Ugly — 2013 ((new))

The "mullet skirt" (short in the front, long in the back) dominated prom nights and music festivals alike. Digital Clutter and Typography

The "ugly" of 2013 extended deep into our digital lives. This was the year of peak Tumblr aesthetic, which was a beautiful mess of contradictory visuals. ugly 2013

If your skin didn’t look orange and the sky didn’t look neon, did you even go outside? The "Quirky" Fashion Crisis The "mullet skirt" (short in the front, long

Using apps to turn your status updates into a jumbled cloud of various fonts was considered "deep." The Rise of "Ugly-Cool" If your skin didn’t look orange and the

We blurred the edges of our lunch plates until they were unrecognizable.

We parodied this British wartime poster until the words lost all meaning. "Keep Calm and Eat a Cupcake" was, unironically, a peak 2013 sentiment.