What is Coquette?

Hello my angels! Today’s blog post is about the Coquette aesthetic and style!

I’ll be breaking down on what the word Coquette means, and how it has branch off into a different subcategory from another subgroups.

What is Coquette?

The definition of the world Coquette, is defined as an woman who flirts. The Coquette style, is about the feminine fashion, girl aesthetic, and romantic aspect of the term.

The coquette style has had a long history before it grew to what it’s know for today. The term “Nymphet” made famous by the popular Lolita book, was described as an aesthetic that focuses on vintage fashion and vintage Americana. Due to the history ties with the word Nymphet and how it’s essentially problematic for romanticizing infantilization and the sexualization of young girls. The term coquette revolutionizes that concept with focusing exclusively on the fashion, beauty and appeal.

Since then, famous singers like Lana Del Rey and Melanie Martinez, frequently uses 1950s or Vintage Americana as inspiration for their personal image and brand recognition. Coquette became an vision for young women and girls to use their inspirations as influences to their self-expression, social behavior, & self-identify.

What is the Coquette style?

The coquette style plays homage to the early days of the vintage American days. Gingham pants and heart-shaped-sunglasses are common coquette staples. The clothes are feminine, with tools such as milkmaid tops, flowy skirts, and babydoll dresses. The colors of the Coquette aesthetic are light pastels: ballet slipper pink and wedding cake white are well-know colors that Coquette girls wear.

Coquette girls like to wear ribbons, in their skirts, in their pajamas, or in their hair. You can easily symbolize the Coquette style with a simple light pink bow. For example, as a joke, in the Coquette community, you can place a small pink bow on top of an Coca-Cola can and deem it as Coquette.

Other accessories included: faint jewelry, pearls in any occasion, and flowery designs. Coquette girls are heavily influence by their youth and girlhood which can explains why the Coquette style seems like a safe space to express their taste and beauty in life.

How to embrace the Coquette lifestyle

There are so many inspirations to look coquette, Pinterest is an great place to start exploring outfit curations, makeup looks, and hairstyles.

YouTube is another great resource to get some inspiration with YouTubers who share similar interests. Along with other fashion influencers on social media.

Stores such as Urban Outfitters, Brandy Melville, etc. Have releases some Coquette inspired clothing. If you want to shop more ethically, second-hand shops are a great option as well.

Coquette makeup is light and simple. Soft pink cheeks and strawberry shortcake lips are an signature Coquette look.

I would suggest some light mascara, winged eyeliner, lip oil, and pink blush.

As for hairstyles,

Coquette girlies likes to wear braided pigtails with ribbons, high ponytails with ribbons, and etc.

The Coquette lifestyle

Coquette girls love fashion. They love movies that evoked girlhood, especially movies directed by Sofia Coppola. They listen to music especially Lana Del Rey And read feminist literature. Coquette girls appreciate the small things in life and never take a day for granted.

Coquette is an aesthetic & lifestyle for girls to embrace and reclaim their femininity. Girls express their self-expression and self-worth to improve and romanticize life's simplest pleasures.