courtesy / katie buckleitner

As a 26-year-old millennial woman, I had to Google exactly what a "soft girl" and "soft girl aesthetic" was before I sat down to write this very article. Yes, there were certain styles that reigned in my day, like the emo era (TBT to those very swooped bangs listening to My Chemical Romance) and the Y2K period of low-rise jeans and Razr phones, but there are so many new aesthetics that have emerged since then: You have VSCO girls, e-girls, and now soft girls.