From various corners of the internet, as the cultural tides of gamers and influencers collided, egirl as an aesthetic materialized, and the tone shifted: Egirls were cuter than gamers were mad.

They are a sort of subset of the emo aesthetic, but with cute blush on the nose and cheeks, brightly colored hair, hearts drawn under the eyes, thrifted or alternative clothing, mesh tees ...

Search “#egirl” on Instagram, for example, and you’ll surface more than 1.2 million posts. Like VSCO girls, e-girls have lots of trappings, from hairstyles and makeup galore to very specific ...

The term "egirl" existed well ... so expressing myself through my clothing and interests has always been an important part of my identity,” she says. “[This aesthetic] is dark but beautiful ...

Even if you don't consider yourself stylistically aligned with any of the below aesthetics, you can definitely pull off an egirl look with items from your own closet. At most, you may have to buy ...

The TikTok egirl aesthetic has become so codified that ... spent hours on Twitch looking for female streamers to report for clothing violations. (Yet at the same time, Sarina “Novaruu ...