You may have thought that the Y2K craze had subsided, but the 2000s is still high on the fashion agenda in 2023. And it is, more precisely, the stars of the romantic comedies of the noughties who are now proving a source of inspiration, especially among younger generations, giving rise to the ‘rom-com core’ trend
Jennifer Garner, Kate Hudson, Jennifer Lopez, Katherine Heigl, Marion Cotillard and Cameron Diaz reign as queens of the fashion world in these early months of 2023. But although their outfits—the real ones—are always being watched and analysed, it’s not their everyday attire that’s of interest here. Now, the focus is on the clothes they wore in some of the romantic comedies that helped make them famous, if they weren’t already, in the 2000s.
This is being dubbed the “rom-com core” trend, and it’s causing a stir on social networks. It essentially entails dressing up like the characters of the greatest romantic comedies of the beginning of the third millennium. As such, nostalgia is evidently still riding high when it comes to influencing wardrobes worldwide.
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Baby doll dresses, cargo pants and low-waist cuts
History has already shown that, time and again, gloomier times often lead people into a quest for escape, nostalgia and wellbeing. And this can translate into the need to turn to a more optimistic time, or at least one considered as such. So seems to be the case with the rom-com core trend, which combines comedy and romanticism to give rise to poetic life aspirations.
As a result, it’s no longer a question of dressing like your grandmother, historical characters, or Barbie, as with the key trends of 2022, but like the heroines of your childhood—or, rather—like the childhood heroines of millennials and Generation Z, because they are the ones driving this trend, potentially fuelling its rise to the rank of a 2023 must-have.