Article originally published on August 19, 2019
The VSCO Girl is the new Instagram trend, which mainly affects teenagers. Far from the egirl aesthetic I was telling you about recently, the VSCO Girl likes simplicity and you will find it mostly outdoors.
What is a VSCO girl?
The name of this trend comes directly from the VSCO app. It is a photo editor that is generally used to enhance sunny landscape photos.
The VSCO Girl would therefore be the one who uses this application for her photos and whose Instagram feed reflects a certain aesthetic. Colorful, simple and where nature and the outdoors are the protagonists.
The VSCO girl is very young, on average between 12 and 18 years old, according to my Instagram research.
It is therefore a trend that mainly affects adolescents and pre-adolescents. This is the age where we seek ourselves and where we sometimes find ourselves when we join a group.
If I tell you it is because according to sociology this is what pushes people to conform to already existing groups, hence this mania at this age to dress like the whole university, or almost.
VSCO girl dress trends
The VSCO Girl will pose with pineapples, Arizona tea or even smoothies whose straw is reusable.
Its favorable environment is the mountain, the beach… But above all the park. Or a garden. As soon as there’s green, it suits him.
What makes up his style are first of all the rubber bands (o rubber bands). She has several on her wrist, as well as more pearl bracelets and its star accessory, the shell necklace.
She has too pastel nailseach painted a different color.
She usually wears simple short-sleeved shirts that are a little too big for her.
At his feet you will see white sneakers, Birkenstocks or Crocs, on which it will surely have stickers stuck. VSCO girl puts stickers EVERYWHERE.
His favorite shops are Urban Outfitters and Ron Jon Surf Shop.
Her hair is loose, slightly wavy from the saltiness.
He gets around by bicycle, a Polaroid camera in his Fjallraven backpack and a reusable water bottle in his basket.
With the exception of his ieps, his appearance is relatively simple, basic. (I don’t know if this joke is still allowed, but zenfin.)
Not to be confused with There basic girl or the tender girltrends that have been around for quite some time.
A VSCO girl’s use of social media
As you can see, this is a relatively positive trend, the VSCO Girl smiles in the photos, she loves the sun, the color, all of it. She loves to write good vibes only in his description on Instagram.
It’s almost the opposite of the Tumblr Girl, a late 2000s flagship aesthetic that relied on sadness, seum, and melancholy, which is making a comeback for the 2020s.
Hence this tweet that sums up the clash of these two aesthetics:
Tumblr Girls 2014: who are you?
VSCO Girls: I’m you, but happier.
Source: Madmoizelle
Mary Crossley is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. She is a seasoned journalist who is dedicated to delivering the latest news to her readers. With a keen sense of what’s important, Mary covers a wide range of topics, from politics to lifestyle and everything in between.
