Geek Chic Outfits l AESTHETIC ANALYSIS & Inspiration! l It's all about the aesthetic!!!

[@naomi6056]

I love the aesthetic analyses, please do more!

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Heather more to come for sure!!

[@naomi6056]

YESSSS this is such an original niche on KZbin

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Heather yes!!! I feel like I’m creating the content I crave to see!!

[@ckcd4f]

Would LOVE to see a safari-inspired aesthetic (that isn’t just cargo-shorts 😅)

[@arwenmoon9815]

In the early 90's in art school at University, we called this look eclectic. We were the geeks, punks and goths. The more contrasting and colourful the better, unless you were a Goth. Op shop shopping or what you call thrift shopping is where you would go to build an original wardrobe. We found awesome tweed jackets, velvet dresses and jackets:, Vintage boots and doc martins were the number one thing to wear and still is today. The animal print that has been reproduced on 50/s retro fashion today came from France. Girls wore poodle prints on their circle skirts, even the Eiffel Tower at one stage. Geek Chick is a great way to reintroduce what has already been done in a very cool way for today's generation. It is all very inspiring!. Thanks for sharing your analysis on this type of eclectic fashion, great video!.

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Maree Pollen thank you and thanks for all the insight!!!! It’s so cool to hear others’ experiences with fashion and style through the decades. I was born in 1989 so I was too young to fully enjoy 90’s fashion. But it’s crazy because I feel like the last decade has been more about paying homage to previous decades’ styles. I mean, we see this wave of minimalism and sustainable clothing but I don’t necessarily see a distinguished style of the 2010-2020 decade. On a side note, your comment about the patterned shirts coming from France is very interesting to me!!! I’ll definitely be researching that topic!!

[@arwenmoon9815]

Elyssa awesome I’m glad you liked my comment. Your videos are very inspiring and informative. Thank you so much again. I do agree with you that fashion has not evolved since 2000 but in the last few years we are developing in the alternative and subculture communities. Rockabilly, cyber goth, even cosplay has influenced our fashion. The outcasts and the geeks will always be the ones to create fashion trends in the mainstream. Have a great day!.🌸💜

[@silverroxen2954]

@kshiftkomethDo you mean Bandage and Bodycon dresses?

[@emmaphilo4049]

I love hearing about trends of the past👍👍 and how others dressed back in the 80s and 90s, it's so cool👍👍👍

[@amk1689]

Loved your analysis here and didn’t even recognize before what a huge influence geek chic is for me. I will respectfully wind you back even a few more decades to the intentional and ironic use of geek chic in the 1980s. I feel that it came out of the punk aesthetic, because it was a way of symbolically addressing the jocks and cheerleaders who accused one of being a geek, “Yes I’m a geek and I’m proud of it.” If Morrissey of the Smiths was not the spearhead of it, he was at least its icon, as he would perform in the heavy black-frame glasses, dress shirt, and clunky hearing aid, all the while declaring himself celibate

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

A M K YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!

[@Romes65]

Morrissey made geek hot

[@lapetitepoire5]

The fact that this video goes 14 minutes and never once mentions Revenge of the Nerds is just a travesty. Fellow 80s kids: Right???

[@MJ_Solo]

I inadvertently dressed like this in my teens/early twenties, cuz my entire wardrobe came from the thrift store, and I ended up having to pull outfits out of random prints and patterns. I often pulled it all together with a blazer and belt, and Mary Janes or Pointy flats

[@jessicagomes4043]

Your videos are getting better over time and we can see that you had a blast doing this video! 👏🏻 Gamine family look cool in this Geek aesthetic, it blends really well.

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Jessica Gomes thank you and agreed!!

[@Yo_moneee]

You’ve gotten my aesthetic to a tee, 😍I’m SG and I gravitate to Really corky skirt designs like I have a grapefruit skirt with polka dots and I love trousers with a graphic tee or a a plain top with something animated on the bottom. Thank you for this video!!!!

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Monee Broadnax YEEESSSS!!! If you ever post on Insta tag me so I can see!!!

[@Yo_moneee]

For sure😊

[@positivelybeautiful1]

Very well done. Thank you. I’m 51, but look like in my 30’s because of a healthy lifestyle mentally and physically. I have friends of all ages, including many in the 60 and 70’s. From my older friends, they tell me the feelings and passions are the same as in their youth, except that physically the body is aging as it should be. I just finally realize from this video my style has always been Geeky Chic! From this video, now I am more confident to do dress it even better. Think of Betsy Johnson. My friends and I saw her a few years ago at Dillards. I asked her to do her signature split pose with us. She’s in her 70s.

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

positivelybeautiful1 i love this! No matter our age, expressing our authenticity through personal style can bring so much light to our souls💛

[@Nikki-Nicole]

Omg love this style on you!!! Amazing!

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Humanbynature thank you!!

[@patriziacontri172]

Hey Elissa, it's very pleasant to listen to your analyses. The quality of your content is truly remarkable.

[@lipasketch]

Overall, I'm not a big fan of the geek chic style. It has nothing to do with me, except in one thing: As a fan of various I.P.s, mainly movie franchises, I do like to find ways to make a nod to them in a very subtle, elegant but still cool way. But that is the big challenge! Usually, everything you find, merch related, is very in your face. As much as I like to honor the things I like, I don't enjoy being a walking billboard... 😅 I feel that guys can more easily get away with wearing, for example, printed t-shirts. I feel like, in girls there's some feminity, sofistication, that gets lost... It's hard to get the best of both worlds... Or maybe it's just me, a typical Soft Classic easily thrown off balance... 😅 Anyways, great video! Keep going! I'd love to see a video on a sporty chic/street style aesthetic, because I'm a sucker for comfortable and practical! And guess what's comfortable and practical (besides pajamas, of course 😜): SPORTS' CLOTHES!

[@labornurse]

Totally 👍 agree. I'm a sporty casual sexy soft natural and would love a video like that!

[@jeffanderson6569]

I’m learning so much... I’m 5feet hour glass,not heavy, but really angular personality and have been struggling to pin the look down, you are making these contrasts understandable and making giant steps in helping me get it right in terms of what I need to focus on..luv luv luv what your spreading 🌸🌸🌸

[@cottagethreaddesigns]

I love your video, this is completely my style and how I dress :)

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

A Retro Doll ummm YEAH IT IS!! Just checked out your channel and I LOVE your style!! I will say though that I think rockabilly is an aesthetic all to its own 🖤❤️ It’s on my list of aesthetics to cover!

[@cottagethreaddesigns]

Yes, analysis of the rockabilly style will be awesome to see on your channel, I really love watching your videos. I take elements from many styles in my wardrobe including rockabilly, vintage geek, pop culture and Disney fashion style too! Funny, I used to have "BANGS" for many years and now I'm growing my hair long....your video made me miss my bangs!

[@marionsmith9579]

Thank you for making this video, it was super helpful. One of my favourite ways to dress.

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Marion Smith glad you enjoyed it!

[@kiara6262]

i would love to see videos like "10 pieces you need for this style" or 20 pieces idk^^ just like a little starter kit for each aesthetic btw i am into grunge, skate, punky looks

[@adrijamajumdar1856]

This aesthetic is super cute, especially with the cats hehe. I'd love to also see a dark academia style analysis- I think it's more serious looking but it's quite structured from all the looks I've been seeing online and as a soft natural, I've kinda been struggling to incorporate dark academia into my everyday style.

[@oanastamat7830]

My style has been geek chic for years (mostly because of thrifting) but lately I got tired of it and started my slow journey towards a more minimalist and streamline aesthetic. I'm in my 30s and a lot has changed in my life over the past years so now I feel more mature and have less patience with unnecessary details and tiresome prints. Although I'm not trying to incorporate this aesthetic into my style but rather to purge it as it doesn't speak to me anymore (plus I realised I'm a classic body type and simple clean clothes do look better on me), I still enjoyed this analysis and your attention to details.

[@rubymoon9079]

Geek Chic is my favourite aesthetic 🥰 and Zoe Deschanel, especially in ‘New Girl’ is my style idol 😍

[@More13Feen]

Thank you for giving me a name to the astetic that I love most!

[@MB-pf7gv]

This is my jam! ❤️

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Melissa Boyce 🤗🤗🤗

[@christa3224]

Thanks so much for this video! I’m trying to revamp my style and this video has really inspired me. I’ve worn glasses for most of my life, and I’m pretty quirky. So this really speaks to me.

[@catiatavares7757]

"...and cats!" oh my, that was funny!!!

[@JulietTheGirl]

Thank you! :) Awesome analysis!

[@NatalieM123]

I really loved this video! Thanks for breaking everything down :)

[@madgesticm]

love these looks on you! xx

[@wendybone8104]

As a girl with glasses, I thank you 🤓

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Wendy Bone YEEESSS!! 🤓💛💛

[@catorce9027]

I am a SN and have been Greek chic for four decades! I didn't know this was a thing. My nickname was Myrtle Urkel (Steve Urkel's cousin) in college. 🤣

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Omg I love that!

[@AdishaMusic]

I love this. And also - of course cats!

[@artangel23]

I was a mix of geek and goth around this time period

[@FannysLoA]

I think the style is really cute. But all that colour blocking probably makes it more suited to Gamines?

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Fanny's LoA I think a lot of events here would be very fitting for Gamines. But I think overall, elements of this aesthetic can be incorporated into a lot of the different body types 🙃

[@MsAngieNightmare]

@@elyssa_aesthetic Agreed I'm a nerdy/ vintage style kinda gal who has always wanted to dress like a gamine... But as I moved into my thirties and came terms with my soft dramatic lines I've found that I can take an element out of the look to simplify, wear a wide leg trouser where a gamine would wear something cropped and fitted, wear mixed patterns in matching colors instead of contrast. I really appreciate this analysis because it did separated the aesthetic from the kibbie type it is often paired with and help me to recontexulize the elements of it within my own lines.

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

MsAngieNightmare this is EXACTLY my intent with these aesthetic videos!!! I’m so glad you tuned in!

[@FannysLoA]

@@elyssa_aesthetic Could you make a video on how to dress in this aesthetic for all the types? This is what I struggle the most with - putting together a look I like and still have it match my type (which I'm more and more accepting as SD even though I'm not "sexy")

[@anne4443]

Oh my! Most of my clothes are like that. And I have bangs and put my hair up almost everyday lol. Guess i have found the name of my style 😊

[@Martina_E]

Yas! This is my aesthetic I didn't even think to call it that. :-) Plus it suits me I'm a soft gamine.

[@jazminewilliams9475]

For YEARS I have been trying to dress geek chic but didn't know the name or where to find geeky clothes in plus size. Thank you for this!

[@ladygrinningsoul284]

Have you considered making a video about styling curly/coily/afro-textured hair for the different Kibbe types?

[@rdpcl]

I tried to be geek chic, but I lacked enough intent. I gravitated towards preppy style, but just one argyle sweater or one plaid wool skirt weren't enough to make an outfit. I settled on the Napoleon Dynamite look, with graphic tees as the main part and a few Sailor Moon themed earrings and selected pieces. Years ago I found a Sailor Moon cardigan at Hot Topic that's not whimsical and actually works outside the geek style.

[@bemusfamily]

Can you please do a video on hapsters I feel like some of the elements in fashion. Have to do with hipster fashion Please think of it.

[@chick-a-roo4860]

Think about it… in another 5 years, you’ll be considered a geek for wearing skinny jeans. These days trends come and go so quickly. I admire the geek chic style for it’s quickly elements and the vintage inspiration. Out of all the styles, I find this one creates a lot more individuality. Maybe it’s because so much vintage items are practically one of a kind these days, or maybe it’s because what someone is a “geek” about varies so much that they can stick to key elements of geek chic but make it their very own too. It’s beautiful

[@ElaBlu3]

This is basically my asesthetic as I was very much a geek growing up. And watching shows like Big Bang Theory in my youth validated my natural awkward geekiness. I also very much gravitated towards vintage fashion. I now dance swing so love 1950s styles. I hope people who chose this aesthetic do it because they identify with being a geek or being awkward. I do feel annoyed if you have no connection to geek culture and just adopted this aesthetic for no reason.

[@sussie9895]

I didn’t realize that my style has a geek chic undercurrent.. I just wish you chose more modern photos - most of those styles scream early 2010’s twee and feel so unstylish (in a bad way).

[@HaveaGreatDayEveryone]

How do you pull this off as someone over 45? I feel that the older I get the more I can’t wear vintage as it just makes me look old. Any suggestions?

[@reneebrody5877]

New subscriber 😊

[@spiritualexplorer5808]

Would you be interested/willing to do a menswear inspired aesthetic? I'm a gamine having a real hard time making the choice between soft and flamboyant. I'm thinking I'm pure gamine. I'm wanting to incorporate more of this geek chic and menswear of olde inspired aesthetic. I'm also quite petite: 5'0 and >100lbs, and I'm looking for advice on how to do it in a way that doesn't drown me. Thanks!

[@Romes65]

Wow, I feel attacked. Jk! I love your videos! Please keep making more.

[@tomjones2157]

Its like Bohemian but with a strong emphasis on whimsical and youthful.

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Tom Jones kinda!! I think it’s overall a little more structured too!

[@magdakar4252]

Can you make a video on androgene look please??😘😘

[@elyssa_aesthetic]

Magda kar ok so I REALLY want to make this video and was planning it out about 2 weeks ago but I’m worried people would be offended......since I’m not a member of the LBTGQ community....what are your thoughts?

[@magdakar4252]

@@elyssa_aesthetic Well, i Don t think androgene style appeals only to the community... Or can be represented strictly by the community... Fashion is Just a way of expression and it is a democratic way anyway! 😉

[@topcutcenturion3474]

Will you consider making videos again?

[@ariel5341]

there is a lot of overlap here with the "twee" aesthetic

[@sapnanayak1453]

This style would work wonderfully for soft gamines in my opinion

[@starlightwhispers6781]

Why is reading comic books considered geeky?

[@emmaphilo4049]

We leave under the reign of gamines, naturals and dramatics.... I feel fashion doesn't like romantics very much. Even less so theatrical romantics... Salma Hayek is often quoted as a model for TR and her fashion taste is appaling 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Whotftookallthegoodusernames]

I mean...she is 54 years old and a mom, so she isn't going to be dressed very trendy or young lmao

[@hannahpenn835]

I love your videos, but aesthetic is not pronounced “Us Teh Tik” - you’re killing me 😂

[@TheyluvvVwee]

Ugh she just keeps on talking