Behold, the coquette aestheticcoquette core, if you will.
The last vestige of docile flirtation in the flurry of cores.
The cores are moving at the speed of light.
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Everyone gets a core.
But where does coquette live in coreville?
Is this core even still relevant?
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Is it in the core graveyard along with binaries ofyawningnormcoreand costume-yBarbiecore?
20-something writerNicolaia Rips, tells me that Coquette has gone to college.
She has a 9-5 now.
Sure, on the surface, yes, the core has been exhausted.
Theres some batting of the eyelashesoomphdeep within this trend.
The aesthetic arrived in 2020, trotting towards us in silkballet flatsand little bows, armed with Vladimir NabokovsLolita.
Since then, its been ebbing in and out of popularity.
Yet, Id argue that the cores perverse seduction is still very much alive.
Besides, dressing up in the look is fun.
How to do it?
Thebows; the little bobby socks; the vanities littered with powders and tri-fold, gold-trimmed mirrors.
Maybe Lana Del Rey is playing in the background.
Plus, there are incredible examples of the power of coquette core on the runway fromVivienne Westwood.
A powerful display of flirtation!
Excuse me while I go to powder my nose… while wearing my ballet flats.
