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Agreed 💯💯

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@@ville__ ohh no

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This is so true 😂

Why do we generalise different generations in general? I feel like this is part of the problem. We are all trying to fit into neat little boxes and force others into boxes as well.

​@@thedragonsenit fits, that's why. Gen z was the first to have social media for most if not all of their life. The same can't be said for most millenials, even more so for the previous ones. Technology has a buge impact on generational behaviour. Also the age range gen z is right now means more are a bit naive and have a bit less life experience which also influences their behaviour.

@@thedragonsen it’s helps give context to the experiences that the different groups of people will encounter. Someone born in the boomer generation will not have the same lived experiences as someone from Gen Z. From a sociological standpoint point, it makes documenting/studying events easier as well.

ugh EVERY generation does this. just look at yourself

When something is 'in' it's easier to find tutorials, supplies and so on, that might be why? 😊 The renaming is just a way to find relevant media, at least in my mind.

​@general_enslaver_of_cactii867 nowadays the tutorials are easy to find, and materials to achieve most of these looks are just down to knowing where to shop.

@@general_enslaver_of_cactii867 They must not know how to use the search bar then

@@general_enslaver_of_cactii867 thats a bad excuse 🤣🤣🤣

@@user-ke9et8wc5k excuse? What are we excusing? 🤣🤣🤣

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I get what you were saying, but sometimes a label or genre can help people find more of what they like. Just because some people took aesthetics to toxic extremes doesn't mean genres aren't useful.

its not about aesthetic - its about money. there is always a link to a product ---- its a comercial - an add ----- its consumarism and the whole gen Z has fallen for it hook line and sinker. a whole generation of debt slaves.

TRUEEE!! PREACH SISTER!

I mean I usually ask that kind of stuff because I like it and I want to see stuff similar to it

Yeah, I agree. Wonder what would happen if people stopped following and engaging with all these influencers. Most of the stuff they talk about and promote is crap anyway.

literal salespeople.

Honestly i hate the term influencer so frickin much like what r u influencing? you're promoting and selling stuff that you didn't even have to buy or use

@@cacameleon And this reminds me of how people will give money to these influencers who are already rich yet won’t give to people who are actually in need. They must have a damn good hold on their fans, that’s the influence ig.

agree. they get so defensive like they know them

God if I have to hear the word "aesthetic" again I'm going to explode

​@@fuosdi64 that's so me aesthetic

Real

Also, in 2020 a lot of people got into goth or grunge, emo/scene aesthetics without understanding the culture behind it, so a lot of teenagers buying fast-fashion made to sell and abide to capitalism by imitating cultures notably anti-capitalist in nature. "Clean girl" aesthetic is pro capitalism, wich is why I think it's so mainstream: it has no attachment to political movements, it's very digestible and can be pushed by rich people for poor people.

😂😂 exactly

You’re right but the problem is when companies hop on the trend, you no longer have access to certain products unless you thrift. Do Zara and H&M still sell skinny jeans? I don’t think so. That’s the problem

this is an absolutely terrifying comment because of how true it is

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I would always just tell myself that I’m my own aesthetic. I mean, aren’t we all? We all have different experiences, preferences, etc, so how could you put yourself into one box?

I did the same thing and still struggle with it. I love a variety of trends and aesthetics so I constantly have to remind myself it's okay to have fashion that's chaotic and not one specific thing. Just wear what I like and is comfortable. It shouldn't be so stressful.

same!!

And it's okay for that to change! People change, so do our tastes. This is important to remember. You don't have to feel "stuck" with what you "liked" either, if you feel like you're going in a different direction.

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@@ville__Happy birthday 🎉

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Honestly...

You mean glazed donut

​@@user-ko5ng3lm1zyeah meanwhile ww are literally behaving luke they've never seen it in the lives, stop the gaslighting, Where did PA get it from? The ww beauty standard that was shoved down everyone's throats, never promoted this look, not even a little, try again. It was always fitting on Black women and very normalized for us

@@user-ko5ng3lm1zwhere do u think she got the look from?? Lmaoooo

latino aswell

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So true...I even bought myself a pink coat and regretted it because I didn't even find it pretty I only bought it because it was ''coquette''.

god, tell me about it. And its always the same five borderline-pornographic romance novels that are trending too.

If I make a punk band, we’ll be anti-aesthetic. We treat music subcultures and subcultures and not aesthetics and not fashion. I might use emo aestehtics on the album covers since I want to make emo music as well to piss off the frugiter aero purists. Since I believe the emo aesthetic is better than that overrated 3D design.

I picked up on this. When I hated pink and anything "girly", avoided boys but mostly participated in male dominated hobbies, read books, didn't do makeup and preferred staying in to going out I wasn't a "pick me" I was a tomboy middle schooler. I don't think I would've survived todays time and lingo.

i also think the whole concept of pick me as an insult is sad. most of the actual “pick me” girls are deeply insecure and desperate for acceptance. i understand being annoyed with them but i see too much vitriol towards them when they’re usually just young girls who haven’t learned all the ins and outs of socializing yet.

Yes it's just perpetuating the same cycle of traditionally feminine vs non traditional vs traditional... The "not like other girls" movement from the 2000s was a response to that style being rejected in the 90s, but girls nowadays don't remember that so they think the nlog are the "bullies" and now they are pushing them down again, like in the 90s... And then the alternative style will be on trend again and people will make fun of pink and traditionally feminine looks, again...

im a student teacher at a small middle school for pe (i get to interact and play with the kids a lot, observe them and teach them) and i about lost it when some girls came up to tell me that one girl was being a "pick-me" and saying "sHe'S nOt LiKe ThE oThEr GiRls", loudly so that she and everyone else on the field could hear. based on what ive seen, the girls most likely to think they are not like other girls have been made to feel like they aren't - maybe because of their race or if they look different or are awkward, especially if they are neurodivergent/lgbt/low income. the girl in question - shes the only asian girl in the class (school is very mixed - class is predominantly latino, then black and then white), naturally very pretty but seems to cares very little for her appearance, ND according to the main teacher (diagnosed with autistic and adhd), socially awkward and very much a tomboy and stereotypical "nerd" in a boyish kind of way....and the girls in her class do everything they can to "other" her. she doesn't have an interest in the typical things the other girls in the class do and says she doesn't have social media, and thus, prefers to spend her time with the boys due to her hobbies and interests, but also because the girls are TERRIBLE to her. at every moment when they interact, it feels like they try to send the message to her that she isn't like them and will never be. they literally make fun of her and exclude her at every point they can. she doesn't even come across as thinking she's better than the other girls - just that she's different and doesn't belong with them. she doesnt have the right water bottle, she doesnt use a lip oil, she doesnt wear the right clothes...they always LET HER KNOW she isn't one of them, she isn't like them and she will never fit in, and then get angry at her for it and feel justified. i cant imagine being in middle school, especially as a girl, with the pressures of todays society. ive come to hate the term ever since.

Literally, I keep seeing girls who don’t wear makeup being called a pick me. How does that work???!

Oof you genuinely cooked with this 🦆

This trend is consumerism to the max

@@hallieskiddles3179 wearing your hair slicked back or not is consumerism. ok.

@@innocehnt75missed the point so hard

I think you're spot on, it's basically a coping mechanism, but they have beef with the wrong generation. Blame the boomers!

im 25 and when i saw jordan theresa's video on 'blueberry milk nails' & 'tomato girl summer' i knew im not gen z bc wth man (i do reccomend her videos tho, she also does commentary on different topics) the one that actually gave me a good laugh tho was 'tomato girl summer' aka the season in west europe vs 'potato girl summer' aka in east europe

"clean girl" I think (someone correct me if I'm wrong) is just a no makeup - makeup, not much jewellery, simple nails etc, basically somebody who is well taken care of but doesn't look over the top with makeup or accessories. It has stupid name I agree, but as somebody who used to argue with certain people that just because you don't wear makeup, do your hair doesn't mean you "don't take care of yourself" or "don't put much effort" if in fact being able to go almost bare skin actually takes just as much effort in caring for it, or even more long term care, than covering it every morning. Like it or not, at least it's recognized as a style and not "being lazy".

They took fashions like “Lolita aesthetic” and the Lolita girlies were like wtf that doesn’t make sense 😭 an established fashion is not an aesthetic.

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It makes me so sad cause most people use the word wrong and the word is very cool and actual aesthetics are so interesting

@@UTTP298hey so Asperger’s is not used anymore as it’s linked to racism and ableism. It’s all called autism spectrum syndrome now. I do a lot of autism advocacy work and it’s really important that we stop people using Asperger’s as a word, it’s just being on the spectrum and having different support needs. So you may have low support needs but you are still autism

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Aja the starter pack memes

Omg remember those niche memes? Or niche starterpacks? That’s basically the precursor to aesthetics

Exactly!!! The scale of the “aesthetic” trend seems to be much larger though

it's those, but with product links

​@@Luna.Lupa.Those were funny tho, or some even slightly "offensive" I remember laughing because it was so true. But it was about a style. Now it's mostly just for money, aesthetic bath, aesthetic desk etc.

But I need to know what sort of mob wife? Are we talking 79s/80s NY-NJ mob wife or early 21st century Russian mob wife? That's just to name 2

@@sherrykloster7489 the former afaik

@@sherrykloster7489they mean Adriana from Sopranos, maybe Carmella as well. That’s basically it lmao

I mean they never had the plot but now I feel like getting a restraining order

The mob wife is just Peggy Bundy aesthetic or 80s aesthetic rebranded.

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@@ville__1 video and 2 community posts 😬

@@lindyloohoo ignore the bots in the replies lol

Right? Like babes it's called a fad.

People on the internet lost sight on a long list of words they don't understand the meaning of but throw around like free candy. It's getting ridiculous the amount of meaningless, thoughtless dribble spewed around daily online full of cliche and borrowed "wisdom" and trendy "new" words they don't understand

Fr f labels 👏

Same, like I like all kinds of aesthetics and don't have a particular style that I settle on. I just wear what I like or what I'm feeling fits my mood. "Yourself aesthetic" is just what I needed to describe it 😭

Yeah, I just wear whatever’s comfy.

Like, do these people just never take a break from a specific look if it's trending? That would be so boring. I can range from victorian rich lady, to weeb cat girl, to a hello kitty emo, to a god damn soviet 1950s writter who would be shot depending on my mood that day. It almost feels like they are avoiding the task of picking their own interests and things they like and give that reponsibility to online algorythms...

fr, i have over like 10 aesthetics

Deleting twitter and TikTok is imo the best decision a Gen Z can make.

same boat here. she and a few other youtubers are how I keep up with our generation. do you also feel like everyone around you are NPCs? thats how I feel with many others in our generation

@@fuzzymelon1261 I'm 04 + off tiktok, twitter, etc & i feel the same way :/ when i meet people our age, it often feels like im meeting the same entity over and over and over. of course, there are exceptions when people let their authentic self shine through, but the majority of people rly do feel like npcs

@@fuzzymelon1261 This is honestly the most accurate usage of NPC I’ve seen in a while. I feel like I’ve seen the same background character spawn in on the street at least 7 times.

07' never had them and Indon't think I ever will. And the most depressing thing is, that I don't even have to be on tik tok or twitter to know what's going on on tik tok & twitter🤦🏾‍♀️ like it's everywhere, there is no ESCAPE from the marketing and self-esteem-crushing apps that are these social media platforms🙄

I journal everyday with my journal app or in a physical one. You don’t need any fancy set ups to write about what you’re feeling. Journaling can be between 5mins- 15mins of your day in a college ruled notebook that’s cost $1.50. They’re doing way too much and wasting money.

@zogwort1522 Trends are fine and fun- If you're comfortable with them, then this comment isnt for you-Im speaking to the people who have no idea how to establish a personal style and find keeping up with the latest looks (especially the rapid-fire microtrends and aesthetics Salem delves into) a little overwhelming.

It doesn’t limit and restrict anyone…….y’all just need to touch grass. Labeling every little aesthetic is goofy, but so is complaining about it and thinking it’s damaging.

@@Kiran37369so you didn’t watch the video, then?

Back before maybe the 2010s aesthetics were tied to whole subcultures, which tended to be ground-up things drven by some sort of dissatisfaction with society or a core passionate interest that brough people together. Hippies arose from desire for peace and togetherness, punks arose from opposition to corporate worship and social conformity, goths from morbid romanticism finding beauty in the things society shuns, metalheads built a community and style of their own based around the music and lifestyle etc etc etc. The fashions were usually thrifted, homemade and customised because you couldn't buy a whole perfectly themed wardrobe off the rack brand new, and later when such things did become available around the 90s they were still a bit expensive and so you might buy one or two new pieces from lip service, tripp or wherever but not the whole look. They had lasting power because the fashion wasn't the whole point and so you'd also get community members who didn't have the 'classic' look but were still part of it because of their politics, their cultural interests and so on. Now, the aesthetics are the whole damned point and a lot of people don't understand the concept of an underlying history to it. There's no subculture to back it up, just different flavours of consumerism, which is why everything changes in a flash and the personality is gone. That's why you get goths who are into the music/art/literature and are actively participating in subculture and '[aesthetic]-goths' who are wearing black lipstick, buying a slogan cup and adding fishnets to their wardrobe until it's time to get a spring wardrobe who wonder why people say they aren't goth. Or hippies who are working towards building communes or protesting nuclear warfare and wearing old clothes and all-natural fabrics because it's better for the environment, and the 'hippy-chic' girls who were just really into earthy neutrals and floral prints with birkenstock-style sandals and a bit of casual weekend cultural appropriation because they thought it's cute. Sure, there are still young folks getting into the actual subcultures that are still going, but I've not seen much movement in the creation of new youth subcultures - every time there's buzz that there's a 'new' subculture it turns out to either be a) an older/ongoing subculture evolving slightly with new additions to the style and music or b) forgotten within 3 years.

​@@Mintzikpeople did not use the word "aesthetic" to describe themselves, before lockdown. They used the word genre. You are describing genres, subgenres, etc. Aesthetic, the word, is directly tied to the rise of Vaporwave, and all its subgenres to follow. No one was using that word the way it's being used now, before vaporwave.

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I love that rebelliousness of that style in the 90s like anti establishment, i love it. Plus those clothes could easily be thrifted & cheap. The music, the culture, the sentiment 👨‍🎤

@@MintzikAll thiiis! I’m 33 (“younger” side of the millennials) and I know this has been going since my teen years because I remember ripping/patching my own jeans but also my mom buying me a couple of pre-ripped/patched jeans because they had already started to market that to the alt kids.

body dysmorphia

That child needs a counselor and a hug

@@rewdskwid got plenty (too much?) of both 😢

This is so sad to read...

Mum needs to take action asap!

I remember the rise of the beliebers (Justin Biebers fans) and directioners suddenly everyone had a fan base name and suddenly everyone had 1 celebrity idol. That was purely about wanting to feel part of a group of people

I’d say it’s about curating a feed just like a business, but we aren’t businesses and can’t live a life that looks like an influencer‘s feed

“Everyone wants to be an influencer” exactly. That’s the problem

@@AngelicWitch444 This. Stan culture was not a thing pre-social media.

or they could try to get some attention with a hobby they wouldn't have to scramble to relearn every time the trends switch up

@@zogwort1522 The large pants are absolutely horrendous.

@@kayp9318 i have a friend thats a millennial and always swayed by Genz trends including the large pants, i was called old school for wearing skinny jeans and i was like by all means wear what your influencers are making you wear, i’m wearing what looks good on me, not those oversized pants

@@TayTay14333 HELLO!! Exactly. I’m literally wearing skinny jeans today 👌🏽

PREACH Also fashion takes time, learning what silhouettes fit you best, what colors, designs, cuts; so important!

I'm also a grown woman (also a 90s baby) and I'm here to tell you it's also OK to stay the way you are. I got into the Gothic subculture over 15 years ago and I'm still going strong. It's okay to change. And it's also OK to like the same things as you did 10 years ago. Whatever makes you feel right

@@schneetreiben6749 random question. Where do you get your clothes from? Hot topic ain’t it no more

As a 40 yr old woman I think you mean style not aesthetic. We can really help by using the proper terms.

@@ClassyDdiamondHot topic was never where goths and punks got their clothes. Im only in my 20s but I've been in the Alt subculture since I was 13, and most *actually* alt people buy clothes from thrift stores and DIY them. Goth and punk came around from poor people

Underrated comment

MLM is such a good analogy, good on you for recognising that it doesn't serve you! I'm in my late 20s and when I see stuff like this I just feel like people are afraid and feel out of control so they try to compartmentalise their lives and pretend they have it all together - they don't. Life is a never-ending trial and error, no one really has it all figured out, regardless of how "disciplined" they say they are. Burnout smacks us all in the face at some point.

Idk there was always sub cultures within youth

@@weirddd469 The difference is that subcultures actually had a culture at the center around the way they dress. These days people just pick something to dress as and it's not genuine. There's just gonna be another aesthetic to morph yourself to next week anyway 🤷🏿‍♀️

@@weirddd469 I didn't say there was no sub cultures. I said it was considered poser to LABEL YOURSELF. Skater kids just skated they weren't like "I'm skater aesthetic"

I'm with you babe. I'm 33 and when I was a kid, you were a poseur and a loser for labeling yourself as ANYTHING. Subcultures were just that, cultures. It was seen as tacky to claim to be goth if you didn't participate in the culture. Or as grunge if you bought all of your clothes new and didn't live that life.

Born in '79, and man has it all changed, but the big thing is the 'net. REMOVE IT from your life and you will be as happy as we once were, but neither you nor i will sadly.

Yes! I mention in the video that it's always been this way, but now it is much more fast paced and it has no become harder to settle with one aesthetic since once gets made fun of for being "out-dated" yet it barely started to trend lol!

i agree with you

See, my mom always tried to keep me cookie cutter; so for me that’s why I got into fashion, and it became and still is most of my personality. But to the extent that I’m in school for it 🥰 and I’ll go on tangents about fabrics and colors :) but my friends don’t mind. The aesthetic trend makes me happy and sad at the same time. My style, alternative kawaii, wasn’t very popular til a few years ago so it took awhile for me to gain confidence for it. Thats why I’m happy to see more fashion but sad that they’re trends and go out of style faster than you can say that!

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I know! As soon as I heard about ‘latte makeup’ which is just a brown smoky eye, I just gave up 😂

People really seem to hate Gen Z fr

thought that as well!! where im from very few people follow any kind of these trends. I guess that in USA must be different

Same here

salem in this video is really giving “i’m not like other gen z” vibes lmao

@@buckyscastle fr like with the “genZ, they are this and that” and not “we are this and that” like😬

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That's why my prof never goes beyond 2010s and just watered it down to "the era of where everyone is bored" hence why the trends were constantly changing. Even my mates who also study fashion are victims to these.

Yup. Hairstylist here. I don't even bother with keeping up with the "trends". Wolf cut? You mean a shag cut? And the million of variations of shaggy cuts following afterwards? Nope. Just show me a picture and I'll take care of you.

@@lavenderbee423 YES???? I MEAN ITS ALL THE SAME!!! 😭😭😭 ITS LITERALY A LAYERS CUT WITH DIFFERENT NAMES!

LMAO so… dont “live in tiktok” like normal people wtf

It doea more harm than good. With the kida its preppy aesthetic

yes! the definite problem is the personality switching… like the “dark girl divine feminine” aesthetic where people try to be mysterious and dark.. like just be urself!!

My advice: go to second hand shops before you buy any expensive “in trend” clothing. That way if you decide not to like the trend anymore, you wasted 8 bucks instead of 80 on a pair of leggings. Also, fashion isn’t a box. Your own style will come to you once you figure out what colors, designs, cuts, etc. that you like. -from a girl with a rainbow closet

@@lindyloohooyep, what’s wrong with showing up dressed in one “aesthetic” one day and a completely different one the next. people are multifaceted, so of course having a singular defining “aesthetic” wouldn’t work for anyone

im glad youre improving!! i can relate a bit for sure

Your comment has inspired me to stop watching KZfaq shorts. I have gotten rid of everything else a couple years ago but I still binge KZfaq shorts. Time to let it go. I could use a positive change in the brain ya know haha!

@@ashradevi6053 I remember when realization hit me how much I was binging shorts and how numb that would make me feel. I didn't know how to stop at first since I still use KZfaq as my source of entertainment, but I made myself a rule, that even if something interests me I can watch it, but I can't scroll. And it actually worked. I also try to wire my brain to stop paying so much attention to shorts. Good luck I'm rooting for you!!!

I love this for you! Over the years I've "opted out" more often than I opted in to those trends and networks. I would get so down sometimes seeing the vast majority of my peers being so slaven to social networks for what to wear, how to eat, what kind of things to think about. I felt like it was only going to get worse when my daughter reaches her preteen and teen years. But comments like this give me a lot of courage and hope that most people will still let critical thinking and self love guide them.

People don't have to use the same products as in tutorials. Tutorials are just for teaching how. Most makeup yt-ers are really into makeup so that means they will often have more makeup and more expensive makeup and like trying products. It's that way with any other hobbyist or yt-er. Such as craftsmen have a lot more tools or gaming yt-ers having more games then many regular people have. There's also cheaper versions of many kinds of products. Some people also just watch tutorials for fun and don't plan to do it or the hobby.

I would love to read your thesis!

I think those micro trends are partly made to control young women/girls, in addition to shut dowm the slow fashion movement... there aren't as many micro trends for men, they don't have to be focus on their apparence all day long, and change it every minute

In the end I think that consumers are the ones who spend the most of their money, I think the brands are the ones that benefit. What is your opinion?

I only see it online not irl but i also have 0 rich friends think its a rich ppl thing

because American ‘culture’ = consumerism.

It's definitely a class thing, most of these trends are about consumerism

@@liviwall662mostly people trying to show they are high class. Why else would 10 year olds want Stanley’s

True, I don’t see anyone in Brissy wearing these trends. I do see a lot of claw clip hairstyles and Stanley dupes at Coles though, but that’s about it

It’s basically subcultures and different social groups getting replaced by social media

Those groups are very left leaning and are anti-consumerist. And also are based on music. Making punk into an aesthetic goes against what punk is.

Do a fast! I just did a 21 day social media fast in January and it did wonders for me. You will survive and be better for it!

@@elizabethmcdaniel4450 im gonna do that for my exams i think, but i mean i wish all social media broke for a month for everyone to see what society would be like

I mean you can just delete the apps. It takes seconds.

@@dlilwon true, but like i said before i just mean that i want to see what society as a whole would be like if all social media stopped working for a while.

That's true. I see a lot of people who are trying to find their identity through alternative "aesthetics" when subcultures are more than just surface-level appearances and many of them aren't meant to impress the rest of society or people on tiktok (eg punk, goth, emo, etc.), the whole point of them are to go against the trends and following something solely because it's popular or expensive, doing what you love with people like you because you like it, especially when others finding it stupid, cringe, lame, tacky, freakish, or reject it entirely, and many couldn't and still can't afford expensive clothes so they use what they have or diy. Alternative subcultures accept and embrace their deviance and they to aren't supposed to appeal to everyone outside the community Many of them are music based as well and can't just be reduced to clothing because clothing isn't the only part of a culture or subculture and does not define the culture/subculture. It doesn't matter how you dress, you wear what you like because you like it. If you like the music, you belong.

Yep

To add on to your point, we also didn’t grow up with tiny perma square ads embedded in our hands like what’s happening now. 😮‍💨

What does S and D stand for?

@@Amber-tk8hd I think son and daughter.

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Forreal media and these specific trends that harm us by forcing us to buy products in order to be a certain way!😭

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theres this thing a lot of pinterest users do, where they name a board "yourname"core, and save pins that are what embodies your person. i think it's a very nice way of exploring what you like

As for sexual orientation/gender identity, experimenting and trying out new things that you’re curious about is fine.

@@meowdeethose are not necessarily good

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It’s also due to fast fashion. I’m pretty sure I learned from Salem that places like gap and old navy produce maybe 25,000 new styles a year. Where as shein or wish produce those weekly!

Trust me , there are distracted students (mostly girls) who are obsessed with these aesthetics

Every single young person in India is so focused on competitive exams that they don’t care about fashion, aesthetics, or social media? Maybe in your immediate circle, sure, but I find it hard to believe that an entire country’s youth does not care about social trends.

@@rahiscreations aesthetics girls are in very rare few minority in India

I feel that is because it requires money, and we get that only after graduating from college whereas westerners have a culture of working jobs and studying...also the culture of uniforms etc here in India might be a factor....nevertheless I see many young people obsessed with physical appearances and it's concerning.

Same in my country, this seems like an American thing,

I personally cannot stick to one typical aesthetic because everything just looks so cute. There’s like endless possibilities with fashion and when I used to try and fit into a box it was obviously very limiting.

I would love to see your style! I bet you could pull off mixing designs. Like stripes and paisley. I tend to do this lol

Ikr i go from basic to 70s inspired to clean girl to emo to y2k etc i love it all and it depends on what i do at the day and how i feel. Ive struggled a bit with this because ...why cant i be just one? Isnt this confusing? How do i present my self to others? But Ive never been able to stick to 1 thing because i have different interests and throughout all of the "aesthetics" there is still me

Mainly finding your own style and not following trends that determine your personality and goals. It means that their is just is so much better to be more confident with your own space and not obsessed with other people.

@@arbitrary_raspberry as a gen z (03) I firmly believe the fix to this is just wear what you like! think less about having to meet expectations of a specific trend label and wear the clothes that make you feel like you. If you're struggling to present yourself with outfits that reflect who you are 24/7, remember that so many other factors are just as important at getting across who you are as a person that you can't read from an outfit (hobbies, favourite things etc.)

im cryinnn lmfao

That's an interesting take, I've never really thought about it. I'm 34 and relate more to people around the age of 26/27 than people my age, but as someone who still is a millennial, I think you are right. We dressed a certain way - Emo, Preppy, Hipster etc. pp. - but it was appreciated not to put oneself into a box. Do you have a theory why many Gen Z do EXACLTY that?

@@pixieezakura9421Alot of gen z are teens, whether millenials realize it or not. These teens got locked into their houses in very formative years, got everything stripped from them, and the world still hasn't fully recovered. They're most likely trying to find a group to fit in with. Its literally just a need to fit in and be cool, like many kids did in high school. Weve also taken away almost all spots for teens to hang out in outside. Loitering anywhere is illegal, and anywhere they could hang out they have to pay for. Relegating them to solely online. To social media.

​​@@pixieezakura9421do you remember that tiktok kind of exploded during covid when everyone was inside. I think social media is like the world's high school now, moving at the speed of light, putting everyone in cliques, presenting products every second, and most of it is fake cause filters and editing and flat out lies. I think tiktok became gen z's social public square because of covid.

Gen Z is label obsessed.

@@theflamedragon2508 they cant even go hang out at the mall anymore like when we were teens bc so many malls have guardian requirements. i literally got carded at the mall on a Tuesday afternoon 😭

you should check out a theory called Dramaturgical theory. its all about how there is no one 'self', only different versions we put on depending on our environment

You're never the same person. Changing isn't a bad thing so you should want to progress

Girl trust me the Gen Z complaining about capitalism and consumerism are NOT the same mfs jumping on these trends. These are two seperate groups,, acting like they're one collective mind with fully contradictory opinions is stupid

@@yeethittter1285 you must be fun at parties

@@wiktoriajurkiewicz3144 ??I'm not whining I'm telling you that generalising all of Gen Z into holding the same beliefs and then acting like they're dumb hypocrites is weird and backwards

I agree with you!

@@yeethittter1285 why are you calling me weird and stupid when you're the one taking my statement literally which clearly isn't meant to be?

I'm glad you did, I never had tiktok and I never ever will