Glitchcore is Gen Z's Favorite New Trend
Glitchcore, also known as a nostalgic adaptation of chaotic patterns, is one of the newest Spring/Summer 2022 trends to look out for this season.
It is a fact that social media greatly affects our everyday lives. Especially when it comes to fashion and the digital world, users are now more original and feel like they are not subject to limits, which has even started to be the subject of catwalks this season. In terms of the meaning, a glitch is a malfunction that results in a pixelated image in technology. This defect then evolved into a style around the same time the pandemic emerged.
Although this interesting and complex trend does not coincide with the colorful visual experience, Gen Z has taken a keen interest in the technological nostalgia created by computers. Therefore, psychedelic patterns with pixelated squares and images resembling heat maps began to blend into everyday life.
Global print designers have also joined in on these designs. Starting in person and now seen on social media, designers have been interested in this style by making trendy pixelated and techno-psychedelic patterns that mimic the images of computer bugs. The designs that managed to be futuristic while looking nostalgic are taking their place on the Spring/Summer 2022 runways with pixelated, techno-psychedelic patterns that mimic the computer stuttering effect. Many brands and designers such as Missoni, Coperni, and Arthur Arbesser wink to the past and the future of this trend. The fashion world seems to be fascinated by the chaos and attractiveness of this pixelated style.
