'Ninety-five per cent of schools have a major summer party or prom now,' says Monique Wyatt, co-founder of prom 'one stop shop' Myschool Proms. But it has only been in the past decade that this aspect of US culture has seeped into the real lives of teenagers in the UK. VSCO is only the popularized name for the aesthetic with fairy lights, Jeeps, and adventures.From Carrie's blood-soaked prom massacre to Molly Ringwald's satin halterneck in Pretty in Pink, Hollywood prom scenes have long inspired British-based designers – as seen, most recently, at Ashish. In 2014, there was another 'basic' girl aesthetic with the exact same visual elements of VSCO.For example, 'I love your blog! I am Slytherin, INTP, and Libra.' The user would then combine all of those elements into one mood board like the one to the right.Īesthetics that were on 2014-era Tumblr Users often sent requests through asks, and the person on the blog would create their own interpretation. This also applied to other subjects, such as MBTI types, zodiac signs, and colors. The presence of fandom mood boards have diminished in the following years, largely because of the rise of aesthetics that are unaffiliated with fiction, the general loss of fangirl enthusiasm (see the section on Dashcon for a better explanation), and migration to other websites. The people who create these fandom mood boards were expressing their love of the fandom and both the aesthetic community and the fandom would reblog their work. One of the most popular examples, and arguably a precursor to Dark Academia, are the Harry Potter mood boards, which were very popular due to the diversity of themes such as Hogwarts Houses or important buildings. These images would be arranged into either a square grid of nine photos or two columns that can span for however long the user sees fit.įor example, a fan of Harley Quinn would make a mood board that has an image of a playing card, smudged lipstick, a quote about toxic love, and a strong use of the color red. Users would take distinct visuals, colors, and attitudes associated with the setting of the work or a distinctive character design. Credit goes to on tumblrįandom aesthetics are mood boards, playlists, and edits done based off of the aesthetic of a piece of media with a fandom. Fandom Aesthetics Īn aesthetic based on Gryffindor, from the Harry Potter series.

An example of a Follow Forever could be found here. In effect, these popular users were influencers who allowed their followers to find their sources of inspiration, which united the aesthetic further and created a more tight-knit community. These were lists of users that someone would compile after reaching a certain number of followers. Because of this difficulty in finding terms with consistent aesthetics and users, 'Follow Forevers' existed. For example, the search term 'pink' could bring up Fairy Kei, Morute, and Vintage Parisian. This led to some variation on what appeared in the search bar. From there, communities were centered around who was following who, without an established name that encompassed all the community.įor example, for Vintage Parisian, one of the aesthetics on that site, people would tag it #pink, #old-hollywood, #feminine, #romantic, #vintage, #parisian, etc. Of course, there are common terms that appeared, such as kawaii, hipster, and grunge, but the extent was not to the one in the late 2010s-2020s. TikTok has since replaced it as the culturally significant platform.īefore the aesthetic community largely segmented itself off into aesthetic communities, people would 'find' their aesthetic through tags which were based on adjectives and objects that described the photograph itself, rather than an entire community that comes with it. Nowadays, Tumblr remains a popular platform for certain fandoms, pop cultures and alternative subcultures, but it is no longer culturally influential. Several aesthetic or fashion styles, for instance the Pastel Goth, were either pioneered or popularised by Tumblr users.Īfter 2018, the platform declined in mainstream popularity. It was at its peak of popularity around 2011–2018 during this time, it was highly influential in many forms of internet and popular culture, including aesthetics. Tumblr is a social media platform in the form of blogging. 4 Aesthetics that were on 2014-era Tumblr.

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