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Trendsetting through Tik Tok

As we know, like many others,  I love Tik Tok. I wanted to focus today’s post on how Tik Tok can make or break trends and styles as the influence from the app to the outside world is crazy! 

First up is Topshop Joni Jeans. In my day I have been partial to a pair of Joni jeans, they may as well have been spray painted to my legs. I had a pair in several different colours with different cut outs and styles and I will admit, I loved them. However, I was around 15 at this time.. since then I have moved on and left that stage of my life behind me. Tik Tok is making others want to do the same apparently. There is a kind of running joke on Tik Tok these days about how Joni jeans are no longer the “cool” or “in” thing to be wearing and if you do wear them you should be embarrassed and change immediately. The influence is fascinating, so many people have now stopped wearing the particular style of jeans because a few people off Tik Tok claimed it was embarrassing and not fashionable or stylish anymore when it was once the height of fashion. Crazy! 

Secondly is LED strip lights, you know the ones. These have become super popular since the blow up of Tik Tok. Probably mainly due to the stylish affect but also from the influence of lots of popular Tik Tokers having them in their backgrounds as well. LED lights are quite a practical trend to follow for someone wishing to become “Tik Tok famous” however so I do see the appeal behind them, they make it fun and easy to do different transitions and participate in trends, ultimately meaning the chances their videos will become popular that much higher! 

Lastly, grandad style sweater vests! They have been all the rage this autumn/ winter and in my opinion Tik Tok has heavily influenced this. These kind of knitted sweater vests are now available in high street stores but I personally saw them first on Tik Tok “alt”, vintage fashion styled girls. They can be worn in multiple ways and are a very versatile fashion staple for Autumn/Winter 2020, worn with skirts, shirts or even jeans they’re a beautiful piece! 

Thanks for reading today’s post! I’m continuously fascinated by the influence of social media so I find it really interesting to watch how Tik Tok can make things popular or unpopular, fashionable or unfashionable and I wanted to list a few I’ve noticed recently. I hope you enjoyed 💛


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