Meaning of VSCO girl | Babel Free

Definitions

(A girl or woman who embraces) a trend or subculture of the late 2010s and early 2020s, characterized by heavy use of social media and relaxed, beachy fashion.

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Examples

“The VSCO girl not only looks bright and beach-ready — she also radiates with a desire to “save the turtles.””

“The new kids will be over as soon as they get too old and the adolescent hordes find someone new to follow. Have you heard of the VSCO Girls? Google it. Your children probably already have.”

“You probably thought scrunchies were over, but let the VSCO girl assure you: they are not, and your belief otherwise is yet another indication that you are almost impossibly decrepit and old.”

“There is much to learn on YouTube, including how to identify a Mukbang (a video/show in which a person eats a lot of food while talking to the audience) and a VSCO girl (oversize tees, stickered Hydro Flask, puka necklace, scrunchies, Birkenstocks and photos edited on VSCO).”

“Khushboo Rathore, another 17-year-old at Blair, would like to be able to wear crop tops and bandeaus like other girls at school do, like the girls on Instagram who post the caption “hot girl summer” and like the “VSCO girls” who look beachy and effortless with their short shorts, scrunchies and Hydro Flasks.”

“But then I learned that these colorful bracelets — made by artisans in Costa Rica — are part of the larger “VSCO girl” trend, an “effortless, beachy” aesthetic popularized on social apps like TikTok.”

“Being a VSCO girl is often embraced and mocked by those who subscribe to the trend.”

“The “it” girl of 2019 was definitely the VSCO girl! The term comes from the photo editing app VSCO and she is known for sporting natural makeup, expressing herself with captions like “Sksksksk” and is all about taking Polaroids. You’ll find her posting in pics on social media wearing things like scrunchies, Fjällräven backpacks, Birkenstocks, crop tops and even mom jeans. It’s an aesthetic that no one rocked better than our girl Emma Chamberlain!”

“One of the largest commonalities among VSCO girls is their outfits, which often consist of clothing and accessories from the same brands.”

“The brand [Hydro Flask] has especially found love among “VSCO girls,” young women who embrace a beachy, easygoing, 1990s-inspired aesthetic.”

“Indeed, the nostalgia value of the hat is eternally appealing: The Last Dance’s reminded everyone of Dennis Rodman’s classic bucket-hat styles (remember the iconic leopard-print look on The Tonight Show?) while it has been swept up in the trend for retro looks (hi VSCO girls) and a general rewind to a “lithe surfer (or indeed raver) wandering around The Green Fields at Glastonbury” (we see you tie-dye).”

“When Sharp first bought a pair of bike shorts in 2019, she was inspired by those who had gotten on the bandwagon before her: VSCO girls on TikTok, teenagers she knows from the summer camp where she works, and Princess Diana, who was also namechecked by Ogunnaike and Gattuso.”

“From Evian bottles littered around Shelley Long in the 1989 film “Troop Beverly Hills” to the Naya bottle tucked in the golden carrier of Alicia Silverstone’s character Cher in 1995’s “Clueless” to the Hydro Flasks favoured by today’s VSCO Girls, “Keeping a bottle of water in hand makes it look like you’re healthy and it became a status symbol,” said Rose, 37.”

“Clad in denim shorts, a worn-in graphic tee and Birkenstock sandals, the classic VSCO girls can be seen driving a white Jeep whilst living out a perpetual summer and documenting it on social media for the rest of us to see. The term VSCO girls and boys—a name which comes from a photo editing app—is attributed to those living out the California high school stereotype with a laid back personality and a questionably fashionable, beach-loving style.”

“Bottles from Hydro Flask — with their interchangeable lids and promise to keep beverages cold for up to 24 hours — were a must-have for VSCO girls.”

“If you happen to know about the legs or hotdogs meme, Evil Kermit, or what a Milkshake Duck or VSCO girl is, you are poised to do well in this version of the game [Trivial Pursuit Decades: 2010–2020].”

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