Next on the list is cottagecore, a social-media-powered design trend that suggests rural, country living. Think Irish knit sweaters, dried flowers, antique furniture, country plaid patterns, too many plants, and, (god help us all) the return of macramé. Like dark academia, cottagecore is strongly anti-modernism, but it is without the focus on darkness and intellectualism. Instead, it’s about good, old country ways—but only the quaint parts. It’s ruralism with money and taste instead of surly insularism and meth addiction. Decorate like this if you wear flowered dresses and want a ton of instagram likes.
