Cottagecore Meets Patterns and Moves into 2024
Few things are as pleasurable as being cabin-bound, duffel bags packed in the back of the car, the empty road ahead - tunes on the stereo and sunshine gleaming in the rearview mirror. You're ready for a weekend trip - but not just any old trip, one where you escape to the countryside to live out your very best cottagecore life.
Let's face it - dressing like you're living in Downton Abbey is a shmood. The best part of it is, there are innumerable ways to express yourself in the old-timey, wholesome way that is cottagecore. In this article, we will stroll through a number of pieces that not only embody girl moss energy but also feature stellar patterning to make life a little more intriguing.
Maybe you can't always have the fairytale - but you could make the choice to dress like it. Take a wander through the woods with us as we display the very finest that Mr Porter, Matches, Slam Jam and The Outnet have to offer.
Who said cottagecore can't be a little, well, trippy? Case in point: the Gucci mushroom sweater below.
Isabel Marant Jenson Shearling-Collar Embroidered Jacket
Shearling, embroidery, tribal chevrons. You'd think this was made by our parochial forefathers.
Gucci Mushroom Jacquard Cotton Blend Sweater
Gucci doesn't often foray into something quite as kooky as this. But they've managed to pull it off to perfection. On just the right side of quirk, this one. This mushroom is incidentally the unofficial logo of the cottagecore movement.
Zimmermann Gathered Floral Print Cotton Midi Skirt
A gathered skirt begs for an old-timey apron, and screams that you've just been baking. Whether or not you are so inclined, a skirt like this hits all of the right notes for a weekend in the name of cottagecore.
Adidas x Wales Bonner Recycled Blend Sweater Vest
Trust the power duo that is adidas x wales bonner to take something as coded for age as those diamond squares and the vest aesthetic and turn it into something fresh. This sweater vest isn't pulling any punches when it comes to color, either.
NN.07 Mika Clover Leaf Intarsia Knitted Cardigan
You might question whether your visually impaired gran really managed to do this cardigan justice, what with its wobbly flowers and a seemingly uneven hem. Made by Danish brand NN.07, there is method in the madness. Perfect? No. Charming? Most definitely.
Zimmermann White Floral Print Mini Dress
A lace collar with a high button-up puts an almost biblical spin to the cottagecore aesthetic. It's giving preacherman's (somewhat edgy) daughter. It's perfect for layering up with knits and boots this winter.
Casablanca Cotton Crochet Shirt
Crochet is to knitting what mesh is to cotton - the slightly more revealing option. In a green-and-white iteration, this shirt says elevated farm-hand.
Vivienne Westwood Plaid Virgin Wool & Viscose Blazer
If your cabin isn't in the woods, and it isn't actually a cabin but rather more of a chalet - this might be the evening blazer to pair with your pleated trousers. This is what happens when you mix formalwear with punk, and romanticise it.
