Sprinkled throughout the mega-pop-y aesthetics were the moody styles of high school "underdogs," translated through goth and emocore. It was only a matter of time before some variation of indie ...

“I was extremely active on Tumblr during the 2010s when the indie sleaze style was popular, but at the same time, so was the body positivity movement,” they say. “I did follow a lot of ‘aesthetic ...

Since last year’s revival of the Balenciaga City Bag, there have been murmurs about the return of “indie sleaze,” the 2020s name for the sexy-yet-grungy aesthetic that dominated the early 2000s.