'Each Peach Pear Plum' Was the OG Cottagecore Handbook

I spy...overpriced ceramic jugs.

2020-2021 was a terrible year for culture, thanks largely to TikTok which imposed upon us a spate of fleeting, nonsensical trends: goblincore (?), dark academia (??), coastal grandma. But one trend emerged with at least some staying power: cottagecore, the aesthetic defined by prairie dresses, gingham motifs, “antiques,” anti-minimalism, and people acti…