Subversive basics: the Tik Tok trend that tells the values ​​of Gen Z Old torn tights and pierced dresses against the status quo

Old tights and pierced sheath dresses: Subversive basics is the name of the micro trend born on Tik Tok and soon became a phenomenon with 64 million views, which from the web to the streets undermining the category of basic garments. The term was coined by TikToker @thealgorythm, a former WGSN trend forecaster turned freelance, who explained in her video how this new style is "all based on basic elements that rebel to the point of losing their usefulness". A sensuality made of bold cuts, rips, twists, layering, flaps of fabric held together by straps and safety pins that thrive in a cultural terrain where the cut-out of emerging brands, the naked bodies of the Y2K return and DIY kitsch clothing, meet, laying the foundations for a new aesthetic that smacks of avant-garde and the past at the same time, but also of rebellion.

In this time of cultural change, wearing shredded tights all over the body could be normal, if not chic, and as the rules are rewritten, what classifies as a top or dress becomes the subject of debate. For a part of the generation like Gen Z that utopically hopes to overcome all differences and categorization, there can no longer be an ideal of sexyness that does not carry a deeper message, which gives power to the wearer and to the at the same time you tell the story of a generation that found itself facing a decadent society and an anachronistic value system compared to the rhythms of technological progress. In the era of capitalism, of the cult of wealth and success at any cost, perhaps the only act of rebellion that teenagers can afford is to walk around dressed in pierced socks, the mirror of that system - equally pierced - that they would like to change for ever, even if you don't know how to.