VSCO girls . Help me understand

[Anonymous]

what does vsco stand for ?

[Anonymous]

Hmm my dd sounds like she may be VSCO. However so are probably the majority of the other kids that I see at the high school or at the mall. I see a lot of baggy T-shirts and short shorts and hydro flasks. I don’t see the scrunchy thing though. That was a year ago

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 5th grader is a VSCO wanna be, to my amusement. She picked it up from a friend who has HS siblings. She doesn't own any Crocs or Nike shorts, so she has to make do with multiple scrunchies and an oversize T from camp.
No Hydroflask, either. Over my dead body.

...over your dead body will your child own a reusable water bottle? am I missing something?

[Anonymous]

What makes someone basic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hmm my dd sounds like she may be VSCO. However so are probably the majority of the other kids that I see at the high school or at the mall. I see a lot of baggy T-shirts and short shorts and hydro flasks. I don’t see the scrunchy thing though. That was a year ago

I am this P, I should add that we also use metal straws. But that may have been because of me, as I usually keep metal straws in my purse. I believe we only have one earth and as a family we’ve been using reusable flasks of any sort for a number of years and if my daughter currently wants a Hydro flask, I happily oblige.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What makes someone basic?

Not being original. I hate the term. Anyone who accuses someone of being “basic” is pretty lame. Especially a child!

[Anonymous]

I thought it was an Instagram thing? Or is VSCO another app? My 6th grader fits all the criteria — Hydroflask etc — but doesn’t have a phone or any social media. She has been called a VSCO girl at school, but I’m still unclear whether it’s always negative? Seems like a good thing to me. I like her style and her friends’ style, and see nothing wrong with Hydroflasks and metal straws.

When I was a middle schooler, “prep” was a clique designation and it was either a compliment of an insult depending on who was using the term. VSCO seems like the same thing, maybe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 5th grader is a VSCO wanna be, to my amusement. She picked it up from a friend who has HS siblings. She doesn't own any Crocs or Nike shorts, so she has to make do with multiple scrunchies and an oversize T from camp.
No Hydroflask, either. Over my dead body.

...over your dead body will your child own a reusable water bottle? am I missing something?

It's the cost/brand. Kids have all grown up only using their own water bottles, this is their normal, they want the hydro for the brand. Yes they work great,but insulation tech is in much lower cost items. Look, I have yeti stuff I get it. But i Know part of what I bought was a brand

[Anonymous]

Is there an age limit on being a VSCO girl? Because I think I just learned that I am one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was an Instagram thing? Or is VSCO another app? My 6th grader fits all the criteria — Hydroflask etc — but doesn’t have a phone or any social media. She has been called a VSCO girl at school, but I’m still unclear whether it’s always negative? Seems like a good thing to me. I like her style and her friends’ style, and see nothing wrong with Hydroflasks and metal straws.

When I was a middle schooler, “prep” was a clique designation and it was either a compliment of an insult depending on who was using the term. VSCO seems like the same thing, maybe.

It’s from the app

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hmm my dd sounds like she may be VSCO. However so are probably the majority of the other kids that I see at the high school or at the mall. I see a lot of baggy T-shirts and short shorts and hydro flasks. I don’t see the scrunchy thing though. That was a year ago

I am this P, I should add that we also use metal straws. But that may have been because of me, as I usually keep metal straws in my purse. I believe we only have one earth and as a family we’ve been using reusable flasks of any sort for a number of years and if my daughter currently wants a Hydro flask, I happily oblige.

Nobody cares! We aren’t here to discuss a middle aged mom’s environmental beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Carrying a Metal straw does not major an environmentalist. To the extent this is negative I think it is the uber conformity and the blase acceptance of 45 dollar water bottles.

[Anonymous]

My sixth grader is all into this, too. It is interesting because she and her friends seem to want to mock it and imitate it at the same time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh jeez, as a high school teacher this is literally all I hear about right now. It’s just a label for a stereotypical style and set of behaviors right now. VSCO girls:

Have long hair
Wear big baggy T-shirts over Nike shorts you can’t see
Birks or crocs or vans slip ons
Tons of wrist scrunchies
Always carry a hydroflask (omg parents, I HATE THESE)
Use sksksksksksk when they type to mean they’re laughing
Now they’re actually saying it in real life along with and I oop
Use metal straws and say save the turtles

It’s essentially a girl who is “basic”

Why do you hate hydroflasks?

They rattle and the kids constantly drop them or knock them over and because they’re hollow heavy metal they sound like a freaking bomb going off. SO distracting and it happens minimum 4/5 times per class.

ok, that's a legit reason.

[Anonymous]

What do VSCO girls wear in the winter? Asking for a friend....