Decoding Cottagecore – The trend of poeticizing rural life

Decoding Cottagecore – The trend of poeticizing rural life 1

Contrary to the luxurious and flashy trend that is so familiar on the Internet, in recent days, romantic and peaceful images of a soft, green lawn, the morning sunlight sparkling in the canopy of leaves, have appeared.

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What is the Cottagecore movement?

Cottagecore (also known as Farmcore or Countrycore) is closely related to other retro aesthetic movements such as Grandmacore, Faeriecore and Goblincore.

What Cottagecore believers have in common is that they have a special passion for activities associated with the kitchen, nature, and garden such as cooking, embroidery, sewing, knitting, mushroom picking, and fruit harvesting.

Decoding Cottagecore – The trend of poeticizing rural life

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Decoding Cottagecore – The trend of poeticizing rural life

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Decoding Cottagecore – The trend of poeticizing rural life

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Decoding Cottagecore – The trend of poeticizing rural life

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Decoding Cottagecore – The trend of poeticizing rural life

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With strong inspiration from peaceful life in beautiful rural areas, Cottagecore also adds a new breeze to the classic fashion style with puffed-sleeved blouses, long skirts embroidered with flowers, lace fabric, and aprons.

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Why did Cottagecore become popular?

Discussing the origins of Cottagecore, New York Times reporter Isabel Slone said that this trend originates from the desire to control space and master each of our lives.

Journalist Rebecca Jennings of Vox magazine commented that leisurely and warm living trends like Cottagecore were born to help us find a peaceful spiritual fulcrum in the midst of a chaotic and complex world, when

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Sofia Giuntoli (22 years old, a blogger from Milan, Italy, famous for her Tumblr account @sofialoveplants) shares that there are 2 main reasons why people love the Cottagecore lifestyle in recent days: First, we

Emily Kellum (18 years old, from Belmont, Mississippi, USA) confided: `A simple, slow life makes me feel extremely happy.

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Minty Casson (18 years old, living in the city of Bristol, England) confided: `Simple things like planting trees, baking cakes, looking at paintings… warm my soul.

Ly Tu That, a Chinese female blogger who owns a YouTube channel about traditional rural life, expressed: `Whether in the countryside or in the city, everyone has their own sufferings.

Although we know that in reality, not everyone has the conditions to live a quiet, peaceful life as they dream.

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