(edit:) Thank you to everyone who read and commented on my previous blog! Just wanted you guys to know that I have tried to read as many of your comments as possible and wanted to answer some common questions that I saw. There were also a few comments regarding some aesthetics that I missed in the first part, so this blog is for you guys!
Also if you haven’t already read part 1, here’s the link if you’d like to check it out:
Small FAQ!
Regarding how to really know which aesthetic best fits you, just know that there is no right or wrong answer. But I have some tips that may be able to help you:
1. First, decide which aesthetic(s) from the list that catches your eye, because that will give some insight on what colors you’d like to be styled with or even the “literal” style itself. Many of these aesthetics are closely related, so combining different aesthetics with each other to better fit your own is a great choice.
2. Look into your own closet and from the clothes you already own, try to make a couple of outfits that will fit into each aesthetic that you picked. (I’d recommend trying to make at least 3 outfits) Or if you’re like me and don’t own that many ‘styled’ clothes, going on Pinterest is another great way to discover more stylized outfits that fit into your chosen aesthetic.
But most likely you probably own a few simple items of clothing that will already fit into your aesthetic. Like a pair of blue jeans, a white tee, some hairpins, or even jewelry. Then, look for what you might be missing, like floral pattern shirts, a plaid skirt, some black boots, or whatever you need to complete the outfit.
3. From the Pinterest research, try to make a mood board of different colors, make up, or any specific photo(s) that represent that style. This can help to narrow your color scheme and choices for the next step.
4. Probably the funnest part of this, shopping! (But don’t overdo it) Simply purchase the missing item needed to complete your outfit.
5. Finally, remember that this whole “aesthetic” discovery is solely for fun, so make sure that whatever aesthetic you pick is because it makes you happy, and not because it is the newest trend (only exception is if you chose “Hypebeast” as your aesthetic).
Also, don’t be discouraged if you always find yourself changing or having more than one aesthetic, sooner or later you will slowly ease into your own personal style that might be a combination of all of the aesthetics you picked or a completely different one. Just as people grow and change, so will your style change over time.
Continuation
Again all credit goes to https://aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/Wiki/List_of_Aesthetics so all of my thanks goes to them!
[p.s. thank you for helping me sort out the last two “extra note” aesthetics! ]
aliencore
Inspired by extraterrestrial life forms and signifying a new rebellious attitude towards quintessential beauty norms. Considered to be under the subgenre for space core but focuses on more sci-fi themes rather than astrological ones.
main colors: green, blue, yellow
glam aesthetic’
WARNING! Please do not search up “glamcore” it is on your own discretion!
Glam core, similar to the style of the Old Hollywood aesthetic and a subgenre of the vintage theme. Surrounds all things elegant and posh, with a big focus for jewelry.
main colors: gold, white, pink
boho
“Boho” short for bohemian has many ‘hippie’ influences, weaning loose colorful clothing based on desert climates. Known for earthy colors, long flowing fabric and chunky jewelry, very popular in Coachella.
main colors: brown, red, beige, yellow
chaotic academia
Aesthetic that involves haphazard routines, messy habits, unusual or banned literature, and studying with a passion. This subtype of Academia promotes the acceptance of messy or seemingly uncomposed traits some students may have.
main colors: black, red
city pop
Inspired by Japanese 90s pop music, and could be described as a Japanese ‘vaporwave’ with similar bright pastel or neon colors. Also considered a predecessor to modern J-Pop (though it certainly has more of a sophisticated vibe to it compared to modern J-Pop). Various City Pop songs are sampled in many Future Funk songs.
main colors: bright pink, blue, purple
country
The country aesthetic is based on the culture of rural farming populations in the American South and Midwest. Farmers and ranchers within the community value tradition and conservative ideals, community, and hard work in their field.
The aesthetic places great emphasis on practicality, with a range of activities and items originating from their work and landscape.
main colors: brown, blue, yellow
dollcore (lolita)
Aesthetic that is inspired by Japanese ball-jointed dolls, but can encompass all dolls of a similar fashion (such as Barbie, Bratz, Monster High, etc). It mostly centers around artistic photography and image edits featuring bjd as central focus. Also considered a subgenre for the ‘soft girl’ aesthetic.
main colors: pink, white
dreamcore
‘dreamcore’ otherwise known as the “dreamy” aesthetic is an aesthetic that revolves around dreams. The Dreamy aesthetic can dance between the realms of being somewhat grounded in reality to being so surreal that there’s no confusing it with one’s state of reality. Also related to the Angelcore and ethereal aesthetics.
However, an alternate end of this aesthetic would be the darker side of dreams; nightmares. In which, this aesthetic would be more closely related to ‘weirdcore’ mixed in with slight horror.
main colors: pastels and white (black for more nightmare based)
goblincore
Goblincore celebrates aspects of nature that most individuals would find “ugly” or “dirty.” These aspects can range from animals such as frogs and snails to materials such as moss, mud, plants, and fungi such as mushrooms.
As a part of this beloved “ugliness” is the Goblin itself, a malevolent thieving creature in European folklore but in Goblincore a carefree representation of one’s infatuation with nature’s “ugliness” and general unpredictability. Considered a subgenre of witchcore and fairycore.
main colors: green, brown, black, purple
plant mom
Plant Mom is centered around having plants and plant-related accessories. The same goes for the accounts that they have. They raise various plants (mostly flowers and succulents) as if they were their own biological children. Subgenre of art hoe, but focuses more on plants instead of art.
main colors: green, white
princesscore (royal aesthetic)
This royal aesthetic is somewhat related to the elegant or dark academia aesthetics. With princesscore being more focused on the life and fashion of behaving like an actual “princess”. Often can be shown through the love of gold jewelry and intricate crowns along with big flowy gowns and dresses.
main colors: white and gold (sometimes pink or blue)
surfer crush
Also known in some circles as Surf aesthetic, is an aesthetic centered around surfer lifestyles and the passion for beach based activities. Named after the mid 2000s fashion craze inspired by tv shows such as The OC and Laguna Beach.
main colors: yellow, orange, blue
traumacore (sadcore)
edit: traumacore is now removed because I no longer find it appropriate and notable enough to list in this site. So, if you choose to research this aesthetic for yourself viewer discretion is strongly advised.
weirdcore
Weirdcore is an online aesthetic and art movement centered around amateur or low-quality photography and/or digital graphics that have been constructed or edited to convey feelings of confusion, disorientation, alienation, and nostalgia or anemoia. Also related to kidcore and nostalgiacore.
main colors: black and highly saturated colors
Decades
At this point, any fashion period in history could be considered “vintage” but here are some more niche, specific eras that seem to be making a comeback in recent years.
Disco 70s
No explanation needed, simply an aesthetic based on people’s love for the disco era of fashion, with bright neon colors, elephant pants, and just voluminous hair.
main colors: pink, magenta, orange, red
retro-futurism
Movement in the creative arts showing the influence of depictions of the future produced in an earlier era. If futurism is sometimes called a “science” bent on anticipating what will come, retrofuturism is the remembering of that anticipation.
Characterized by a blend of old-fashioned “retro styles” with futuristic technology, retrofuturism explores the themes of tension between past and future, and between the alienating and empowering effects of technology.
main colors: any color
Thank you so much for reading! I hope this blog helps answer any questions you guys had and if I happened to miss any other aesthetics, please comment down below and I will continue to add them to this list.
This is so fun to go through and look at! Thanks for this 🙃✨
Yep totally agree!
I’m glad you enjoyed 😉
Thx
I realized that for Indie, you were wrong. The picture and description that you said was Kidcore.
trauma core is kinda messed up
Ikr
I feel like I’m kinda mix of some aesthetics but also a lot of extras. Wish I could make them all male sense into one
dude same
lol i am still Indi Core 😛
i’m a total Art Hoe 🌻🌻👖👟🧡💛🧡💛(and a Hufflepuff 🤗)
i really enjoyed reading this💓 and part 1 to. All beautiful
I’m having a hard time trying to find myself. It involves a lot of fruits and flowers, the cute types. Mushrooms too. Where do you think I belong?
To be honest I think that fairy core or cottage core
idk cottage core
Probably cottagecore
I’m ravenclaw and light academia
im everything except from baddie lol idk my aesthetics change every time 😉
i am indie core as well
Indie Core is so trippy LMAO :’)
I love all of it besides vsco and soft
Most favorite is vintage,indie,and 90s
Sammmmme
I think im surfer crush bc I like to do something with my life and start new projects and jut moving forward and trying to stay positive i also wanted to go for the baddie aesthetic due to they have much confidence they dont care what anyone thinks and they are fun to be around
Yayyy me too! The only problem is that I only wear black🥲 So I’m kinda a mix between Skater girl and Surfer crush🌟
lol same
hi, can u make sanriocore an aesthetic? 🙂
my favs are vintage and light academia <3
Hola Como estas? I still don’t know mine like i don’t even what pronouns I like……like do I like females? Do I like males? Do I like non-gender IDed? Do I like transgender? Do I like non-binary? Do I like they pronouns ? Do I like it pronouns? I don’t even know my own pronouns yet🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♂️
Help pls…..🥺😭😖
first, do you identify as boy or girl if neither then they/them or it/its will work (or combo ) if ur a girl then she/they is most commonly used for Lgbtq+ or if you identify as a boy he/they ofc he/him or she/her would also work my pronouns are she/they since im a lesbian 🙂
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purrrrrrrrrrr
lol i know the feeling
🙁
I’m definitely a mix between cottagecore and boho. I know It’s a weird mix but it just fits me so well! I love these and I hope you make more their so fun and really helped me to identify my aesthetic. At this stage, I was like at 10 different aesthetics and had NO IDEA which one I was!!! :3
the pleasures is all mine!
Im mix of dark acidemia and softcore
i think u meant kidcore lol
im a mix of light academia and ethereal
just so you all know do not search glam core, it adult content search glam Aesthetics !!!
omg thank you for telling me! I will change the name immediately!
thanks so much for part 1 & 2 i now know that i’m more of the Chaotic Academia
Lol, you missed Royal asethic.
Ah thank you! I just added it to the list 🙂
Very nice articles 😀
I have a mix of grunge, light and dark academia, minimal and baddie in me
Ok I just wear according to my mood 🥴
OHHK DONT SEARCH IT UP ESPECIALLY IF UR UNDER 15 HOLY HELL HOW IS THIS ALLOWED ON THE INTERNET AND IT JUST GETS PROGRESSIVLY WORSE
I have just found some other aesthetic styles. They are quite strange and scary. Can you write about them? Weirdcore, dreamcore, traumacore 🤯
done! added them 😉
i love the square pictures! edited amazingly
Can you do Kidcore? Lol I still don’t know what my aesthetic is yet.
OH yea for sure! Kidcore is very similar to “weirdcore” if you would like to read about that aesthetic. Also don’t worry about not knowing your aesthetic is XD Sometimes it can be combination of things you like, so I wouldn’t stress too much on trying to place a label on it! The best part is going through this self-discovery journey to figure what you like 🙂
I don’t know what kind of aesthetic this is, but I have a bunch of plants with dead or creepy things mixed in. For example, I have two mannequins holding plants and I change there position sometimes, it always creeps my roommate out. I also have taxidermy bugs and animals, all ethicly sourced, I have a elk head with mushroom and flower vines all over the antlers. I don’t know if its an aesthetic or not, anyway would it be called live death core?? Live creepy core??? Still death core?? Or would it be a mixture of aesthetic like plant mom and goblincore? Or a sub-carotery??
It can be seen as a mix of Goblincore and Witchcore, I guess.
You should add pastel goth/kawaii goth! I think thats my aesthetic!
I’m a mix of Boho and Witchcore, maybe? Like, I wear mostly black and gray and I love feathers (and anything that resembles the wild life, actually), although I don’t have any clothes or accessories with it :p
I like the Goblincore as well, maybe should I try it? Guess I should 🙂
My aesthetic is probably light academia, but its the dark academia’s colour, if you understand. tanks for helping me out! <3
thanks, these are so cool!
I still havent been able to find my aesthetic anywhere, and I dont know if it has a name. But it’s kind of coffee shop-esque? Like lots of browns, autumn-ness, maybe with some hints of writing or art. IDK if this exists or not, just curious.
I’m glad you enjoyed! I think the aesthetic you’re looking for might be some subgenre of Dark Academia aesthetic, since you mentioned the “browns”, “autumn-ness”, and “writing or art” aspect of them. I’ll definitely look more into it, and if I find your aesthetic I’ll add it to the list 😉
I know I like frogs a lot and pleated skirts and think of my personality as bubly and kinda quirky. What aesthetic do you think I fit into?
Probably like a soft core with some cottage core? Idk I might need a little help helping you. 😅
I need a little help finding my aesthetic. My personality is definitely indie but idk how I feel about the style.
I am definitely vintage, and skater 🛹 🦋
still at the wend trying to find my aesthetic match because I’m a little bit of all of them
Wow! Are there any aesthetics that like music by pop singers (Ava Max)? But I think I’m Spacecore and Visco.
Trauma Core is kind of creepy. On a website, it cited some songs related to Trauma Core and I saw the artist Emilie Autumn. All her music videos and lyrics were bloody. Do you think that this aesthetic is appropriate? I think it might lead to people trying to do things related to it. It is sad that some people go through this. Please help!
thank you for letting me know! I will remove it.
Hm, I really dont know how I would call my style..I kinda wanna be a vintage teenage dirtbag but I dress typically…basic? Some light academia and skater. I dunno..
I can’t even decide. I feel like an indie, weird, kid, spacecore mix? I like simple animals like chickens and pigeons, and I love yellow blue and purple. Kinda weird, big goofball, fan of the space and alien art. And I just wear any aesthetic I can pull together. So, no idea. Let me know what you guys think I am, so yeah. 🫤
Also sorry I’m being cringe and corny. I’ll be quiet. :$
I love the use of color in this post! It really pops and makes the article easy to read.
I love the use of color in this post! It really pops and makes the article easy to read.
I’m still learning from you, but I’m making my way to the top as well. I certainly enjoy reading all that is posted on your blog.Keep the tips coming. I loved it!
I loved the section on ornamental aesthetics in part 2 of the blog post! It was fascinating to learn about the different ways that designers are using ornamentation to create meaning and emotion in their work. The examples provided were particularly insightful, and I found myself nodding my head in agreement throughout the section. The way that ornamentation can be used to convey a sense of playfulness or to add a touch of elegance to a design really resonated with me. Overall, I found the post to be thought-provoking and informative, and I’m looking forward to seeing how these ideas are applied in future design projects.
Aesthetics 2021 (Part 2): Mad Meaning – This post delves into the concept of madness and its relationship to aesthetics. It’s fascinating to consider how art can both reflect and challenge societal norms and expectations, particularly in regards to mental health. The examples provided are thought-provoking and I appreciate the author’s willingness to tackle complex and controversial topics. Keep up the great work!