Now that the glasses overflowing with champagne have finished clinking merrily, we can peek back over our collective shoulders one last time as we hurl into 2023. The last year brought us a slew of style aesthetics that materialised on TikTok – regencycore, clean girl, dark academia, light academia, crustaceancore, plazacore, pilates princess, 2014 Tumblr soft grunge, and perhaps most recently, “frazzled English woman” – just to name a few. Now stretching beyond how we dress and into the realm of interior design, here are the budding aesthetics that are already influencing our decor choices for 2023.
This past autumn, Vogue named Miu Miu’s dainty, satin-clad ballet flats the shoes to be seen in. Ever since, “balletcore” has flooded our feeds (think Carrie Bradshaw’s two-tiered white tulle skirt and pink tank look in Sex and the City’s opening credits). In 2023, bouncy ballerina-off-duty streetwear is here to stay, coupled with another ultra-sweet aesthetic: “Barbiecore” – dressing like the iconic doll herself. We have Greta Gerwig’s highly-anticipated film, Barbie (scheduled for release in July 2023) to thank for this. From bubblegum and blush to flamboyant fuchsia, pink was spotted across numerous runways as of late, notably in Prabal Gurung, Chloé, Vetements, and Ermanno Scervino’s SS23 collections. Unsurprisingly, Barbiecore is also trickling into homes, bringing about the nostalgia of sunnier, simpler times.
