do you think what you describe as myspace chic overlaps with the aesthetic of balenciaga? i wanted to do a thread on it but didn't know how to formulate, what i noticed is that this brand got really omnipresent. from putting out exclusive variants of crocs to having collaborations with the simpsons and releasing binman or blue-collar jackets for thousands of dollars. lots of rap songs about it as well.
oh a sick fucking one, this
it was hardly a thing in Poland, we had our own local forum-based social network (which was great by the way, I wish I could dig up some content from there) and a myspace equivalent with all the html website creation and so on called epuls, apparently a lunarstorm clone.Who here had a MySpace? I was 14 just on the tail end I think, made an account but none of my peers were on it so never really used.
Most of the propagators (especially if you look on tiktok) are rather clueless, there is no nostalgia in there, rather approaching something that used to be the cream of cringe with a fresh (again clueless) perspective.the nostalgia angle is worth looking into sure but I think we should avoid the temptation to make this a nostalgia thread. Im interested in how they style has become not solely nostalgic movement and what that means
and not just the youth, but an older, high art crowd who are aware of the nostalgia element but empty it of that meaning like warholMost of the propagators (especially if you look on tiktok) are rather clueless, there is no nostalgia in there, rather approaching something that used to be the cream of cringe with a fresh (again clueless) perspective.
I suppose this could have been said about previous styles or subcultures, but this seems to really be everything before blended together. Looking at people who are into it seems more like navigating a space, rather than assigning specific traits to a specific group.
You can pretend you recognise that you have the more scruffy youths, the more emo femboy youths, the true religion post-chief keef youths, the post-metalhead youths,
yes, but in reality they all overlap so heavily that they all exist within the same multidimensional space.
what the fuck is up with the kids making shit out of burnt styrofoam, I really feel like I'm breathing the fumes in when I come closer to those things