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[There is a sort of aesthetic poverty about conservatism.]
#s28e17 east coast west coast#guy fieri#guyfieri#diners drive-ins and dives#aesthetic poverty#sort#conservatism
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ever since i saw the sam smith airport jeans photos i couldn't stop thinking about this
at least pelle wore some leggings under his jeans
#honestly no hate to sam smith but like-#put some damn leggings under when going to a public place#and i have general pet peeve when alternative diy fashion that either comes from being counter culture or poverty#becomes an expensive trend for wealthy famous people to vulture on without a care for WHY aesthetics like this was even born#anyway pelle wore it better and was a fashion icon way ahead of his time#mayhem#pelle ohlin#dead mayhem
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fuck capitalism i hate being stressed about money i want to frolic in tulip fields with wind in my hair and letting mud stick to the soles of my bare feet drinking water from waterfalls and howling at the moon
#vent#light academia#poemblr#writeblr#chaotic academia#dark academia#poetry#quotes#burnt out#aesthetic#cottagecore#cottage aesthetic#cozy cottage#cottage witch#fairy cottage#forest#trees#woods#lake#pine trees#river#capitalism#eat the rich#poverty#anti capitalism
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The Poverty Aesthetic;
Why do people want to look poor?
N.hoolywood Fall/Winter 2017 men’s collection
Not wanting to look polished and elegant isn’t something new. Messier aesthetics have been popular styles since the 1950s. The hippies of the 60s wore a beat up, vintage carnival look. Punk rock trended in the 80s where people wore shredded, torn, or bleached jeans. The 90s had grunge where tattered and even dirty clothes were worn, with distressed denims and flannels. But while these trends were primarily influenced by music and political movements, the current phenomenon of wanting to look homeless or poor is not.
The poverty trend really started with shoes. Taking inspiration from grunge fashion trends which included well worn Doc Martens and Converse. Many people took to manufacturing this look by purposefully making their shoes look dirty, and old. So while these may look similar, the 90s grunge style was created through thrifting and repurposing clothes. This new trend is a mockery to 90s grunge, faking a used look is pathetic, many people who are forced to wear tattered shoes would love your brand new ones. If you really want the distressed shoe aesthetic then buy them second hand, or just wear your shoes until they look worn. This has escalated severely, to the point where luxury brands such as Gucci and Balenciaga, are now selling new used looking shoes.
N.hoolywood and Magnolia Pearl have both been criticised for glamorising the poverty aesthetic. Even John Galliano, who’s 2000s homeless inspired collection later influenced the parody Zoolander film. Celebrities such as Johnny Depp have been seen wearing ‘distressed chic’ outfits which could have been seen on a homeless person, except that he’s actually wearing Magnolia Pearl.
It is no surprise that people have taken issue with the poverty aesthetic, because this is only an aesthetic for those who have the choice. It is the ultimate luxury to be able to choose to dress poor. What a poor person will be judged for wearing is now a trend for richer people. Rich people view poor people through their lens of privilege. This style is not just controversial, it is ignorant, out of touch, and overall just privileged.
Choosing to wear second hand clothing, oversized and layered outfits, is not the issue. I understand that many people choose to dress in a more alternative and grungy style which may look similar to what is worn by poor or homeless people. It is not problematic to wear distressed or tattered clothing when you can afford otherwise. Dressing in worn and second hand clothing is one of the best ways to tackle fast fashion and over consumption. The issue lies where rich people want to masquerade as poor, when luxury brands sell and promote ‘homeless chic’ fashion.
#fashion#runway#couture#fashion design#fashion designer#fashion runway#poor#poverty#aesthetic#grunge#grunge aesthetic#punk rock#punk#hippie#gucci shoes#balenciaga#johnny depp#magnolia#john galliano#magnolia pearl#n.hoolywood#90s fashion#90s grunge#90s aesthetic#homeless
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Friends, there's something really wrong with my cat's hip/leg and we really need to get him a vet appointment. After rent and bills we don't have enough to take him. If anyone wants a bone or pendulum reading, please let me know!! I'm so so worried about him. I can't sleep knowing he's in so much pain 😭 Thank you so much for reading 💖
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#mutual aid#mutualaid#help#poverty#poverty in America#cat#cats#yule aesthetic#Christmas aesthetic#xmas aesthetic#yule#christmas#xmas#one piece#stray kids#skz#minho#lee minho#lee know
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#capitalism#depression#urban photography#urban#city#street photography#punk aesthetic#punk#punx#homelessness#homeless#poverty#sad thoughts#sad quotes#future#anxiety#fear and hunger#worry#struggle#sacrifice#isolation
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Last update for my 90s poverty ✨a e s t h e t i c✨ house's living areas. I gave myself a little pang of nostalgic pain when making it. The house was heavily inspired by the trailer I grew up in (I nearly shot soda out my nose when I saw @awingedllama's counters and cupboards that came straight out of my old trailer,) and while I hated the way it looked growing up I kind of wish I could live in a place like this again. It just feels like home.
Up next: The bed rooms and bathroom!
#ts4#sims 4#the sims 4#ts4 build#ts4 builds#ts4 building#ts4 buildings#sims 4 build#sims 4 builds#sims 4 building#sims 4 buildings#the sims 4 build#the sims 4 builds#the sims 4 building#the sims 4 buildings#90s#80s#1990s#1980s#90s aesthetic#80s aesthetic#poverty#wood paneling#80s wood paneling#90s wood paneling
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this is going to sound like I’m vagueing about somebody or being snarky and mean but for once I’m not, I actually haven’t seen a post like the one I’m about to describe for a little while, but—I’m always fascinated by the inconsistency of where people draw their personal lines of “this is just too implausible for me”.
like, I remember a lot of posts reacting to the uptick of Lady Knight art and posts about same by basically going “you know knights were basically just cops, right?” and “yeah well your sapphic romance isn’t gonna feel so cute when you think about how many orphaned peasant children were dying of dysentery just offscreen” and stuff like that, but it’s like—as soon as you look into the average people’s interests I guarantee you’ll find at least two or three things about which they’re willing to say “I know this isn’t realistic but I think it’s really cool” or something similar. speaking for myself, I know I’ve fallen prey to “this is popular on tumblr right now and that makes me never want to hear about it again” before and will do so again, but I’ll freely admit that I also do give other media and genres slack and credit that I don’t extend to the media and genres I’m not as interested in. I just think it’s interesting to see where people draw that boundary even if I often don’t agree with it.
#there’s more to be said about how you can also take the themes and ideas and aesthetics of something#and use them in a different context#knight and princess imagery might IMPLY a world with a monarch and systemic oppression and forced poverty#but they also might be something else or part of a story where that isn’t a factor#I think the inability to meet a work of fiction or art on its own terms is really damaging discourse but that’s a whole other post#anyway#gonna go play video games now. bye
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I keep thinking what the ethel cain lore would look like if she lived in soviet europe instead
#what should we call it#I might expand this honestly#ethel cain#mother cain#daughters of cain#preachers daughter#americana#vintage americana#soviet#soviet aesthetic#slavic aesthetic#eastern bloc#eastern europe#poverty core#moodboard#southern gothic#sharp objects#mp
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the issue is that i really like patch-ridden jean jackets/battle jacket/whatever you call it in terms of aesthetics but i fear that most are often extremely corny and even more performative
#it’s just crazy that you’ll meet people with a slurry of progressive buzzwords on their CLOTHES and then they’ll be like#the most milquetoast liberal who will never actually take any Direct Action beyond being a keyboard warrior#‘im a punk’ and then they’re a white person who has no actual experience with structural violence or poverty or whatever#no intention to ever connect with their community or even do some reading so they can at least posture in front of others#it’s all just a hashtag aesthetic#and its ANNOYING#but yeah the jackets are cool i like sewing on patches#i think i would rather die than out myself as trans to strangers though#ok i need to sleep BYE
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beth is perfectly content watching from the sidelines. she always has been, even before her breath became too faint after dancing for it to be a necessity she sit to the side during balls. her fingers tap in time to the sound of the music and she wonders, idly, if she could play the tune on her pianoforte. "hello," the second-youngest miss march says with a small smile, "are you not interested in dancing this evening?" @proditeur
#proditeur#you get wildcard beth march in bton xoxo#idk i figure the marches are the same like genteel poverty they are in the book#invited to society parties by virtue of name + wealthy aunt#also this is beth post scarlet fever in childhood xoxo#* beth ; aesthetics#* beth ; v ; bridgerton
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istg y’all love romanticizing the gallagher’s, milkoviches, and poverty until you meet people actually like them
#i hate shameless fans who are privileged#maybe that’s shitty idk but i also really don’t care#i hate how people think that being poor/mentally ill/an addict is something romantic and aesthetic and shit#like i could make a whole ass post about this shit#y’all love to talk about trauma and poverty and shit when it’s about your fav conventionally attractive character on tv#and then you meet people who act just like them irl and you’re no longer interested#like it’s no longer ‘female rage’ and ‘deserved better’ and shit it’s just something to be mocked#rant#shameless rant#shameless
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𝕺𝕮 𝕳𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖌𝖊 • 𝔇𝔞𝔶 16: 𝔉𝔞𝔦𝔯𝔶 𝔗𝔞𝔩𝔢 𝔄𝔘
⤷ One of the most classics of classics. Make your oc a character in your favorite fairytale, whether you prefer the Grimm or Disney version, or make up a fairytale about your oc!
feat. Delaney Ballard and Ricky Gilmore in Cinderella
#ohc2024#ocappreciation#oc: ricky gilmore#oc: delaney ballard#ship: ricklaney#gilmore girls oc#my aesthetic#ricky’s more the cinderella to delaney’s prince charming#feat. a genteel poverty charming
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i keep thinking damn everyone's out having fun being on holiday and i'm working and i ask myself what's the point then i realise it's not about having a point or not. i don't have the money to travel abroad. i only have the choice of rotting in bed or doing something with my time. i am going to choose the latter.
#writeblr#vent#light academia#chaotic academia#poemblr#dark academia#poetry#quotes#burnt out#aesthetic#capitalism#late stage capitalism#fuck capitalism#anti capitalism#capitalismo#inequality#poverty#economics#summer#summer aesthetic#summertime#studyblr#study motivation#studying#studyblr community#studyspo#study blog
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transitioning my white half from german to italian w homemade sauce and the cheapest wine possible
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It is really embarrassing to realise one is no longer poor (there's a whole essay I could write about that statement). And to find oneself thinking about clothes in a way that's more than just "what can I afford with no budget that I can make fit the story I want my appearance to tell?"
And then embarrassing to realise that the reasons I'm embarrassed by that are mainly negative things, rooted in how a lot of us cope with being poor and in the misogyny + queerphobia + class stuff that makes aesthetics be seen as not meaningful and not art.
Anyway, my favourite paid friend* just called me out on some things and it turns out this maybe isn't just privileged whininess?
So, now I need you all to tell me:
If/how you've successfully rocked a unique aesthetic whilst living mainly from a capsule wardrobe. (And maybe tell me how big your capsule is, cos the internet has range on what counts as that.)
Where one finds clothes that aren't super cheap quality and are made to fit AFAB-and-not-on-HRT bodies. I'll worry about making them fit my gender expression once I find them.
* paid friend = therapists, coaches, and the like
#aesthetics are not actually unimportant#and the only “class” that has morality attached are super rich arseholes#apparently this post is how i pretend that i'm brave about my mortification#capsule wardrobe#is there fashion tumblr i should be turning to?#i said “i like wearing layers but when every layer is a piece with an issue i am also layering issues my brain tracks all day”#and it's not that i'm rich i'm just mortified to discover i'm middle class after years of defensively valourising my poverty#capitalism is a cancer#capitalism is terrorism#i like myself too much to not root out my bullshit and let all of me evolve including the outside of me#i'd argue that the valourisation of poverty as a defense is legit EXCEPT it also serves the rich as it keeps some of us not trying for more
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