Glitchcore, which is both a style and a sound, emerged around the same time that the pandemic did. Aesthetically, it plays on tech nostalgia, replicating the vibrant and abstract patterns, some like heat maps, created by bugs on early computers. Essentially it’s another form of anemoia (longing for something never experienced) that’s so important now as the industry focuses on Gen-Zers who weren’t around to experience the ’80s or Y2K the first time around.
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Some print designers seem to have fallen under Glitchcore’s spell for spring/summer 2022, making modish pixelated and techno-psychedelic patterns that mimic the visuals of computing mistakes. Nostalgic or not, they’re another reminder of how wrapped up we are in the digital age.
Lùchen spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Coperni spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Lùchen spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Loewe spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Theophilio spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Missoni spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Marine Serre spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Y/Project spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Goom Heo at Fashion East spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
Arthur Arbesser spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Colville spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Anrealage spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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Vetements spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear
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