The "messy girl" aesthetic is back—ditching perfection for personality, chaos, and cool, one wired headphone at a time.

The Aesthetic Caters to a *Very* Specific Type of Person The ‘clean girl aesthetic’ puts mostly white women front-and-center as the preeminent aspirational figure on TikTok.

Interior designer Galey Alix ’s mind immediately goes to the 1990s when she thinks of messy girl aesthetic, recalling the music videos of grunge icons Alanis Morissette and Gwen Stefani. “I ...

The 'vanilla girl' aesthetic is all over TikTok — but there's one big problem Neutral palettes, barely-there makeup and clean lines are everywhere, but creators are taking issue with this new trend.

Suddenly, the idea of an aesthetic, once an exciting concept describing individuality, identity, personal style or creative expression has been taken over by expectation, restriction, and stringency.