It makes sense that norms are shifting in this direction as Gen Z’s influence spreads. Raised on social media, with access to once illicit bad-taste touchstones like Rocky Horror just a click away, they’ve largely replaced IRL subcultures with a constellation of aesthetics—cottagecore, dark academia, Y2K—to be performed, then discarded or demoted... See more

I’m into ideas over trends, and twists and turns that feel individual and practical. I like things that feel a little trashy or tacky, and I’m embracing a new phase of my style that nods to that. I want to get dressed to feel (here it is again) horny, rich, and lazy. Not brat, not mob, not quiet.

Riding the same wave