Normcore

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The trend-forecasting group K-HOLE gave a name to stepping out of the race to differentiate and choosing a plainness that can connect with anyone. Naming it turned fashion discourse on its head.

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Normcore — Normcore outfit, 2014 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 · © Rossco wm
Normcore outfit, 2014 — Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · © Rossco wm

At a glance

Visual cues

  • Plain, standard clothes
  • No logos
  • Deliberate ordinariness
  • Freedom from style

Best used for

  • Projects about differentiation fatigue where blankness is put forward as a claim
  • Framing fewer clothing decisions as a stance rather than as giving up

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Dictionary entry

Type
Remove logos and wear no lettering beyond the care label
Composition
Standard shapes above and below, neither flattering nor hiding the body
Material
Mass produced cotton and synthetics in grey, navy and white
Caution
Expensive plain garments turn blankness into a new distinction and put you back in the race, so read the source and treat this as a critique of differentiation, not a style name.
Further study
K-HOLE, Youth Mode, 2013 / the misreading and spread of 'Acting Basic' / the Steve Jobs uniform argument

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