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[betweenthemustypages]

Types of Dark Academia characters, according to their outfits

The narcissist with lots of secrets: Black turtleneck, with a gold coin necklace over top. A tartan mini skirt, or checked trousers. Trench coat. Red lips and dark eyes. Books in languages no-one else understands. Thinks they’re better than you, and probably are.

The messy researcher: Cosy jumpers with shirt collars poking out. Slouchy tartan trousers. Dark socks and oxfords. Old-school messenger bag bursting with various notes and journals. Has started about 30 projects or books in the past week, and hasn’t finished any of them.

The garden party prep: Sweater vests. Pale khaki trousers/chinos, or a traditional white midi dress. Socks pulled up. Boat shoes. Expensive watch. Might play some cricket or croquet later.

The student dreamer: Knit cardigans over knee-length skirts or pinafores. Mary-Janes or ballet flats. Bouncy hair and wide eyes. Sometimes a beret. Likes autumn, and writing long letters.

The aspiring professor: Tweed. Wears suits to class. Coats and blazers waistcoats and undershirts and trousers/skirts, all in tweed or tartan, browns and greys. Kind of intense. Secretly on the verge of a nervous breakdown, but at least they have great notes.

The edgy poet: Oversized, unbuttoned plaid shirts or blazers over turtlenecks. Cigarette trousers. Combat boots. Black coffee. Actually very sentimental, but also might have accidentally killed someone with their classmates.

part 2 coming soon

[southernsolarpunk-deactivated20]

Dark Academia // Style inspiration

[dark-sappho]

05•03•20

I'm taking a poetry class this semester. Thankfully the library is full of inspiration.

[billionstars]

[ Ramona Fouziah Nanyombi in dark academia ]

[rainy-academia]

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

— Edgar Allan Poe, A Dream Within a Dream

[etherealacademia]

the botanical illustrations in this book are beautiful.

[macaulaytwins]

‘turtleneck enthusiast ft the Lucien Carr coat’ and ‘Camilla Macaulay’

[mademoiselleclary]

Dark academia on the runway.

Lemaire Fall 2016

[uridewellbutudontkissnicelyatall]

Academia inspiration

[etherealacademia]

i love the rare book room at my university

[ofbooksandbread-deactivated2025]

no officer i am Not planning my future with a girl i met an hour ago!!! how dare you insinuate such an Outrageous idea???

*alexa play vivaldi's concerto no. 2 for violin in g minor, op. 8, rv 315, l'estate*

[semihumanbeing]

some of my dream dark academia looks

A button-down cuffed to the elbows, loose black tie threaded through the collar. A tweed blazer thrown over the forearm and a well-worn novel tucked into the elbow. Ink-smudged fingers and sleepless eyes.

A rumpled white dress shirt. The top few buttons unbuttoned to reveal a golden locket, burnished by habitual rubbing. Wistful looks out the window.

Clean and put together. A black cotton sweater, the white collar of a shirt folded out over the neck. Pegged pants and oxfords. Hair pulled into a low bun. The sleeves of a smoky gray trench coat conceal the frantically scribbled words that cover the backs of your hands and wrists.  

Black sweater, sleeves pushed to the elbows. Messy hair twisted into a bun and held up with a pencil used as a makeshift hair stick. Mumbling Shakespeare into a steaming mug of coffee.

A white flower behind the ear. Hours spent poring over a book, lounging on a divan by the window as rain pours outside. A button-up of rosy, ghostly silk and soft gray pants. Bare feet propped up on the arm of the divan.

Hair and face damp with rain, a coat with the collar upturned against the weather. Pulling a dry book from the inside of the coat with a sigh of relief.

A cherished blazer; secondhand, ratty, and patched at the elbows.

A dark swing coat hanging off of the shoulders like a cape. A cotton turtleneck and laced ankle boots. Hair pulled back from the face by a crown of braids, a few strands loose about the face.

A creamy cotton turtleneck that peeks from underneath a black button-down, both tucked into tweed pants. A leather belt and matching dress shoes. A beaten copy of Hamlet clutched in one hand.

An ivory cable knit sweater. Silver rings adorn the fingers, frequently fiddled with by anxious hands. Hair woven into a hasty braid. A camel coat over the shoulders. 

Lips and fingers stained with cherry juice. A black silk slip. Trading Oscar Wilde quotes in front of the fireplace.

A burgundy cardigan; underneath, white shirt, black tie. Hands hooked in the pockets of black slacks. Walking, solitary, down the dark street. 

Black button-down, black pants, black oxfords, long black coat. The sky is overcast. Crows circle overhead. You count seven.

Worn, rumpled sweater tucked into a brown plaid skirt. Combat boots. A satchel bulging with books. 

A faded, cream-colored button-up. Suspenders hooked on black slacks rolled up past the ankles. Bare feet in the grass, and a crown of white wax flowers on the head. 

[ofbooksandbread-deactivated2025]

fuck dark academia's longstanding exclusion of everything and everyone not white <3

[darkacademiasworld]

Dark Academia Fashion Inspiration

[russsianbimbo]

a misty memory

[notesandteacupstains]

the vintage academic's desk; old books and papers strewn evereywhere, a teacup growing cold, a candelabra set precariously on top of random objects for light.

ig: notes.and.teacupstains

[etherealacademia]

procrastinating my essay on Spenser’s The Faerie Queene by reading Sophocles in a cafe🥐☕️ || etherealacademia