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Personal aesthetics tier list

This tier list is about visuals only. All the names listed below are from https://aesthetics.fandom.com (as of March 2023).

ACHTUNG!: a lot of very offensive languages.

(very early draft. subject to change.)

Last update: 2023.3.10

S

After Hours
Holosexual
Dazecore (only when you're on vacation and don't have to work later)
Rainy Day (of course)
Dark Paradise
Cuddle Party (wait, what do you mean when you say you don't have depression so you don't need cuddles to cure?)
De Stijl
Bauhaus
Memphis
Dark Academia
Vectorheart (when executed superbly)

Somewhere between S and A

Cabincore
Autumn
Baroque (architecture only)
Glowwave (when executed properly)
Anemoiacore
Nostalgiacore
Ballet Academia & Balletcore (shh... don't tell anybody that i had a thing for lace and satin.)
Bookstore Girl (why yes, i do like reading.)
Chic Modernist
Vectorheart (when executed normally. it's good but i couldn't help but feel it's a bit outdated.)

A

Auroracore (when executed properly)
Femme Fatale (before the woman in case decides to destroy you or use you as a sacrifice.)
Art Nouveau

Somewhere between A and B

Urbancore (fashion only)
Y2K (of course)
Light Academia
Glitchcore (when executed properly)
Gothic Lolita (on very few occasions)
2000's Autumn (non-offensive. if i can be slim enough this will be my casual outfit style.)
Metalheart (it looks good in the past & for nostalgia reasons but sometimes you just couldn't help but consider it the 9-year-old younger cousin/nephew version of Vectorheart.)

B

Traumacore (has merits but please seek a therapist.)
Yami Kawaii (has merits but please seek a therapist.)
Mizuiro (looks good. doesn't suit me.)
Golden Hour (has potentials but hard to be original with this (skill issue?))
Art Hoe (basic non-offensive normie fashion, but because it's non-offensive it's okay in my book.)
Art Academia (also non-offensive. good.)
Chaotic Academia (this ain't an aesthetic this is just life...)
Gen X Soft Club

Somewhere between B and C

Frutiger Aero (the "hey look it's *my* era!" aesthetic, where almost anything other than architectures and technology-related stuff looks awful.)
Cyberdelic/Virualcore (it's okay... i guess.)
Dokukawaii (wha- no.)
Weirdcore (has merits but sadly this is the highest level it can ever evolve into.)
Old Web (Geocities is very cool but this aesthetic is *way* too overused for my liking.)
Art Deco (some elements got overused by one too many upstarts here so it's not a B for me.)
Bubble Goth
Kid Science
Medicalcore (has merits but please get well soon)

C

(the middle ground between "love it" and "hate it".)

VSCO (it's for people that lives in the free world without childhood trauma, not someone like me.)
Glowwave (when executed poorly)
Poolcore (it looks cool and all but the liminal feel is unsettling)
Bastardcore (to me it's a plot device in writing stories, not an aesthetic...)
Vectorbloom (a less-vile cousin of Frutiger Metro.)
Corporate (i mean... it's corporate.)
Angelcore (i mean... it's about angels.)
Athlete (i mean... it's athlete.)

Honorable mentions - conflicted tier

Drugcore (looks good but the motif is wack. please refrain from doing drugs.)
Hatecore (dude chill)
Kimoicore (has potentials but no.)
Glitchcore (when executed badly)
Barbiecore (don't like barbie but they can stay)
Androgynous
Animecore (i'm not that big of a weeb...)
Bro (i'm not gay. sorry.)
Cheiron Crush (has nostalgic values but nostalgic values only...)
Cleancore (do you know too much cleaning products can be bad for your skin?)
Cyberpunk (as a tech person i'm not sure if i want to live in a city like this...)

Somewhere between C and D

'70s Disco (one of the signs of globalization. good thing it kinda died before globalization did.)
Americana (i'm not that big of a fan of the USA.)
E-Girl (she is your girl, or at least she'll be, you thought, if you just donate 5 more USD to her stream. no. she's almost certainly definitely not your girl. can be quite cute but she still isn't your girl.)
E-Boy (but what kind of people would decide to be a fucking E-Boy?...)
Bosozoku (not into gangsters. sorry.)
Cyber Fairy Grunge (your days have already ended two decades ago, please let it go...)
Cottagecore (not into farming. sorry.)

D

Baddie (reminds me of highschool bullies.)
Atompunk & Retro-futurism (i sincerely think nowadays they should both die in peace.)
1950s Suburbia (never lived in US-like suburbia before and it doesn't look like places that i'll be happy to live in...)
Acidwave (i know it's induced differently but it looks like someone try to make iridescent things but failed miserably.)
Babygirl (not into minors. sorry.)

Somewhere between D and E

Asian Baby Girl (fuck off. have seen way too many girl bullies dress like this in my middle school days.)
Aetherpunk (fuck off some 9 year old kid's wet dream...)
Lobotomy-Chic (wha- no.)

E

Gurokawa (no.)
Frutiger Metro (a slightly-less-vile cousin of Corporate Memphis. no, you take Windows 8 out of this cesspit you bastard.)
Neomorphism (it just screams "bad taste" for me. somehow worse than its parents (skeuomorphism & flat design).)
Gyaru (ganguro is disgusting.)
Afrofuturism & Afro-Victorian (political motherfucker get the fuck outta here)
Coquet & Nymphet (hyperfemininity is a mistake, it's a sign that shows there's something terribly wrong with the society we live in.)

F

Corporate Memphis (absolutely the worst. have zero idea why it's called corporate *memphis* while Memphis-Milano almost only involves geometric shapes.)
Abstract Tech (those scamming "tech company" motherfucker always use this aesthetic for their slideshows.)

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