Anonymous wrote:Confused how Brandy Melville fits into this vsco girl phenomenon? Anyone else really dislike this brand and the one size garbage? I refuse to buy it and my girls know exactly why. Seems like a disconnect to a vsco vibe.

I would not think Brandys would mesh with vscos but I guess there is lots of crossover.

Anonymous wrote:Confused how Brandy Melville fits into this vsco girl phenomenon? Anyone else really dislike this brand and the one size garbage? I refuse to buy it and my girls know exactly why. Seems like a disconnect to a vsco vibe.

I keep hearing about Brandy Melville on DCUM, but I've never seen or heard about it anywhere else, including from my 7th grade DD (at a downcounty middle school).

Are they brick-and-mortar stores? Can't remember ever seeing one at Montgomery or either of the Tyson's malls. Are the clothes really expensive? I just have no frame of reference here.

I odn't get the Mario Badescu thing either?

Confused how Brandy Melville fits into this vsco girl phenomenon? Anyone else really dislike this brand and the one size garbage? I refuse to buy it and my girls know exactly why. Seems like a disconnect to a vsco vibe.

Anonymous wrote:The closest analogy to VSCO girls that I can think of from my 80s youth is Valley Girls—a subculture marked by things you wouldn’t otherwise think of as particularly unusual (particular clothes and hairstyles, saying “like” a lot), but taken together, it was a thing.

Also originated in California as something more distinct—upper-middle-class girls from the San Fernando Valley who were snobby and airhead-y. But was adopted widely as a trend defined by a look and way of speaking.

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Anonymous wrote:As a mom of 10 yr old boys this is all new to me. I googled VSCO and found some utube parodies which were quite humorous. But when do they in real life use the tsktsk and I oop? Just out of the blue or as a way of identifying themselves to each other? Is it randomly used?

I have to say it reminds me of the Jugalos and their Whoop Whoop cry. I love spotting them in the wild

Tsktsk is supposedly the sound of typing, and “and I opp” is a common, humorous meme that is sometimes used to express surprise or sudden change of topic.

Both of those things originated elsewhere and are in the wider pop culture.

According to my DD the "sksksksksksk" is actually laughter. Typed instead of "LOL" and actually uttered instead of laughing - often with a hand in front of the mouth. Like "tee hee"

It’s both:

'Sksksk' is a variation of a keyboard smash of random letters that people use to type laughter or to express how awkward something is on social media.

The phrase has more recently become attributed to VSCO Girls and TikTok eGirls but before they were even a thing, it became popular on Twitter amongst various different groups. While some people claim that stan Twitter originated the phrase (K-pop stan Twitter specifically), it can be traced back to the black Twitter community and, as reported by BuzzFeed News, Portuguese-speaking Twitter users in Brazil.

Basically, VSCO Girls didn't invent the phrase. People have been using it on social media for years but the meaning has still mostly stayed the same.

OK, so big deal. It's no different from the valley girl or grunge look that some of us saw and or participated in before college.

Trends happen and just because a kid goes for a "look" doesn't mean a lack of authentic self-expression. They might actually love the aesthetics of it. So what. Where do you as an adult shop? Surely you, as an adult, would never follow a trend, right? LOL

Agree with earlier post that it is normal that there are the people who join a trend look and the other side who scoffs at it. They are finding their sense of identity and having a sense of belonging is devleopmentally appropriate.

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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”

This is what I assumed as well. But my daughter said no, "basic" is it's own thing and VSCO is something else. I guess you have to be under 20 to understand.

Yeah, please help this 40-something year old understand. WTH is "basic" supposed to mean? Good God do I feel old now. I feel like an anthropologist.

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Anonymous wrote:As a mom of 10 yr old boys this is all new to me. I googled VSCO and found some utube parodies which were quite humorous. But when do they in real life use the tsktsk and I oop? Just out of the blue or as a way of identifying themselves to each other? Is it randomly used?

I have to say it reminds me of the Jugalos and their Whoop Whoop cry. I love spotting them in the wild

Tsktsk is supposedly the sound of typing, and “and I opp” is a common, humorous meme that is sometimes used to express surprise or sudden change of topic.

Both of those things originated elsewhere and are in the wider pop culture.

According to my DD the "sksksksksksk" is actually laughter. Typed instead of "LOL" and actually uttered instead of laughing - often with a hand in front of the mouth. Like "tee hee"

*oop.

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Anonymous wrote:As a mom of 10 yr old boys this is all new to me. I googled VSCO and found some utube parodies which were quite humorous. But when do they in real life use the tsktsk and I oop? Just out of the blue or as a way of identifying themselves to each other? Is it randomly used?

I have to say it reminds me of the Jugalos and their Whoop Whoop cry. I love spotting them in the wild

Tsktsk is supposedly the sound of typing, and “and I opp” is a common, humorous meme that is sometimes used to express surprise or sudden change of topic.

Both of those things originated elsewhere and are in the wider pop culture.

Some of it is just stuff that’s generally in style right now for girls- scrunchies, Vans and Converse, friendship bracelets, etc. I think VSCO girls just take it a step further. From what I understand it’s a trend that includes positivity and supporting others, so all in all it’s a good thing.

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter and her friends are dressing up as vsco girls for Halloween.

So why is it ok for them to mock other girls?

If they were dressing up as another social stereotype, it would be bullying. This is too.

The whole "vsco girl" thing was started by a video of a girl being super stereotypical about it. I dont think they're doing it to mock them, its relevant to pop culture/current social media trends and will be easily spotted

Anonymous wrote:As a mom of 10 yr old boys this is all new to me. I googled VSCO and found some utube parodies which were quite humorous. But when do they in real life use the tsktsk and I oop? Just out of the blue or as a way of identifying themselves to each other? Is it randomly used?

I have to say it reminds me of the Jugalos and their Whoop Whoop cry. I love spotting them in the wild

Anonymous wrote:My daughter and her friends are dressing up as vsco girls for Halloween.

So why is it ok for them to mock other girls?

If they were dressing up as another social stereotype, it would be bullying. This is too.