VSCO girls . Help me understand

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Could have said that same thing about describing someone as "trendy" once upon a time, right?

My 8th grader insists that "basic" is not an insult (anymore?), it just means a fashion is common or part of the uniform. So she is proudly basic -- sometimes-- and sometimes not, and sometimes it's hilarious, and sometimes she is sobbing for no apparent reason listening to AirSupply's greatest hits.

Oh wait that was me circa 1985

Let's be friends. This was amazing as my morning read.

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Anonymous wrote:I have read through all of these and still no one has answered -- what do the letters stand for? Virgin Suicides Copycat Oafs? [/quote


VSCO is a filter on Instagram. I guess it came to be used for these girls because they post a lot on Instagram?

No it isn’t. It’s a while other photo editing and sharing app. To the pp wondering what the acronym is, I don’t know that it even is one. I don’t think VSCO stands for anything. It’s just VSCO. To all the 35-38 year olds who suddenly think you’re VSCO girls because you slum around in tees and shorts: no. It’s more than that. Quit being embarrassing.

Loosen up. Us 35 yos. are just remembering our own uniforms for summer of 96. Nalgene, hair ties on wrist with requisite string bracelets, adidas slides. Shirt that was longer than crotch and 1" inseam khaki shorts that disappeared under them, adidas "shower shoes" (with or without the "nubbies") , chunky skinky highlights. Talking about who is going to see counting crows when they come to the local university. All that's old is new again.

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I think my daughter is VSCO though she only seems to wear tight/ well fit shirts. Not white either.

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I didn't know this term until now, but OP has described my daughter to a tee.

Be kind. Even to "basic" follower kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Could have said that same thing about describing someone as "trendy" once upon a time, right?

My 8th grader insists that "basic" is not an insult (anymore?), it just means a fashion is common or part of the uniform. So she is proudly basic -- sometimes-- and sometimes not, and sometimes it's hilarious, and sometimes she is sobbing for no apparent reason listening to AirSupply's greatest hits.

Oh wait that was me circa 1985

LOL!

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Somehow my 4th grader knows all about VSCO girls.
A cicada flew into our house the other night and was making a sksksks noise with it's wings and she thought it was hysterical. "Mom! It's a VSCO cicada! Sksksksksksksk!"

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know this term until now, but OP has described my daughter to a tee.

Be kind. Even to "basic" follower kids.

I agree. Sad to see a few posters comment that their kids make fun and it is ok. These are 6-8 grade girls. What message do you send by not saying anything? Not trying to sound melodramatic, but will they make fun of a kids hand me downs too?

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Anonymous wrote:I have a teen boy, and this thread made me realize that I see lots of long-haired girls in baggy T-shirts , short shorts and wrist scrunchies!

Why is it linked to this VSCO app?

All it means is that they love their trendy little things. They'll set out their accessories and take pics and put them on VSCO. Or they'll do mirror selfies in their baggy T-shirts, with their scrunchies on their wrists and post them to VSCO. Of all the teen and preteen trends I've seen, this is totally harmless. My son picks on my daughter about being a VSCO girl, and she just shrugs it off … it's just the "look" right now.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Exactly! My 7th grader points them out, but then she got all the "stuff" that makes a VSCO girl.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve been wearing birks and big T-shirt’s since the 80s. Never used VSCO though.

This isnt about you

+1. Why WOULD you use VSCO? It's like saying "I eat crepes but don't call myself une femme." Uh, no one says you should.

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As a mom of a 7yo boy, I'd never heard of this. I thought my teenage niece was just kind of plain, untrendy, and doing her own thing, and borrowing her mom's old scrunchies! Not that any of that is bad at all. Here, she's actually curating a whole look I totally missed. I love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a mom of a 7yo boy, I'd never heard of this. I thought my teenage niece was just kind of plain, untrendy, and doing her own thing, and borrowing her mom's old scrunchies! Not that any of that is bad at all. Here, she's actually curating a whole look I totally missed. I love it.

my 43-year-old mom friend and I are going as VSCO girls for Halloween

JOIN US

mwahahaha

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

You know, it's a million dollar question! Winter is upon us, and Nike shorts just won't cut it in a month or so.
I believe VSCO style comes from California where they can wear shorts-Ts all year around. Over here, not so much.

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I’ve never heard of VSCO, but my 7th grade DD is still pretty oblivious to social media stuff.

How is it pronounced? Is it the individual letters, or more like “visco”?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard of VSCO, but my 7th grade DD is still pretty oblivious to social media stuff.

How is it pronounced? Is it the individual letters, or more like “visco”?

This.
Visco.