What Is Newstalgia? 2021 Meets Tumblr Soft Grunge

Now, thanks to the acceleration of fast fashion industries, the call back to earlier trends gets increasingly recent but the silhouette stays the same. Karolina Żebrowska points out in her video essay on the topic: “With the evolution of fashion that is no longer tied to a single dominant silhouette and the emergence of vintage fashions entering the mainstream, what differentiates ’80s and ’90s photos from modern photos?” The trend is what we wear and the newness comes from accessories, technology, hair and makeup. Beyond that it is far harder to differentiate the style in an image from the ’90s and one from the 2020s taken on a disposable camera.