clowncore

Etymology

From clown + -core.

clowncore means An aesthetic focusing on imagery and fashion related to clowns. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

noun

An aesthetic focusing on imagery and fashion related to clowns.“Finally — at least for the moment — Riccardo Tisci piled on the stripes and dots and swirls (and ankle socks) earlier this month for his Givenchy spring 2017 collection. Little wonder, really, that in the middle of all that, Refinery29 ran an editorial called “Why It’s Cool to Look Like a Clown.” The references were so ubiquitous that Paper magazine christened the movement “clowncore.””