Brennan drew similarities between the light-academia aesthetic and cottagecore, which is also rooted in small pleasures — though not exclusively deriving from education. As such, light academia ...

the light-academia aesthetic. As the name indicates, this trend is a gentler take on dark academia, with a crop of softer colours — think cream, brown, beige, and white — in lighter fabrics.

As this aesthetic ... to light your way on a rainy day, you may want to break out the plaid pants, turtleneck, and blazer. Tap into your inner angsty poet and try out these modern dark academia ...

another Internet-famous aesthetic has bubbled up to the top, threatening to replace all things regenycore, balletcore, and cottagecore in my wardrobe. Light academia continues to trend among ...

From Instagram to TikTok, and thanks to fictional characters like "Euphoria"'s Lexi and shows like "Gossip Girl," the dark-academia aesthetic has ... for loafers for a light-academia-inspired ...

Whether you spell it “fairy” or “faerie” or “fae,” the perfect academia aesthetic for chatterbug Gemini is fairy academia. This one can easily switch from light themes like dressing ...

Dark academia as a fashion aesthetic is formal — after all, it takes inspiration from classic collegiate outfits ... its sister aesthetic, light academia, is a much airier aesthetic.