Gen-X Soft Club - Aesthetic Highlight #22

[Emmy Fitz]

Can't ditch The Fitz! Am I back? For realsies this time? Who knows. Maybe it'll stick this time, and maybe it'll just be more annual visits. :[ Well, to apologize, lemme hit you with a big one today.

Gen-X Soft Club (Late '90s - Early 2000s)

Gen-X Soft Club was an extremely popular aesthetic from the turn of the millennium. A contradiction to the garishness of Y2K and McBling, this look was more natural, with normal looking people in more everyday styles. It was seen everyone, in both print and TV ads, music videos, and the fashion world. It was, as its name suggests, soft- it envokes a very dreamlike tone, with its blown out lighting and desaturated colors.

Ahhh... Gen-X Soft Club. One of my very, very favorite aesthetics. How much I love thee... How much I miss the--- what? The Zoomers get it??? The kids are alright.​

 

[LostintheCycle]

Never knew this sort of style has a name. I'm not very interested in aesthetics but I love this one. Good to see these again!

 

[WKYK]

Love this, never knew it had a name! Great aesthetic for December/wintertime, immediately makes me think of a few album covers I have:

 

[Waninem]

Ladies and gentlemen, we're back!

But I do like this one. I don't really remember it that well, but it's definitely dream-like. Honestly don't have much to add here other than to say that posts like this are the real highlights of Agora Road, and it's good to have them back.

 

[Sketch Relics]

Welcome back, I'll throw my hat in with the rest of everyone who didn't know there was a name for it. I mostly remember it from mag adverts like the one's you posted and from music videos
These two some to mind

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOHxtOLfvIo


Maybe also the Blade movies? Don't think it would fit clothing wise, but IIRC it used the lighting.

 

[Emmy Fitz]

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[№56]

Love this, never knew it had a name! Great aesthetic for December/wintertime, immediately makes me think of a few album covers I have:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWRrG1ApZ3M

Glad I'm not the only person who immediately thought of Hooverphonic when seeing this thread. This album is one of the most blurry, overexposed, blue/orange contrast things I've listened to. I'm deeply indebted to Yoko Kanno for shamelessly ripping it off for the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex OST, otherwise I never would have heard of it.

 

[Alix]

Can't ditch The Fitz! Am I back? For realsies this time? Who knows. Maybe it'll stick this time, and maybe it'll just be more annual visits. :[ Well, to apologize, lemme hit you with a big one today.

Gen-X Soft Club (Late '90s - Early 2000s)

Gen-X Soft Club was an extremely popular aesthetic from the turn of the millennium. A contradiction to the garishness of Y2K and McBling, this look was more natural, with normal looking people in more everyday styles. It was seen everyone, in both print and TV ads, music videos, and the fashion world. It was, as its name suggests, soft- it envokes a very dreamlike tone, with its blown out lighting and desaturated colors.

Ahhh... Gen-X Soft Club. One of my very, very favorite aesthetics. How much I love thee... How much I miss the--- what? The Zoomers get it??? The kids are alright.​

This one's one of my favorites to the point I'll listen to any album with that cover style. The colors, the movement; it's the aesthetic that defines the transition between milleniums pre-9/11, more than any other else. I live and die for Gen-X Soft Club.

Nice to see you back by the way! I love these posts.

 

[Some_porcupine]

hoy ahoy.... do we have this twice?
the more the merrier XD

Gen X Young/Adult Contemporary and Soft Club - Aesthetic Highlight #14

Was a popular aesthetic during late 90's and early 2000's and it was overlapped by Y2K aesthetic. The main elements were natural tones, lomo and Bleach bypass techniques in photography, soft electronica and techno music. It could be the minimalist version of Y2K...

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