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clowncore

/klaʊn kɔːr/ Beginner Updated April 6, 2025

Bright, circus-inspired fashion or art aesthetic.

Example sentence

Her clowncore makeup turned heads.

Similar words

circus-inspired style

Details

  • Category: Fashion, Internet
  • Region: Global
  • First use: 2010s
  • Origin: Internet fashion/art scene, 2010s.

Notes

Colorful and deliberately whimsical.

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