Jellyfish, the new flagship trend of 2024? According to predictions of future trends according to Pinterest, the gelatinous marine animal will soon be omnipresent: in haircuts, dresses, tops, hats, stuffed animals, decoration… Following an analysis of data from its users, the image application, renowned for being a reference for inspiration, has found that “blue jellyfish” is seeing an increase in popularity of +155%, among several similar terms that are also increasingly searched for. An index that predicts a trend, according to the social network. Between the steampunk, kawaii and mermaids core style, the “jellyfish” style, which has more than 3.2 billion views on TikTok under the title “jellyfish” comes to reinvent our perception of this inhabitant of the oceans.
Clothing with a jellyfish silhouette!
Close-fitting cuts with fabrics and ruffles evoking jellyfish tentacles, this is the impact that the jellyfish trend will have on clothing fashion. The silhouettes inspired by this animal even inspire accessories like the “jellyfish hat”, sparking interest, according to the application which records a +220% increase in searches for the headgear. A sure omen of trend for Pinterest, which predicts new followers to the trend stemming from mermaids core, inspired by mermaids, very popular this fall 2023.
Jellyfish all the way to the ends of your hair!
A bob cut with lengths sticking out behind, halfway between the long mullet and the rattail, this is what we call the jellyfish haircut. Inspired by the animal and its shape with tentacles, this haircut is often combined with bright colors such as green, pink to get as close as possible to the transparent marine animal with highlights of purple, pink, blue, and sometimes even luminous.
Inspired by Japanese alternative cultures, the trend is becoming popular among Generation Z and millennials on TikTok, accumulating more than 1 million views on the application this week alone. Even the international singer Lizzo rocked this look totally offbeat.
Also present in more unexpected elements such as nails, lamps, rings, and many others, the jellyfish trend values transparency, lightness, the contrast of soft and transparent, pastel colors, as well as play. silhouettes with shoulder pads, frills, tulle. It also manifests itself in glass objects, playing with the distortion of silhouettes and contrasting between the voluminous, the long and the thin. In the form of decoration, clothing, nails or hair, the jellyfish will likely propel fashion, decoration, and beauty into a sprawling era.