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VSCO following grows
Social media trend takes over Tik Tok and Instagram with water bottles, scrunchies Mason Gushwa gushwmas000@hsestudents.org
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crunchies, Hydro flasks, seashell necklaces, oversized t-shirts and friendship bracelets; without even explaining any further “a VSCO girl” most likely popped into mind. This new trend is showing up all over. Becoming a VSCO girl or already being the master of “and I oop,” has pros and cons as all trends do. VSCO girls originated from the app Tik-Tok. Many teens are using this platform as a place to stand out and show talents such as dancing, singing, and comedy. This trend started small but then soon grew into a large number of people. According to Adespresso there are nearly 1.4 billion “#VSCOgirl” posts on Instagram. All the attention VSCO girls are gathering is becoming a controversial topic among teenagers. “Doing it for attention” is one of the things people murmur amongst themselves. “I think some girls do it just to fit in along with trying to be cool,” sophomore Lindsey Wells said. Many stereotypes come with being a VSCO one of them being “basic.” VSCO girls are constantly called “basic” and heaped into the pile of standard/average. According to BuzzFeed
News reporter Caiti DeCort the word they would use best to describe it is “basic,” because everybody wears the same clothes and has the same items. “I wouldn’t want to be called a VSCO girl,but people who are VSCO girls are just simply being themselves,” freshman Kiya Austins said. Being a VSCO girl is not for everyone and comes with responsibilities. One of those responsibilities include “Saving the turtles,” this is a unified ideal that many VSCO girls share. According to Sea Turtle Conservancy over 1 million marine animals are killed each year due to debris in the ocean. It can sometimes be a hassle finding where to buy the VSCO girl necessities. Hydroflasks can be found at Dicks Sporting Goods for approximately $49.99. The classic seashell necklace and scrunchies found at Claire’s and Amazon for $1.66. Oversized t-shirts can be found at a local thrift shop such as Salvation Army and Goodwill. “I think that it’s unfair to stereotype them,” junior Josh Brown said “I’m not going to paint all of them with a broad brush.”
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1. Yellow hydro flask, $39.95. 2. Dark hydro flask, $39.95. 3. Lilac Hydroflask, $42.95. 4. Sophomore Bella Soto poses for camera with her “VSCO” scrunchies. 5. Tan three strap Birkenstocks, $110. 6. Orange sandals from Barney’s New York $180. Photos by Mason Gushwa
