From a sociological perspective, it's super interesting to see this nostalgic, escapist, pastoral mindset crop up over and over throughout history. It seems to tap into a deeply human desire. And oddly it's quite "conservative"-- clinging to a simpler time, idealizing nature, rebelling against inevitable technological evolution. It's a good reminder to continue to reconnect with the things that make us human.
Love your videos 💕🤎. Cottage core aesthetic is one of my favorites I have a picnic 🧺 and love the movie Secret Garden. I love all the studio Ghibli movies and watch Anne with a E animation.
I Think is lovely to more people get into house plants and also more cooler getting into edibles plants. Is very rewarding when You make a seed grow, flower and eat the fruit or make juice or a tea out of it tbvfh. I Think everyone should have a peppermint and a basil plant.
for me as a fashion noob (not snob) taylor really brought it to the mainstream as a visual aesthetic tbh, because the whole folklore and evermore era was based in isolation, introspection and being away from the chaos of the world. i didnt heard of it until after taylor released these 2 records.
i had a cottagecore blog before the term was named-- i was just in an ecosystem of blogs that that term came to describe. i would say that the origins from tumblr are probably from a few places: witchcraft blogs (particularly "green" or "kitchen" witchcraft), a growing interest in emulating fine art & poetry (particularly impressionistic and romantic pastoral ideals ... the "art hoe" lineage), a huge amount of non-horny pastel bloggers (many of whom were already into teacups and cute farm animal photos and ghibli shit) branching out (esp as egirl/anime fashion and those pink hentai edits began to dominate the pastel scene for a bit), and an increased interest in environmentalism (saw a lot of solarpunk/maker culture content early on). it's not visible in the current cottagecore aesthetic (except maybe through anyone who owns a pair of brown overalls), but contributing hugely to the growth of popularity of cottagecore on tumblr was a gradual but enormous increase in appreciation for "ugly" things since the mid 2010s -- cryptids, mushrooms, weeds, bugs, worms, monsters, fungi, slime mold, dirty earth tones, moths, rodents, muddy caverns, and so on. this all led to some early delights for me in the summer of 2018, as cottagecore overlapped with some sibling aesthetics-- farmcore, plantcore, dirtcore, and all of those like "feral" "gremlin" "cryptid" whatever aesthetics. during that time, a lot of people started posting genuinely amateur photos of themselves doing genuinely amateurish versions of the now-classic cottagecore hobbies-- baking, embroidery, animal rearing, gardening, etc. there was also an increase in positive attention towards people on tumblr who were already into things like farming and gardening. i think my favorite part of that summer 2018 phase of cottagecore was when people would get notes for posting pictures of piles of dirt, a cool weed they found, a poorly lit photo of their family's goat, share bread recipes that were questionable in quality, and go around their yard/garden filling a basket with everything they were growing and anything pretty they wanted to pick up and then posted pictures of those baskets. i guess that's my favorite part of any pre-instagram phase of an aesthetic, whether it comes from tumblr or tiktok or wherever else. it's not optimized for mass consumption yet, it doesn't have a philosophy yet, and it is "for" literally anyone who finds it or finds themselves in the middle of it. it's clumsy and silly and genuine. in 2018, my personal ecosystem of cottagecore bloggers was like... 100% lgbt people, a small percentage of people very interested in punk and maker culture who really pushed the embroidery/homemade/crafting element (at the cost of them spreading their obsession with denim :/ ), and a significant portion of people who were really into possums and minecraft. it was a nice place to talk about environmentalist concerns, too. i can't say that that's what it was all over tumblr, but that was when/where i was enjoying myself most. that sort of changed a lot with the rise of the fucking. tradcaths and tradwives and "homesteaders" on tumblr. and then suddenly people who had never seen cottagecore before that regarded it as 100% conservative, 100% colonial. getting essentially run out of cottagecore by people calling me racist for liking it (i'm not even white but w/e) made me turn to other places for my nature fix and ive ended up being kind of a radical environmentalist. so it's all for the good in the end? i guess? even though now it's just seen as a european peasant-styled fashion aesthetic with some associated hobbies, i still really like cottagecore and i'm very glad it's popular elsewhere. it is better in the hands of tiktok, instagram, and the wider world than it was in the hands of the fucking weird tradwife homesteader tumblrers. not to be ominous, but everybody will need to learn how to make things for themselves, to live sustainably, to appreciate other living things, and to understand the world around them in order to survive what's coming and make a better world. cottagecore has done a lot to help me and my friends gain those necessary skills during our teenage and young adult years.
Interesting how I've been recently more into sci-fi, watching Star Trek TNG on Netflix, and so many of the characters have holodeck (essentially fully immersive VR) programs that depict things like forests and old style characters (think Robin Hood and Princess Bride styles, as well as Shakespeare), riding horses in the countryside, beautiful gardens and beaches. Voyager has a different approach with many characters taking part in a program based on old Ireland, but it still has a similar vibe of going back to a simpler time. And we do see this with all kinds of media and fashion. Like with the early 2000s styles coming back, for many of us that makes us think of our childhoods and how it was a simpler time in our lives, even though the world around us certainly had its problems. But since it's the past, and with cottagecore, mostly reminiscent of things we weren't alive for, it can be so easy to overlook the problems (like colonialism, racism, class distinctions, and disease... Okay, maybe not that last one with the current pandemic...) and just take the parts that seem fantastical, like in some of the movies you mentioned. I've seen a lot of crossover with the fairy inspired looks on Instagram, fairytale inspired dresses, pastels, flowers, and even overlap with mori kei, as well as sweet and classic lolita. I've always had a more utilitarian and gender neutral approach to my style, but I definitely appreciate parts of this look. Also, grandmacore is fantastic if you're a little more on the artsy side of things, and it seems to be popular among disabled people who can't fully embrace cottagecore, but some of do feel like grandmothers sometimes...
I'm enjoying your content! I was born in the mid 70s and was dressed in a Holly Hobby style in my early years. It's jarring to look back at my childhood photos and see myself morph from flowing origins into hot pink and plastic! I think you popped into my algorithm as I'm a fan of the girl group New Jeans who wear some of the styles and use video imagery you cover in Y2K and bling videos. Anyway, glad to find you!
ooh! id like to see you cover scenecore or the scene/emo subculture (i know scene and emo are different, people use theme interchangeably i think)! I also notice that the entirety of cottagecore (especially the fashion) is euro-centric and as an asian myself, im a bit sad to see theres not much asian (or even african) based cottagecore. I think one reason why is because rural life can be synonymous to poverty, especially in my country since the government treats our farmers like s*** :/
fyi people refer to the combination/overlap of scene and emo as "scemo"-- not to imply that they're the same, just to talk about the place where they overlap. i used to be really into cottagecore since before there was a name for it, and i'm not white/european, so in the summer of 2018, i felt like what cottagecore was could be something broader. but by 2019 it was getting uncomfortably either european-focused or settlery (from an american perspective), so that was why i bailed. i still don't think cottagecore HAS to be like that, but white people be white people.
Honestly I’d love a home like George Harrison’s Friar Park. It’s a castle so you got that gothic Victorian thing going on, but also a bunch of beautiful land around it with lakes, caves, trees, etc. and then of course with George you got the folk/hippie style. So I’m definitely digging it all together.
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the escapism of this aesthetic is so appealing! i love it and it is so fun to learn more about it! 🌼🌿
I'm really enjoying your content about fashion trends! Your videos are so thorough and well-researched. Keep it up!
Thanks I really appreciate it :)
From a sociological perspective, it's super interesting to see this nostalgic, escapist, pastoral mindset crop up over and over throughout history. It seems to tap into a deeply human desire. And oddly it's quite "conservative"-- clinging to a simpler time, idealizing nature, rebelling against inevitable technological evolution. It's a good reminder to continue to reconnect with the things that make us human.
Love your videos 💕🤎. Cottage core aesthetic is one of my favorites I have a picnic 🧺 and love the movie Secret Garden. I love all the studio Ghibli movies and watch Anne with a E animation.
As someone who grew up on a farm and the house I live in is like a cottage home looking, so this aesthetic is more special to me in my heart!
Lucky one 😭💞🌻
I Think is lovely to more people get into house plants and also more cooler getting into edibles plants. Is very rewarding when You make a seed grow, flower and eat the fruit or make juice or a tea out of it tbvfh. I Think everyone should have a peppermint and a basil plant.
I love growing my own vegetables
@@sarahthomas8670 me too. UwU
for me as a fashion noob (not snob) taylor really brought it to the mainstream as a visual aesthetic tbh, because the whole folklore and evermore era was based in isolation, introspection and being away from the chaos of the world. i didnt heard of it until after taylor released these 2 records.
I happened to find your channel when I looked up cottagecore fashion
Very cute video
Thanks for watching I’m glad you liked it🥰
omg i really love the Cinderella loading screen 🥺
i had a cottagecore blog before the term was named-- i was just in an ecosystem of blogs that that term came to describe. i would say that the origins from tumblr are probably from a few places: witchcraft blogs (particularly "green" or "kitchen" witchcraft), a growing interest in emulating fine art & poetry (particularly impressionistic and romantic pastoral ideals ... the "art hoe" lineage), a huge amount of non-horny pastel bloggers (many of whom were already into teacups and cute farm animal photos and ghibli shit) branching out (esp as egirl/anime fashion and those pink hentai edits began to dominate the pastel scene for a bit), and an increased interest in environmentalism (saw a lot of solarpunk/maker culture content early on).
it's not visible in the current cottagecore aesthetic (except maybe through anyone who owns a pair of brown overalls), but contributing hugely to the growth of popularity of cottagecore on tumblr was a gradual but enormous increase in appreciation for "ugly" things since the mid 2010s -- cryptids, mushrooms, weeds, bugs, worms, monsters, fungi, slime mold, dirty earth tones, moths, rodents, muddy caverns, and so on. this all led to some early delights for me in the summer of 2018, as cottagecore overlapped with some sibling aesthetics-- farmcore, plantcore, dirtcore, and all of those like "feral" "gremlin" "cryptid" whatever aesthetics. during that time, a lot of people started posting genuinely amateur photos of themselves doing genuinely amateurish versions of the now-classic cottagecore hobbies-- baking, embroidery, animal rearing, gardening, etc. there was also an increase in positive attention towards people on tumblr who were already into things like farming and gardening.
i think my favorite part of that summer 2018 phase of cottagecore was when people would get notes for posting pictures of piles of dirt, a cool weed they found, a poorly lit photo of their family's goat, share bread recipes that were questionable in quality, and go around their yard/garden filling a basket with everything they were growing and anything pretty they wanted to pick up and then posted pictures of those baskets. i guess that's my favorite part of any pre-instagram phase of an aesthetic, whether it comes from tumblr or tiktok or wherever else. it's not optimized for mass consumption yet, it doesn't have a philosophy yet, and it is "for" literally anyone who finds it or finds themselves in the middle of it. it's clumsy and silly and genuine.
in 2018, my personal ecosystem of cottagecore bloggers was like... 100% lgbt people, a small percentage of people very interested in punk and maker culture who really pushed the embroidery/homemade/crafting element (at the cost of them spreading their obsession with denim :/ ), and a significant portion of people who were really into possums and minecraft. it was a nice place to talk about environmentalist concerns, too. i can't say that that's what it was all over tumblr, but that was when/where i was enjoying myself most. that sort of changed a lot with the rise of the fucking. tradcaths and tradwives and "homesteaders" on tumblr. and then suddenly people who had never seen cottagecore before that regarded it as 100% conservative, 100% colonial. getting essentially run out of cottagecore by people calling me racist for liking it (i'm not even white but w/e) made me turn to other places for my nature fix and ive ended up being kind of a radical environmentalist. so it's all for the good in the end? i guess?
even though now it's just seen as a european peasant-styled fashion aesthetic with some associated hobbies, i still really like cottagecore and i'm very glad it's popular elsewhere. it is better in the hands of tiktok, instagram, and the wider world than it was in the hands of the fucking weird tradwife homesteader tumblrers. not to be ominous, but everybody will need to learn how to make things for themselves, to live sustainably, to appreciate other living things, and to understand the world around them in order to survive what's coming and make a better world. cottagecore has done a lot to help me and my friends gain those necessary skills during our teenage and young adult years.
Interesting how I've been recently more into sci-fi, watching Star Trek TNG on Netflix, and so many of the characters have holodeck (essentially fully immersive VR) programs that depict things like forests and old style characters (think Robin Hood and Princess Bride styles, as well as Shakespeare), riding horses in the countryside, beautiful gardens and beaches. Voyager has a different approach with many characters taking part in a program based on old Ireland, but it still has a similar vibe of going back to a simpler time. And we do see this with all kinds of media and fashion. Like with the early 2000s styles coming back, for many of us that makes us think of our childhoods and how it was a simpler time in our lives, even though the world around us certainly had its problems. But since it's the past, and with cottagecore, mostly reminiscent of things we weren't alive for, it can be so easy to overlook the problems (like colonialism, racism, class distinctions, and disease... Okay, maybe not that last one with the current pandemic...) and just take the parts that seem fantastical, like in some of the movies you mentioned. I've seen a lot of crossover with the fairy inspired looks on Instagram, fairytale inspired dresses, pastels, flowers, and even overlap with mori kei, as well as sweet and classic lolita. I've always had a more utilitarian and gender neutral approach to my style, but I definitely appreciate parts of this look. Also, grandmacore is fantastic if you're a little more on the artsy side of things, and it seems to be popular among disabled people who can't fully embrace cottagecore, but some of do feel like grandmothers sometimes...
Over the garden wall is like dark cottagecore/ gremlincore
I love these aesthetics videos. So interesting. Very smart and educational!
I just moved to rural Vermont and I’m living in an intentional community. I’m literally living this aesthetic. It’s wonderful
I love your videos so much 💕💕💕💕💕
Thanks for sticking around it means a lot!💖💖💖💖
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I just your channel and your videos are excellent! I bet your channel will blow up soon!
I'm enjoying your content! I was born in the mid 70s and was dressed in a Holly Hobby style in my early years. It's jarring to look back at my childhood photos and see myself morph from flowing origins into hot pink and plastic! I think you popped into my algorithm as I'm a fan of the girl group New Jeans who wear some of the styles and use video imagery you cover in Y2K and bling videos. Anyway, glad to find you!
ooh! id like to see you cover scenecore or the scene/emo subculture (i know scene and emo are different, people use theme interchangeably i think)!
I also notice that the entirety of cottagecore (especially the fashion) is euro-centric and as an asian myself, im a bit sad to see theres not much asian (or even african) based cottagecore. I think one reason why is because rural life can be synonymous to poverty, especially in my country since the government treats our farmers like s*** :/
fyi people refer to the combination/overlap of scene and emo as "scemo"-- not to imply that they're the same, just to talk about the place where they overlap.
i used to be really into cottagecore since before there was a name for it, and i'm not white/european, so in the summer of 2018, i felt like what cottagecore was could be something broader. but by 2019 it was getting uncomfortably either european-focused or settlery (from an american perspective), so that was why i bailed. i still don't think cottagecore HAS to be like that, but white people be white people.
surprised you didn’t mention animal crossing Lol
Honestly I’d love a home like George Harrison’s Friar Park. It’s a castle so you got that gothic Victorian thing going on, but also a bunch of beautiful land around it with lakes, caves, trees, etc. and then of course with George you got the folk/hippie style. So I’m definitely digging it all together.
I learned so much after watching your videos. Thank you!
OH MY GOD your videos are amazing! ✨✨ Very education too. Did you study fashion?
This definitely speaks my style and personality 😍 love the vedio
so cool!!
thank you!!❤️
your videos are so well made!! good job
5:21 where is this flower corset from? Pls help me
FOLKLORE YES YES YES!
How do u make ur video