what’s in/what’s out in fashion, art, y vida…
IN: Victorian Gothic
Long-awaited, Nosferatu delivered exactly what it intended to do: reanimating vampires as scary not sparkly.
But Victorian Gothic as an aesthetic will persist in 2025 with more exciting arrivals.
Guillermo Del Toro will unleash upon us his Frankenstein (!!!!!)
Tim Burton is back again with Wednesday Season 2. This season also delightfully features Lady Gaga. Her musical persona is also stepping out of the shadows with the birth of LG7. Mother Monster promises this will showcase her duality.
2024 movie releases to relish while we wait:
- Lisa Frankenstein (dir. by Zelda Williams)
- The Substance (dir. by Coralie Fargeat)
- Nosferatu (dir. by Robert Eggers)
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (dir. Tim Burton)
For literature, the neo-gothic revival means reanimating our long-beloved favorite tales of monsters. This includes the obvious (Dracula) and the cleverly disguised (The Picture of Dorian Gray).
Victorian Gothic reading list:
- Frankenstein, by QWEEN Mary Shelley
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, by literary icon Oscar Wilde (you would have loved Lady Gaga)
- Dracula, by Bram Stoker
- Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
This also means we’re allowed to stick to our bows and hair ribbons. Praise be.
IN: Bugs
Back to nature has been trending since we realized our material goods weren’t cutting out. In 2025, we get a little dirtier.
Creepy crawlers are becoming chic, partially because, well, education. We’re curious about other life forms and we can finally see our own cohabitants of earth as highly intelligent. And highly interesting.
Just listen to SZA, she’ll tell you all about it.
OUT: “Picture Perfect”
Done are the days of face filters. But so too can we let go of matchy-matchy? Of painful smiles in forced situations? This seems too computer-generated to even be real.
This year, go a little rogue on your outfit. Don’t do your hair. Let your nails chip.
It adds a little touch of humán to the look.
Wabi-Sabi
Japanese. (n.)
Finding beauty in imperfect things and peacefully accepting the cycle of growth and decay.
OUT: superheros
In the same way the picture perfection has got to go, so do CGI the gods among men…
IN: Etruscan Art
We need heroes, and Gladiator II brought us back to our beloved basics.
So, historically, the Etruscans were neighbors to our well-studied and perfectly polished Roman characters.
Often overlooked, but not for good reason.
Etruscan art and culture encompasses what we crave in today’s world: high quality materials sourced right from the earth. Precious metals and stones laid in hand-crafted jewelry. High quality wood and stone work.
But the Etruscan stand out because they also noted true daily life through their art. They opted for “vivid colors and vitality” over “d*ck perfection.”
Gladiator movies remind us just how lovely those men who toiled their bodies into killing machines countryside lives must of been.
A time that, in peace, was slower, more deliberate…
Their art took the time to commemorate everything from legendary chimera to random young kids. The Etruscan art entombed in history the adage that imperfection is beauty, and art can be made from everything.
OUT: waiting
Paint the picture!
Take the trip!
Learn the language! (that’s also really hot right now…..)
Buy the thing!
Kiss the girl!
Waiting only leads to worrying, which is also out this year.
VIVA LA VIDA, AHORITA.
(Live your life, right now)
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