Cottagecore
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About
Cottagecore is a lifestyle aesthetic that romanticizes nature, whimsical clothing/items and homesteading. Posting mood boards and images reflecting the aesthetic became popular on Tumblr in April 2018. The term then passed to Instagram and TikTok in 2019 and became linked to femme LGBTQ+ communities online.
Origin
On April 25th, 2018, Tumblr[4] user gardengnomeprince uploaded the earliest known moodboard post referencing cottagecore (shown below). The set of images gained over 800 notes on Tumblr in two years.
Spread
On June 9th, 2018, Tumblr[5] user mothsfuzz posted a collection of cottagecore couple images and garnered over 1,800 notes in two years (shown below, left). On August 19th, the r/cottagecore[7] subreddit was created and accumulated over 24,300 members in two years. On February 18th, 2019, the Facebook[6] page Cottagecore was created and since gained over 171,000 followers in a year. On January 7th, 2020, sorablu[9] uploaded a video to TikTok that introduced the cottagecore concept to the platform. The video, which shows snapshots of her life living at a cottage in the woods gained over 227,500 likes in seven months. Vice[1] then published an article on the queer community's connection to cottagecore. Soon after the New York Times[2] and Insider[3] also published articles on the trend. On March 14th, Instagram[8] user _pizzabacon garnered over 148,000 likes in four months for an illustration of cottagecore fashion (shown below, right).
On April 15th, TikToker sophie.seddon uploaded a video captioned "another day in paradise #cottagecore #cottage #aesthetic #fyp" and received over 183,400 likes in three months (shown below, left). Many cottagecore TikTok videos feature DIY recipes. For example, TikToker hereatthecottage uploaded a cottagecor rose water tutorial that acquired over 539,600 likes in a month (shown below, right).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6815944476620541189
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6833369271259680005
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6836059168055561477
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6801986645701790982
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6796390643653496070
Search Interest
External References
[1] Vice – Cottagecore Aesthetic LGBT Teens
[2] NYTimes – Cottagecore
[3] Insider – Cottagecore Isolation Aesthetic
[4] Tumblr – gardengnomeprince
[6] Facebook – cottagecore
[7] Reddit – r/cottagecore
[8] Instagram – _pizzabacon
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