicably in love with her no matter what she does or what she looks like. She doesn't have to care about looking polished etc, she's already beautiful and people already love her. She could be wearing a garbage bag and guys would still lose their minds over her lol

@dane7443 3 жыл бұрын

Her wearing a sid and nancy tshirt could also mean something. Maybe to indicate that her relationship with freddie isn't going to end well/work out in a subtle way.

@dieselotte 3 жыл бұрын

Jup! I thought the same!

@jennatoscano6845 3 жыл бұрын

At which timestamp is she wearing that?

@Aster_Risk 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's also to show that she romanticized things that are toxic.

@alondra5288 3 жыл бұрын

i loved this especially the ending!!! people tend to say effy is overrated bc they only see her as a mysterious & manipulative party girl but she's so much more than that & you covered it so well thank you!!!

@muna5013 3 жыл бұрын

The style analysis of Noora from Skam would be interesting. I absolutely love her sense of style.

@kackfrosch1109 3 жыл бұрын

i cant look at her without being overwhelmed with infatuation lol

@marvel096 3 жыл бұрын

yeaah it look so effortless yet fashionable

@javiera1090 3 жыл бұрын

Yessss i love her style

@NoraODonnell 3 жыл бұрын

yessss

@bryanthealien6734 3 жыл бұрын

yesss plissss

@LittlefoxElle 3 жыл бұрын

I think she doesn’t speak a lot as she feels no one listens anyway, thus she thrives in her appearance of “bad girl”. How could she care when no one else does. Or at least she feels. Shes stoic bc at home, her pain is never the spotlight. No one seems to pay attention at home except Tony, and even then, it’s like an alliance of “we’re both coping and fucked, I understand and have your back.”

@rjafitzgerald 3 жыл бұрын

Agree but also see it as a control/punishment mechanism for her. The only power she feels that she has is to withhold her voice especially with characters older than her at the time. A lot of the characters in Skins could be seen as reactions to feeling lack of control: Tony manipulates and is self-centred. Cassie controls her eating and weight. Jal works hard in hopes of achieving success. Chris tries to escape/ forget it through partying. Sid bumbles around. Michelle rebels against her mum and horrid stepdad and tries to keep up appearances. It’s not the only way to look at the characters and there’s probably many that don’t fit but it’s something I always think about.

@anjalifigueiredo1736 3 жыл бұрын

omg this is such a good analysis. like everyone does these things to take some control over their lives

@rjafitzgerald 2 жыл бұрын

@@anjalifigueiredo1736 belated thank you 😊

@jpaxonreyes 3 жыл бұрын

"Effy is a genuine and caring person." Effy: Why bother... caring about people?

@justinekmy6023 3 жыл бұрын

"You don't fool me" said Tony

@jpaxonreyes 3 жыл бұрын

@@justinekmy6023 - So textbook disingenuousness?

@Aster_Risk 3 жыл бұрын

@@jpaxonreyes Yes, but no. She cares, but doesn't want people to know. Vulnerability is a weakness to Effy.

@jpaxonreyes 3 жыл бұрын

@@Aster_Risk - But I was talking about Effy's sincerity. She's not "genuine" if she hides her consideration for others.

@Anna-ug8cq 3 жыл бұрын

@@jpaxonreyes Well none of what Effy is is genuine. She’s always performing

@McInHeather 3 жыл бұрын

i swear to god when i was 14 in 2009 EVERY girl wanted to be effy and thats terrifying

@ezpow1390 3 жыл бұрын

skins is an amazing show but the scenes (especially in the first season) where they practically taught viewers how to make it seem as if you’ve eaten untouched food or how to smoke really rubbed me the wrong way

@madeleinegibson1650 3 жыл бұрын

You really hit the nail on the head with the analysis of her character and psychology. I feel like she has so much depth it’s hard to understand her

@roxanafilgueira1094 3 жыл бұрын

10:32 Also, the graphic on the tee is a picture of Sick & Nancy, the embodiment of toxic relationship. It was interesting to me, as a teenager, watching this references that were so obvious.

@isnowyazn 3 жыл бұрын

Indirect references and Easter eggs make this show such a great work of film!

@mostchicgirl 3 жыл бұрын

i wanted to be her so bad but then i actually became her & now i hate it

@saranox7319 3 жыл бұрын

same.

@Hannah-nh5qj 3 жыл бұрын

Same, but I think I was always like this, and I just felt seen by her character, and how the writers romanticized the struggles that I didn’t even realize other people experienced.

@Niia27600 3 жыл бұрын

Mood

@ley6748 3 жыл бұрын

bad time but yo sinjin drowning viewer :0

@mostchicgirl 3 жыл бұрын

@@ley6748 AYEEE🙌🏻

@adinab478 3 жыл бұрын

Kaya Scodelario is so gorgeous😍😭 Great video!!

@chloe77730 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve noticed Effy is very similar to Tony. both charming yet manipulative

@thankunext5602 2 жыл бұрын

True Tony is better at this though. Effy is just traumatized and mentally I’ll whilst Tony goes out of his way to do it I don’t think Effy realizes

@laheysdog1093 3 жыл бұрын

The vocal fry kills me

@rawr7179 3 жыл бұрын

I love combining both masculine items and feminine items into one outfit. Even one item can be both feminine and masculine at the same time. I miss dressing more messy like I usually do, but it also feels nice to be put together

@riacena2866 3 жыл бұрын

OMG! I was literally just binge re-watching Skins and SKAM.

@ruchikka7137 3 жыл бұрын

same

@molly1129 3 жыл бұрын

skam omg yes

@lunaesmsp8934 3 жыл бұрын

where can you can watch skins now? its no longer on netflix

@ruchikka7137 3 жыл бұрын

@@lunaesmsp8934 it's available on KZfaq

@molly1129 3 жыл бұрын

@@lunaesmsp8934 Channel 4 website ! im not sure if its only available in UK though

@JesHinton 3 жыл бұрын

The visuals, editing style, your calm voice, and psych analysis are always extraordinarily mesmerizing! I’m always in awe while watching your videos!

@dramaqueen465 3 жыл бұрын

So many people in the comments are hating on the character because she wasn't a role model when the show never intended her to be one. She was supposed to be a mess and unlikable. Not every character in a show, book, movie, or any piece of media is created to be loved or looked up to. Sometimes they're a cautionary tale, a mirror that shows us the flaws within ourselves that we need to work on or a road that we should never take.

@irenekatona7856 Жыл бұрын

Well said

@leandra.denise3850 3 жыл бұрын

I am sure she had borderline personality disorder rather than just depression. But back then this illness was probably not well known.

@immcrying8496 3 жыл бұрын

I have bpd and I can relate with her in other aspects but I don’t think she has it. Cassie definitely has it

@rachelslullaby5204 3 жыл бұрын

idk but she didnt just have depression, she had psychotic depression which may share some similarities with bpd

@hannahenzel95 3 жыл бұрын

I have bpd and I think that she has too

@krissy278 3 жыл бұрын

I think repressed trauma can have similar symptoms to BPD.

@babybluebabyblue 3 жыл бұрын

i love this analysis, effy is an amazing but very misunderstood character, i love how you don't try and simplify her like so many people do, also im so glad someone else notice how expressive her wardrobe design was, from her double life, to her using her sex appeal, to when she started to get better and stop caring so much about her facade it's always complementing her story so well

@MimiTheHamster 3 жыл бұрын

Minus the partying, drugs and sex, I surprisingly relate a lot to her, right down to the bpd, self harm, psychotic depression. People generally only value me as some kind of fantasy but I’ve never had a real boyfriend, hardly any real friends, and I’ve only tried to pretty myself up more and more hoping people would love me more but nobody does beyond the surface

@ceyonabanks4064 2 жыл бұрын

God why is this so relatable and true

@breadbasket3685 7 ай бұрын

ouch

@tiffanybaby13 3 жыл бұрын

I watched the first few seasons multiple times as a teen but never watched the adult effy season, so excited to just rewatch everything now that I’m an “adult” and can also watch the adult season 😍

@FoundSheep-AN 3 жыл бұрын

Well it s not a season, they made only 3 episodes 1 for Effy (I didn’t like the Naomi storyline and the absence of Tony) 1 for Cassie (she is really different though) and 1 episode for Cook (I didn’t watch it) Every episode is split in 2 parts You can watch it on KZfaq

@svvmaq_ 3 жыл бұрын

effy reminds me of an aspect of myself in a way but i was never like her.. effy was probably idealized and sexualized as a child. she just learned how to “empower” herself by embodying what everyone already thinks of her. it’s a defense.. but you realize it isn’t actually empowering. instead of feeling subjugated by others u subjugate yourself.. pls do cassie. i always loved her style. i love thé 20/30s élément in both their styles!

@kristina7 3 жыл бұрын

Effy reminds me a lot of Agnes, a side character from Gossip Girl.. 🤔

@tcc17301 3 жыл бұрын

I can def see it.

@kristina7 3 жыл бұрын

@kibblewibble I didn't really mean the acting, I meant the look and fashion style.. they look really similar

@MsJassi13 3 жыл бұрын

@kibblewibble I feel like iffy would have drugged someone in the earlier seasons

@afairyonacid 3 жыл бұрын

Please make a Cassie style analysis too! I'm still obsessed with her shoes

@palissovski1829 3 жыл бұрын

Yes the gold ones omggg still deseperatly hunting for them

@afairyonacid 3 жыл бұрын

@@palissovski1829 same, that whole outfit is so iconic

@juliabrahy2605 3 жыл бұрын

Girls watching the show wanted to be either Effy or Cassie. I wanted to be like Jal. Talented. Determined. Loving.

@SaraB-rv4hp 3 жыл бұрын

you captured her so well thank you for understanding her character

@mms2855 3 жыл бұрын

I usually love this channel but I can't handle the vocal fry and the way you narrate your videos, especially in this one.

@farzanaahmad2576 3 жыл бұрын

Me too!! I don't get why she drags each word out

@Cedarrouge 3 жыл бұрын

Same 😢 I love the content but it's just too hard to listen too

@effyblack5855 3 жыл бұрын

I lover her voice tbh . It’s soft and calming ✨

@mysaria7641 3 жыл бұрын

i can’t watch unless i put the speed at 1.75x

@Yasmin-xt2rj 3 жыл бұрын

Ik it stresses me out 😭

@joselocalau123 3 жыл бұрын

i didn’t really like Effy lol In the first season i did, because she had Tony to balance her out, but in the second gen i just didn’t like her that much

@tiredlilmoon 3 жыл бұрын

omg u should do mini mcguinness- aka freya mavor's character. she has such a big background and definitely has a special style

@lizziehastings4792 3 жыл бұрын

omg yes! mini had so many interesting outfits :)

@joselocalau123 3 жыл бұрын

she was my favourite character from gen 3!

@larawhiteley692 3 жыл бұрын

Yes mini is SO underrated!!

@pao1erin2 3 жыл бұрын

Omg thank you so much for this video, it's so well put together and it has a great analysis

@isimango1231 3 жыл бұрын

Hands down this is the best character- & fashion analysis of Effy I have seen so far🙌🏽

@yaz2828 3 жыл бұрын

i can not overstate how impressed i am with how well put together this video is!!

@Alex_Justly 3 жыл бұрын

Your voice is genuinely soothing and your explanation is clear, I completely *LOVED* your video 😭

@LittlefoxElle 3 жыл бұрын

Also I appreciate that you do so many different types of shows!! Thank you for your time, I’m a sub!

@hf18455 3 жыл бұрын

this is one of the best Effy analysis videos I've seen online + you have a very soothing voice

@TheLadyWondergirl 3 жыл бұрын

I just LOVE your videos! It's so cool to see a fashion video that goes deep and explores beyond the obvious when it comes to the different elements of fashion. Yours definitely became one of my favourite chanels!

@sabrinac8453 3 жыл бұрын

I would kill for a Katherine Pierce style analysis. Just give me a name...😂

@user-bd6hn 3 жыл бұрын

katerina petrova is my spirit animal

@zukhrakiyobekova 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!!

@itznia_ok8069 3 жыл бұрын

YES! I love Katherine!

@sabrinac8453 3 жыл бұрын

@@itznia_ok8069 mostly watched tvd because of her tbh

@itznia_ok8069 3 жыл бұрын

@@sabrinac8453 same. And for Bonnie.

@loonabloo 3 жыл бұрын

you know every show i loved growing up

@chars9030 3 жыл бұрын

The way you explained and articulated this and tied her character and experiences throughout the show is so amazing I hope you will do a analysis abt cassie soon

@lilia2998 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this analysis/editing such a great video.

@chocodayo6575 3 жыл бұрын

been waiting for this ! ❤️

@neildegrassetyson2615 3 жыл бұрын

TBH i think that effy could have been a revolutionaire portail of autism. That put a way that a highly intelligent person could cope with her different working brain. How her hypersensetifity causes her to keep distant and afraid of the intense emotions that comes with taking a leap of faith into people. How her intellegence makes her able to see and understand things that are unnoticable for others and makes her able to calculate how to portrait herself and what to say. The constant unexplained feeling of being on their own and lost. Idk i just saw more in effy than in JJ

@teresadunn903 Жыл бұрын

i saw that too (also reflects how it's just not considered in the same way for women as men. JJ is much much more overt about it, which makes him more classic for the diagnosticians).

@elainepiper7645 3 жыл бұрын

This was an amazing breakdown on the person that was, to me, the most relatable human in my adolescence. In watching your video I also understood a lot about myself. So thank you ❤️

@avasarnow8562 3 жыл бұрын

im here to say love u and ur analysis and graphics and ur voice! lovely as always michelle

@kirstytan7855 3 жыл бұрын

This video is so amazing.. I love how you analysis this character.. Really enjoyed it😍😍

@Sleily 3 жыл бұрын

It's actually embarrassing how many times I tried to recreate Effy's iconic Make-Up look that you showed as the first image of her in this video and how I failed every single time lol-

@catalinacamus4589 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Thank you very much for giving this kind of content 💖

@sophiasuerth1964 3 жыл бұрын

LOVED THIS, you dive so deep into her character, makes me want to re-watch the show lol

@alyssawatkins8764 3 жыл бұрын

Please do skins as a series! Would love some coverage of other characters 🥰

@potatosareagirlsbestfriend542 3 жыл бұрын

I think people want to be effy because she seems as a character that doesn’t care and is free also her edgy , fun look is also probably why

@ophelia1590 3 жыл бұрын

This was beautiful put together 😍 thank you for this

@Oh_She_Is 3 жыл бұрын

just wanted to say that is is the first video i've watched that has kept my FULL attention the whole time without looking at my phone in a LONG time. so interesting and well-made

@onmarz8458 3 жыл бұрын

great video. i can tell a lot of work went into it. good job

@coudywane888 3 жыл бұрын

The editing is amazing!! Looks like it took a long time

@noor.schaudhry 3 жыл бұрын

this was so enjoyable i loved your analysis sm!

@monio.9444 3 жыл бұрын

Finally someone made a good analysis of her. Congrats!

@lunadove6568 3 жыл бұрын

This is so so beautifully done

@anarchocommie4743 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I was just waiting for this

@JadeLeahPilling01 3 жыл бұрын

This was such a beautiful video essay !!

@LolitaDelRey3 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant analytic piece of fashion vs psychology. I love it. Very thorough and well explained.

@afreenbaig6479 3 жыл бұрын

OMG I'm so glad you guys have decided to do your analysis on Effy Stonem! I love your style analyses, and I had hoped you'd do Effy next, she is just such an icon!

@haleyparker1111 3 жыл бұрын

No wonder our generation is plagued with “Prettiest Girl in the Room Syndrome...”

@carolinexoxo1403 3 жыл бұрын

wait can you explain this?

@jemiialii 3 жыл бұрын

@@carolinexoxo1403 I think what she means by that, there is a thing where girls (I want assume young girls in middle school or high school who does this) try to seem like they’re the prettiest girl in the classroom. They may go through lengths of seeming mysterious to attract attention. I remember this happening in my time when I was in middle school. It was cringey 😬.

@Hey-kf5er 3 жыл бұрын

Especially the parts of the show where people (boys and girls) would meet Effy and her friend (the girl from season 1 or Panda) and people would ALWAYS ignore the friend like they don’t exist, people would even laugh at them sometimes including Effy herself. It kinda puts this idea in your head that you are way less valuable and less interesting if you aren’t as pretty as the girl next to you

@marte1376 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 25 and I think this still impacts woman, specially woman who are pretty and always have this need tk compete. It's sad, but for woman beauty is status and power

@AshleyandSkooter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this 💗💗💗

@mariapiabertora7638 3 жыл бұрын

btw you totally have to go on with your videos; the editting is super sweet i want to see moreeeee💗

@mcd4370 3 жыл бұрын

Gosh do I adore the excessive jewelry 🤩 I would love to play around with this style. The eye makeup is also amazing and makes her blue eyes pop amazingly ✨

@itsmebrittanyl 3 жыл бұрын

It's nice to revisit Effy and the fashion that I was obsessed over when I was younger. You did so much work on this video and it shows! My only critique is the vocal fry- it's very distracting.

@asvegas777 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I almost didn’t watch it... i feel bad to hold it against the narrator, but then again it’s not an inherent property of someone’s voice...

@jasminemartinez9472 3 жыл бұрын

This was such a good video!! I really enjoyed it :) Great job!!

@shanouboubou 3 жыл бұрын

I've watched this video 5 times, I do not know why everything is so soothing : the voice, the content, the music & the images. I completely forgot about Skins until I somehow stumbled upon this video, this show was really something else ! Anyway this video is amazing:))

@magdakormpaki4273 3 жыл бұрын

Your content is amazing and unique! Would you consider doing an analysis on "Confessions of a Shopaholic"? I think it's such an underrated movie - there's lots of passion for fashion in Rebecca's character. Keep up the good work xx

@romycullen17 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing analysis. When I was a teen I was such a mix of Effy and Cassie (not because I wanted to be but because I had stuff going on), skins helped me greatly since I felt at least in a fictional world someone was a bit like me.