👱♀️ Basic Girl (also known as Basic White Girl, Common White Girl, Trendy White Girl and Basic Bitch) – aesthetic that originated in the early 2010s through African-Americans'/alt point of view on the average teenage girls, primarily through riffing and observation. A Basic Girl loves Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts, wears Ugg boots and yoga pants, has a sense of authencity and a varying degree of shallowness. This style was created through a negative view of popular trends seen mostly adopted by white teenagers and young adults, and in most of the cases people use it as an insult to these demographics. Major mediq companiec also uses this aesthetic when they create female characters to make them more relatable to a larger audience.
Visually this style is characterized by a combination of popular symbols and trends associated with a stereotype centered around romance, femininity and trendiness. It encompasses visuals such as Starbucks cups, Ugg boots, yoga pants, Jeeps, selfies, manicured nails, dyed blonde hair, Birkenstocks, Top 40 hits, Taylor Swift, iPhones, and an affinity for romantic comedies. Visuals appeal of this aesthetic lies in the display of branded items, fashionable choices, and an inclination towards a specific color palette that may involve pastel colors. These visuals are frequently shared on various social media platforms. These visuals also often reflect a trend-following approach, embracing self loce and going with the flow.
Fashion of Basic Girl is often described as pretty, feminine, comfortable and with items that are easy to obtain and which are usually cheap to produce and cheap to buy, except for key brands that are known by name like Ugg boots or Converse. Fashion in this aesthetic is the main key factor in identifying Basic Girl and are one of the most criticized elements of this style.