Emma Chamberlain Gives Her 20/20 Take on 2023

Me not being on TikTok is not good

because I m starting to feel like a millennial,

and I m Gen Z.

Next thing you know, you re using your iPhone flashlight

to read the menu at a restaurant.

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Hi, Vogue.

Today we re going to be discussing the top 2023 trends.

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Number one.

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Ooh.

This might shock some of you.

I love it.

It s fun to get to leave the house

and not be wearing full pants,

like it s edgy in the sense that it s a fashion risk.

I can t wait for my Pantsless moment.

I don t know when it s gonna be.

I do it all the time in my house when I m by myself.

And it looks not chic.

It looks really bad.

It looks sloppy and bad when I do it at home.

But one day, I m gonna participate in this trend

and it s gonna be a really fun day for me.

[Producer] There s a picture of Emma in the trend.

Wait, where?

[Producer] I think it s Margiela?

Oh my god.

I ve just been informed that I did do this trend.

I completely, I am actually worried

about myself a little bit

because how could I forget about this Margiela look

that I did recently?

Recently too.

Well, I think the reason why I forgot

is because I was wearing fishnets,

and the fishnets psychologically tricked me.

I felt like I was wearing pants.

What I liked about it

was that I immediately felt rebellious in this outfit.

I m gonna give the Pantsless trend a 10 out of 10.

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Oh, well, of course, Stealth Wealth.

I don t necessarily love the way that it s packaged

because I think that this aesthetic

can absolutely be accomplished

without spending a ton of money.

That s my only issue with it

is that I just don t like the name.

There are so many pieces at thrift stores right now

that could build an outfit easily

that fit into this Stealth Wealth quiet luxury aesthetic.

Anyone and everyone should be participating.

I d rate the trend itself a 9 out of 10 aesthetic,

like what it looks like.

Like when I m looking at it, that s a 9 out of 10.

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Oh, okay.

Okay, yeah.

You know, okay.

There s layers to this.

There s layers to this for me.

I didn t participate in it, but I ll tell you why.

Number one, I just don t like pink on myself.

I don t like it.

I don t like how it looks on me.

I was a pig for Halloween,

and that was sort of a pale pink.

Pale pink can work for me.

I would rate Barbiecore a 7.5 out of 10,

mainly for the community aspect of it.

I love everyone getting together

and being excited about an aesthetic.

I also am so inspired by the impact

that a singular movie can have on everyone.

That s just cool.

Greta s a badass, you know what I mean?

Like that s so cool, so I love that piece of it.

Actually, I m gonna bump it from a 7.5 to an 8

because I just love Margot Robbie

and I think that she s a phenomenal woman.

I don t know her personally,

never met her, but I just like her,

so we re going up to an eight.

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I love it.

And I can t even necessarily explain it.

It s like you see an outfit that s Tomato Girl

and you re like, That s Tomato Girl.

There s no questions asked.

It s intoxicating in a way.

And what I also like about it

is that it s sort of vague enough

that everybody s their own Tomato Girl.

There s infinite ways to be Tomato Girl.

Earthy colors, colors that you would find in your garden.

It s textures and patterns

that are reminiscent of your grandma s outfit

to go out and pick a tomato, literally pick a tomato.

I m not in with the cool kids as much as I used to be

when I was on TikTok,

but what I will tell you is that I m happy.

I m gonna give Tomato Girl Summer a 9.5 out of 10.

Love you Tomato Girl Summer.

And to all my Tomato Girls watching, rock on.

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That is what I was this summer.

It wasn t Hot Girl Summer for me.

I was such a Coastal Grandmother.

I was wearing the loafers.

I was wearing khaki pants.

It was all, you know, pastel.

I really love the way

that dressing like a Coastal Grandmother makes me feel.

Number one, I m physically very comfortable

in this type of clothing.

Nothing s tight.

Everything s sort of soft.

It was easy because everything s sort of matched.

It also just feels classy and classic.

I love Coastal Grandmother.

I might give it 10 out of 10.

You can be a Coastal Grandmother for the rest of your life.

This one s controversial.

Okay.

Do I think it s cute?

Yeah, I do.

I ve seen a lot of true ballerinas pissed,

pissed over Ballerina Core, and I understand why.

I love the ballet flat.

I do appreciate the leg warmers.

It s dainty.

It s nostalgic for many people.

I never participated...

Actually, that s not necessarily true.

Jean Paul Gaultier show,

the last one that there was, I don t know.

I don t even, I don t even remember.

I don t even remember when it happened at this point,

but I did wear this upcycled heel

that it was basically a incredible designer

took pieces of pointe shoes and built them into a heel.

I wore those, and that s definitely Balletcore.

Overall, I m gonna give this trend a five.

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I enjoy the silliness of it. I really do.

Here s the thing, these are not wearable.

I actually don t know that.

I actually don t know that

cause I ve never tried these on.

I don t think that they re functional enough.

And ultimately, that is the point of clothes.

Could I walk around all day in New York in these shoes?

These are not passing that test, I don t think.

There are ways to have fun with fashion

in a way that you can continue to enjoy.

I ll give you an example.

I have this Puppets and Puppets bag, okay?

I have two of them actually.

I have one bag that has a carrot on it,

one bag that has a banana on it.

These bags are ridiculous.

They re funny, they re weird, they re quirk, whatever,

but they re functional.

These shoes are clearly not that.

I would rate these shoes, honestly, a 2 out of 10.

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I still don t quite get what it means.

Like, is it wearing beiges and browns?

Out of everyone, [chuckles]

I would think that I would be aware

of what this really is.

And I get it, like, the gorgeous color of a latte, you know,

like this milky sort of, you know, coffee.

That s an entire color.

We re repackaging wearing neutrals.

Am I losing it?

This one, I don t know.

Like now I m freaking out.

So I m giving this trend a 1 out of 10

because what is it?

What does that even mean?

And maybe, just maybe,

me not being on TikTok is not good

because I m starting to feel like a millennial

and I m Gen Z, so I m worried.

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I do see the vision.

I think that there s something really comforting

about Cottagecore and dressing as such.

I m gonna start off by saying that it s not for me.

A lot of people have been leaning

into Cottagecore full throttle,

like, okay, we re decorating the home this way,

we re dressing this way, which I understand

because I think it s sort of a response

to hustle culture, you know?

We live in a time

when it s all about fast, fast, fast.

Get to the big city, get to the big city,

work, work, work, work, work.

Come on, everybody, it s showtime, it s show business,

like, it s, I don t know.

That was very much the energy of the prior decade.

I feel like Cottagecore is this hunger

to revert back to something that s much sweeter,

much slower, much more healing.

It s like healing in a way.

Is that something

that I personally am excited about wearing?

No.

Do I understand excitement around it

and appreciate how that makes people feel?

Yes, I do.

I d rate it an 8 out of 10.

It s not hurting anyone.

Those were the trends of 2023.

Leave your predictions down below.

What are gonna be the trends of 2024?

I ll make a prediction now.

I really see boat shoes.

They will be back.

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Take it or leave it.

Hi, Vogue.

So today we re sporting the Pantsless trend.

I know, I m here, I m doing it.

They re leather, they re Acne Studios, they re phenomenal,

and I ve been wanting to do the Pantsless as often as I can.

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