![]() Women watch themselves being looked at,” writes John Berger in Ways of Seeing. Today, influencers like Devon Lee Carlson and Suki Waterhouse embody the effortlessly cool look.īut whose fantasy is the rockstar girlfriend? While many female TikTok users are proliferating the trend, its name defines women through their relationship with men. In the 1960s, OG rockstar girlfriends Anita Pallenberg and Pattie Boyd dated members of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles, while also having successful careers of their own. ![]() ![]() The rockstar girlfriend has existed for as long as the modern rockstar. But of course, the aesthetic itself isn’t new. Many predicted this post-lockdown return to excess and hedonism, even if it sometimes only exists as a fantasy. Musician adjacent female celebs and influencers like Alexa Chung, Kate Moss and Camille Rowe dressed in fur coats, platforms and morning-after makeup pose with cocktails and roses in videos that rack up thousands of likes.Īn extension of indie sleaze and the Tumblr girl aesthetic, the rockstar girlfriend is yet another 2022 trend that glorifies a 24/7 party lifestyle. ![]() The hashtag has amassed more than a million views, as creators try to manifest the jet set, party girl lifestyle for themselves through aspirational montages set to opening riffs from AM-era Arctic Monkeys. Introducing the rockstar girlfriend, the latest aesthetic to whip TikTok into a frenzy. Silk slips, cigarettes and electric guitars… who is she? ![]()
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