Has French Girl Style Become Basic?

Or has good fashion just become too saturated?

Back in 2013, I became friends with a French influencer who prided herself on her messy hair and boyish silhouettes. At the time, my manicured, Persian-girl self thought her disheveled look with no makeup and the audacity to show up that way to a work event was the epitome of cool. She took a lot of pride in it. I admired her for it. But I think now it’s changed.

Over the years, the fashion world’s obsession with the French girl aesthetic turned it into the only style to emulate. And like most trends that catch fire, it spread to the point of saturation. Every high street retailer embraced the look, and every influencer with a single trip to Paris had a post about “the French girl vibe” carrying their baguette in a basket. It was all anyone could talk about - like the