Of course, nothing trends mens designer jackets sale like a concept that is embraced by a high-profile celebrity. A few months ago, Taylor Swift released her album Folklore. The promotional pictures showed her in a woodsy setting, de-glamourised and in a cosy overcoat. The album had a raw, earthy, nostalgic energy, which toggled between simplicity, cosiness, and escapism. The perfect word salad to describe cottagecore. In one fell swoop, a fringe aesthetic catapulted into the mainstream. 

"As countries opened to a post-Covid-19 situation, we found a general increase in attraction towards positivity and joy. We saw individuals returning to less urban ways of life," says anthropologist and Quilt.AI co-founder Angad Chowdhry. "What interests me is that the disconnection is almost a stepping away from conventional urban modernity."Chowdhry says cottagecore is indicative of a desire for  simplicity and anti-modernity. "It is the equal and opposite reaction to the contamination, helplessness and incoherence of our contemporary mise en scène." Quilt.AI s analysis also revealed that while a slew of wholesome, earthy symbols such as flowers, leaves, bees, mushrooms and bees were generously used, the top emoji was that of sparkles signifying magic and wonder, and hinting that cottagecore holds a lot of meaning as a fantastical paradise.

"It mountain warehouse jackets seems the pandemic has made some people consider the value of making their own goods [which] they maybe hadn't thought about previously," says Lauren Malloy, co-author of the book. "Maybe [it was] the disrupted supply chain or maybe it was slowing down and more time at home to explore homesteading or maybe both. Now is a great time to think about self reliance and some of mens outdoor jackets the old, traditional skills that previous generations would have had." A big part of cottagecore and a return to traditional ways is about making clothes and sewing, as evidenced by the profusion of prairie-style dresses and aprons embroidered with natural motifs such as mushrooms, sprigs of flowers and butterflies posted on many of the social media platforms. In fact, practitioners not only design and sew their own whimsical dresses but also model and retail from their accounts. And then there are adjacent activities that could range from home-embroidered berets and bags to eco-printing and designing shawls, quilting patchwork blankets, and sharing knitting and crochet patterns. Malloy's Heritage Goods and Supply store also retails weaving, macramé and tapestry kits to get people started on these activities.

And underlying the aesthetic is also a strong affinity casual jackets for women to environmentalism, which ties in with attributes like self-care and thriftiness. "In our fast-paced society," says Lauren Molloy, "the process of making, doing, feeling connected, has virtually been eliminated. We love the thought of slowing down, feeling connected and having the experience be meaningful".Few followers of fashion will forget the moment Kate Moss arrived at a New York fashion week dinner, perfect in a pale yellow dress, worn off-the-shoulder, by 1950s French couturier Jean Dessès. That was 2003 and, for a couple of years, Moss wannabes rifled frantically through the rails of local second-hand stores, in the hope of finding something that would approximate Moss s air of louche glamour. But buying vintage is hard work and, by 2007, when Moss teamed up with Topshop to create clothes inspired by her favourite looks (including the Dessès dress), there was a sense of relief. Vintage was great and all that, we thought  but readymade was so much easier.

 When Kate Moss was buying things at flea markets and matching them with super expensive pieces, it felt like the conversation was more naive, more related to the old paradigms of what fashion was  very trend-based, very season-based, very throwaway, muses Ivan Dauriz, of online store Tug.  Now, we re seeing a massive change. People will always want to have new looks but they re becoming more and more aware of the impact of their choices on the environment, and that possibly the best thing all of us can do in this climate crisis is limit the resources we take out of the planet. Vintage speaks to what s happening right now.

 Global warming is a crisis facing our generation; it s a new thing you have to consider as a young person, warmest winter jackets  he continues.  Designers and makers are very much problem solvers in their own right. Vintage and upcycling as a method are ways to address the problem in interesting ways. It is this embedding  of concern for the climate crisis, of the perception of vintage as the logical retort to fast fashion and of upcycling and repair as alternative forms of making  that is the surest sign that vintage has real traction. A generation that has everything to gain and nothing to lose by  embracing sustainable practices is waking up, and they mean business.