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Its not a phase, mom.
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No, really, it isn’t.
Some of us didnt.
So it adds up that these emo-adjacent hair and makeup looks happen to be steadfastly gaining popularity.
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Now, it just fills me with nostalgic glee.
Ask any 20-something on the street wearing checkered slip-on Vans and they’ll likely tell you the same.
I’d tear their pictures from magazine pages and study their faces for hours.
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That was mostly because they were gasp!
Emo makeup at that time wasn’t just defiant to me; it was a sign of bravery.
And I wanted nothing more at that time than to feel brave.
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Dudes in emo bands shattered the floodgates for my interest in makeup.
At the Disco’s Brendon Urie.
Yeah, I wasthatperson.
This (very embarrassing) photo must’ve been taken around 2007 when I was 13, just before my makeup obsession took hold and I went full emo. I’m wearing the tightest skinny jeans known to man (peep those green JVC Gummy headphones in the pocket, oh my god) and a limited-edition T-shirt from Pete Wentz’s highly coveted collaboration with DKNY. Yeah, I wasthatperson.
It was inspired by Williams’s but looked nothing like hers due to my lack of knowledge about bleaching.
For years, I tirelessly researched how to make my hair look more like hers.
We are all very much alive, and so is the emo lifestyle thatneverdied.
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Emo is an unapologetic reflection of who we are.
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Nicola Dall’Asen
Nicola Dall’Asen
Nicola Dall’Asen
