COTTAGECORE

Cottagecore is a romantic, pastoral style that idealises a peaceful rural life in the lap of nature. It flourished in the 2020s as a longing for simplicity, slowness and cosiness against the digital, hectic world. The cottagecore aesthetic is light cotton and linen floral-print dresses, pinafores, puff sleeves, lace, straw hats, hand knitting and embroidery, a soft natural palette. The look evokes images of baking bread, gathering wildflowers and reading under a tree. Cottagecore echoes the aesthetics of the prairie, romanticism and a grandmother's wardrobe, celebrating handmade craft, nostalgia and harmony with nature. It carries a strong Ukrainian folk note too — embroidery, linen, flowers. Cottagecore is a dream-style of an idyllic, warm and unhurried life full of simple joys.