The persona of Barbie has been criticized over the years and despite recent attempts at increasing diversity and representation within the doll's brand it still faces some backlash. But since the ...

Dainty pastel bows paid homage to doll-core's beloved predecessor: the cherished coquette aesthetic, celebrated in the 2020s for its preservation and spectacle of highly-stylized girlhood.

Now, thanks to the coquette aesthetic, all things pink and hyper-feminine are in. First popularized in 2021, the coquette aesthetic, or coquette-core, is taking over the internet once again. The ...

Lolita itself refers to the practice of adult women dressing in excessively frilly, doll/ princess/ maiden-inspired clothing. It cropped up in the ’90s and became a full-blown movement by the 2010s.

Sometimes a "-core" can be hyper-specific, relating to a particular celebrity versus a more general vibe. A "Harry Styles-core" aesthetic might include cherries, pearls and Pleasing merchandise.